Numbness in Hands and Forearms

[greekblondechic]

my hands and feet are always cold.. and often "fall asleep"
esp my legs since i like to sit cross legged

dunno about my lips turning blue..

my skin does look purple when im cold tho..can see my blood im practically transparent

 

[atherjen]

Viv Im sitting here right now and my pointer finger on my right hand went "dead" just from drinking a glass of water(holding onto the cup) they're like freakin ice 24/7.

dont sit crosses legged u goof. at least try not. that can produce valcroise veins (i cant spell)

 

[greekblondechic]

I will prob have really bad varicose veins..I am sitting indian style as we speak!

 

[greekblondechic]

Jen, when I drink something room temperature or colder, my whole body freezes and I get goosebumps..

 

[Vieope]

This numbness thing is quite famous now. I am not alone.

 

[Phred]

Well an update on my numbness. Although not totally gone, it has been reduced quite a bit lately. I stopped doing over head presses and stopped flatbench flys. I am doing more DB raises (lateral and rear) and upright rows. For the chest I added dips and incline press. Anyway, it seems to have reduced the numbness to where it was before I started to lift weights.

 

[Flex]

With all this numbness going around, maybe someone can help me.

For years now, my right big toe cracks whenever i take a step. its sorta like how you can crack the knuckle on your fingers, but it just happens in that toe whenever i walk.

now i noticed that that toe has a numb feeling in it. i mean its not completely numb, but its analogous to when you sit down for a few hours in the same exact position and your legs fall asleep. well, i was sitting down the other day and noticed the outer back part of my heel on that same foot also had this same "numbness".
Is that bad?

I was doing leg curls awhile back and noticed that whenever i got to the top portion of the movement (where you flex your hammy's), i felt a little tweak in my leg. i told my buddy who kinda knwos about that shit and he said i may have pinched my ciatic nerve??

anyone know anything about this?

 

[DrChiro]

i doubt you pinched your sciatic nerve since you dont seem to have the problem further up your leg....more likely the deep peroneal nerve has an impingment somewhere a bit lower in your leg or foot...could also be some variation of plantar fascitis (not likely but could be)

the toe cracking in-and-of itself is not a big deal, as long as it isnt directly related to the numbness. All of us have something that pops or cracks....i know my ankle sounds like damn a damn popcorn machine in the morning...not a big deal usually.