Michelle

Don't sweat the small stuff.   

Michelle

Don't sweat the small stuff.   

The carpel tunnell is a space in b/w your wrists.  Sometimes this is misdiagnosed.  You are freaking out just like I did when my thumb went numb - and I thought it was all my fingers also.  Try and narrow it down.  I went to a hand specialist in my area (orthopedist) who was very well known, he pressed hard on the carpell tunnel and said "you do not have carpel tunnell", you would be jumping off this table if I did that.  We need to send you to a nerve specialist and do an EMG to find out where this is coming from.  EMG is where they usually needles and shock the nerves to see how they are reacting.  They also shock the muscles and record movement.  He placed on right in my carpel tunnel and looked at me and said this is NOT carpel tunnel.  Turned out it was not from my arm at all.  He went all the way up to my neck.  I had sensations running down the arm - kinda like electric impulses if you will - that had the numb thumb.  He ordered an MRI.  Called me in.  Said just what I thought.  You have a rupture at C-5, C-6 neck.  I chose a epidural nerve block and it has been successfull over 3 years.  This is not uncommon in our business.........I have known many people to have this problem.  I agree with Michelle - numbness is a sign of nerve damage.  Please do not let anyone operate on you unless it is of necessity and you are 100% sure and other options do not work.

Cindy Farr Hester  Asst Moderator

Hi Guy's, good advice...I have had tendonitis for about 18 years and had to find way's to deal with it.  My hand and wrist would ache...especially when it got cold...the fingers would be tender on and off and my ring finger and pinky wound go numb sometimes.  My Doctor said the same thing..."It's you job."

Well I wasn't going to quit...I cut back too, saw the Chiropractor sometimes a lot sometimes only once a month.  I saw a Network Chiropractor for awhile....that really helped...then Massage...a lot of massage with a very good Massage theripist...My Sis is seeing him right now for the same thing.  

It would get better and worse...just depending on how diligent I was with keeping up the physical therapy type things my massage theripist would have me do at home...and I kept up with the massage.   

But hand's down...if you'll forgive the pun...the best thing that I did was getting "Rolfed"  I can't say enough about how it's helped me.  Well after 23 years I only work behind the chair about 25 hours a week..I get my yearly Rolfing update and I practice Yoga every other day.  Yoga has been wonderfuf too. 

I have spent many dollars, but it has been worth it.  I got to continue styling hair and feel good doing it.  You just have to use your intuition and find what will work best for you, if it turns out to be tendonitis that is.   Let me know if you need more info on the Rolfing thing.  I hope you figure it out.  Sophiea

Elizabeth

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Really Good Post russnyc!

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