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Hi Keri,
When you were rear-ended you probably got whiplash from your head jerking front and back violently, or it may have gone side to side. Either way, it caused multiple spasms to develop in the scalenes muscles of your neck. These muscles cross right over the brachial plexus (a bundle of nerves) that are the beginning of the median/ulnar/radial nerves to the upper trunk, arms and hands. When a muscle spasm is pressing on the nerve (in this case the median nerve) it causes numbness in the thumb and first two fingers. When the spasm is pressing on the ulnar nerve it causes numbness in the ring and pinky fingers.
The good news is that you can easily treat the spasms that are impinging the nerves. While you are waiting for the results of your MRI, go to www.aboutcts.com and read the section called "Anatomy Lessons". That section will explain why the muscle spasms will cause numbness, or even pain.
It's important not to get discouraged, and for you to know that you can reverse this condition. Let me know how you are doing after your MRI results are read by your doctor.
Wishing you well,
Julie
Release "aches and pains" in your muscles and joints. You are your own best therapist! Visit http://www.aboutwristpain.com and http://www.julstro.com to find common sense answers.
-----Original Message-----the pain in my ahnds comes and goes during the day and night. The
From: nsyncluver2_2002 [mailto:mattlover4@...]
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 8:01 PM
To: repetitivestrain@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [repetitivestrain] Re: What Carpal Tunnel feel like- new to group
pain I get isn't numbness its mopre of a pain feeling and sometimes
I have to shake my hand but that doesn't work. I was thinking that I
could have Carpal tunnel but maybe my pain in my hands is coming
from my neck from when I was rear ended in May! I will just have to
wait until I get my MRI done and see what the doctor tells me. When
my pain in my hands started I had shooting pains in my fingers so
maybe that could be carpal tunnel but I don't know!
What causes Carpal Tunnel?
Thanks for your help!
Keri
--- In repetitivestrain@yahoogroups.com, "Willow"
<devil_angel_brat2000@y...> wrote:
> Are you sometimes woken up in the middle of the night with a
painful
> numbness in your hand/fingers? Do you have to shake your hand or
rub
> it to get it to go away? Are you prone to drop things?
>
> Those are some other signs of CTS.
>
> CT feels like a burning numbness sometimes with shooting pains
that
> go from your wrist up your arm or from your wrist to your fingers.
> I'm not good at describing things, but I hope this helps.
>
> --- In repetitivestrain@yahoogroups.com, "nsyncluver2_2002"
> <mattlover4@e...> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> > I was wondering what carpal tunnel feels like? I have had aches
> and
> > pains in my hands and fingers and sometimes in my elbow and
> > sometimes its in my right hand and other times in my left. When
it
> > first started I had shooting pains in my fingers but thought
> nothing
> > of it. But now I keep having aches and pains in my hands. I have
> > gone to my doctor and he scheduled an MRI of the neck. He's
doing
> > that cause maybe its coming from there because I was rear ended
in
> > May.
> > Thanks for any advice!
> > Keri
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