cut it off. you won't have to worry about pins and needles anymore. that is my professional medical opinion

jammerhead said...

cut it off. you won't have to worry about pins and needles anymore. that is my professional medical opinion

I understand your sense of humor but when its about the body's nerve system its not a joke!

Mate as you can see in this video () it is a very dangerous issue and you need to see a surgeon ASAP

Good Winds
Alex

I got thumped into the sand pretty hard once back in the day and the front of one thigh lost feeling like you describe. I am pretty sure I crushed and killed the nerve endings in it in a patch about 6 inches long by 3 wide. They took about 18 months to grow back, that's how long it was before it felt normal again. It was a bit funny because I sometimes couldn't feel my phone vibrate if I put it in the pocket on that side, and missed a heap of calls.

I never saw a doctor about it, but that's not to say you shouldn't. GP visit works out to about $20 to $30 after you get medicare back doesn't it?

Yep - know the feeling (or lack of). I gumbied for finger in pretty similar fashion a couple of weeks ago (the knuckle between metatarsle and phalangie) and had tingling and numbness for the 1st week n a bit. It is still bl00dy awkward and painful for bearing any load.

It may be worth going to the doc but truly they can do fek all for these sort of things.. Ligament damage can sometimes be helped with surgery (big $$ and no garauntees - wifey came out worse after this option a few years back) but finger joint and bones can be splinted at best. Time is the healer.

BTW for comparison, after a few weeks my knuckle has gone from being at least double normal size to about 30-40% bigger than normal so it does happen pretty slowly. Hang in there fellow gumby

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GreenPat said...

Nice secret beige there Mike.

LMAO

The power of admin.

You guys crack me up

As far as the thumb goes, use your gut instinct and if it feels good do it, and if painful stop. I love ice, heat and stretching. Got a real sore back at the moment and am at home getting better. If seeing a doctor makes sense, then check out the costs for your options as a first step....then go kiting.

poor relative said...

LMAO

The power of admin.

LMAO 2
But how did he know Rellie

Were they the now dearly departed fingers Stumpy?

Well, it's not a big deal. But i've heard of cases where people were told "sorry we'll have to cut your limb off, if you came a bit earlier maybe we could have saved it". And since i'm not a doctor, i just wanted to find out if it's something that could further down the track have complications. Imaging kiting without a thumb... you'd have problems gripping the bar properly... get it now. Secondly i still need all my fingers to play my instruments... and maybe few other things... if i needed to HTFU i wouldn't even post questions here, but went to see the doctor straight away...

cheers

Well there has been some great advice on this thread for you mate... i particularly like the HTFU ones... :)

I am a chiro, so yes I am a quack and no i not a 'real doctor' but I am sure 8 years of univeristy science training has to account for something.

Bottom line is you want to firstly make sure that it isn't broken or unstable as you would need to splint it to allow it to heal properly. If you can move it ok and the joints don't move in strange directions and its just swollen then you won't have a fracture or ligament instability. This is good.

If you literally 'stubbed' your finger on the bar then you most likely injured superficial nerve and nerve endings in the area, plus as was also said the resultant swelling will also cause a comrepessive neuropathy - that is numbness and tingling. It is also possible that you bruised the periosteum which is the soft covering on the bone and this can take months to heal - the good thing is this is on your hand and not on, say, your heal, where alot of people get it which on the foot is often called plantar fascitis.

So if it all seems ok then do as has been suggested - rest, some gentle movement and massage (pushing the fluid back toward the heart), and ice... are mainstays for this sort of thing.

I would recommend to stay away from the antiinflammatories as they are nasty on your gut and most likely your thumb isn't bad enough to warrant it. Also there is a fantastic natural healing cream called arnica cream which you can massage into the area - i still cannot get over how good that stuff is. You can also take Vit B complex for the nerve damage as nerves utilise VitB12 for healing and growth.

Hope that helps.

Jans.