Duck Rodgers
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Clean your kidneys.
Tingly fingers...
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So I have a beef with the out-of-context snipet of ER's quote.
Dal said he's not a doc, but went ahead with a stat about it being likely something at 80% confidence. Pretty good with no exam or test, but it is a population stat that could very well fit within oh say 20% give or take. Point was pretty good.
I said I could do better than a doc if I could write a prescription. Clearly joking. It meant I could do absolutely nothing for him. Ask Game what I think of prescribed medicines generally.
Then after another joke I said. . . "Seriously. . . ." Between pinched nerves, MS or a lot of other possible causes, I consider diabetes to be the most serious, and the most treatable. A clear diagnostic test for diabetes costs less than a visit to a chiropractor. A number of others have said as much, even ER.
Red
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Although it probably does not apply in your case, folks quitting smoking often experience tingling in both the hands and feet. Temporarily.
A pinched sciatic nerve in the lower back can be extremely painful in the legs. I've had two major low back injuries. One involved a pinched sciatic nerve. Corrected by intermittent traction treatments over a three week period. If it's slightly compressed, you can feel a tingling in the feet. Better tingling then outright pain. But easy enough to touch base with your primary doc or an orthopedic, and get X Rays on your lower back. Find out if the problem is originating in your low back.
Pinched nerves in the neck can lead to pain or tingling in the arm or hand. Since you have tingling in the hand and feet, that's a bit odd, unless there is a problem with both your vertebra in your neck as well as your low back.
The fact that you have had low back pain for months and tingling in the feet should be enough to seek expert opinions, starting with the X Ray.
I too depended on chiropractic for years to alleviate low back pain. But it was not something, at least at first, where one or two visits, and volla, all better. But it did help. I depended on my chiropractor. People say once a bad back, always a bad back, but over time, a long time, my low back healed to the point where I have not been to a chiropractor in years.
Do yourself a favor and get checked out. Get a full set of spinal X Rays to determine if spinal issues are in fact behind the tingling in your fingers and feet.
A pinched sciatic nerve in the lower back can be extremely painful in the legs. I've had two major low back injuries. One involved a pinched sciatic nerve. Corrected by intermittent traction treatments over a three week period. If it's slightly compressed, you can feel a tingling in the feet. Better tingling then outright pain. But easy enough to touch base with your primary doc or an orthopedic, and get X Rays on your lower back. Find out if the problem is originating in your low back.
Pinched nerves in the neck can lead to pain or tingling in the arm or hand. Since you have tingling in the hand and feet, that's a bit odd, unless there is a problem with both your vertebra in your neck as well as your low back.
The fact that you have had low back pain for months and tingling in the feet should be enough to seek expert opinions, starting with the X Ray.
I too depended on chiropractic for years to alleviate low back pain. But it was not something, at least at first, where one or two visits, and volla, all better. But it did help. I depended on my chiropractor. People say once a bad back, always a bad back, but over time, a long time, my low back healed to the point where I have not been to a chiropractor in years.
Do yourself a favor and get checked out. Get a full set of spinal X Rays to determine if spinal issues are in fact behind the tingling in your fingers and feet.
My wife had C4-5-6 fused 11 days ago after suffering pain and numbness/strength loss in her arms and hands for about six years. Cortisone shots worked for a while but they lost their efficacy and she had no choice eventually but to have surgery. Her symptoms are gone and she felt good enough to go to work today.
Miggs
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Going to the doc tomorrow. He'll likely write me a referral to start going to rehab. I think the stretching/rehab/electrostimilation there along with my inversion table (if the PT's say it's okay) should be good. If that doesn't work, I may just blow my ****ing brains out.
Hang in there man.
Over tingly fingers?
careful, man. lots of things come into this. tingly fingers might be just the trigger fingers, but I hope the larger probability is that expressions like this are often very satisfactory ways to blow steam off.
clearly, he hopes it's just nerves. I notice he didn't respond at all on the diabetes front. knowing someone who has gone through all that to the bitter end is understandable justification for hoping it's something else, which Dal might be correct in figuring usually it is, and focusing on the nerves.
Still medical science has progressed on the diabetic front, and sometimes pre-diabetes or even diabetes can be for many years "reversed". The sooner one addresses it, the better it can be handled.
I have a brother with diabetes, my all-time best friend died from it after losing some pieces and his eyesight, I could list some others I know of. I suspected I might have it and switched some diet stuff and went to the doctor to get checked for it. For me, tingly fingers means maybe I need to change my immediate obsession and do something else because I'm sleeping the wrong way or something. Well, besides back pain, pinched nerves, MS, and clenching my fist too tight when knocking some sense into some hoodies. ha ha. like that ever happens.
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Glad it was successful. I have spina bifida occulta (born with an incomplete fusion of the L5) which causes periodic nerve pain and causes my back to go out. Most people never have an issue with this but I had an impact injury to the area playing in a HS Bball tourney and have had recurring issues since. My last trigger happened picking up my kids toys in September. I have been in PT since and it is finally getting better. Guess I got to stick with this core workout routine to keep everything aligned. I've missed almost the whole season for whitewater kayaking and have been pretty bummed. Hopefully it doesn't keep me off the slopes too. I can still play basketball but have to take it easy. Surgery is one of my options but it scares the **** out of me. Often times patients end up worse than before the procedure.
Yeah, I've heard back surgery is not to be taken lightly. On a side note, we hung the sheet rock recently in a pretty famous back surgeon's 2.5 million dollar house. The whole time I'm thinking, "Dang, when they said 'Back Surgeon or Drywall Hanger' I should have chosen Back Surgeon." This doctor did a surgery on my aunt. She told me his bill for 1 1/2 hour surgery was $70k. Anyway, to the op hope you figure out what is wrong.
NAOS
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it's probably toxic shock. Try switching to all-natural and organic pads.
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I think allot of insurances don't cover chiros.
So price might the reason it has not been tried
Miggs
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I went about 10x this summer. Meh. I'd be there for literally about five minutes and they do a couple stretches and snaps and then I'd be on my way.
About five years ago I did go to an Asian one and that helped but they did minimal snaps. It was more stretching, massage, acupuncture, electrostimulation and rehab exercises.
So