Are your fingers tingling? or numb?

Are your fingers tingling? or numb?

Lets see what you may be doing.    The fingers have main nerve bundles going into them.  They come from the arm (radial, median and ulnar nerve).  The radial hits the thumb and half 2nd finger.  The median hits half 2, all 3, half 4.  The ulnar nerve hits half 4 and pinky finger. Tingling can happen when the nerve is somehow slightly squished or almost all the way occluded.  There are a few "common" locations where the nerve is more apt to getting squeezed; in the finger itself, than the wrist, the elbow, the pec, or the neck.  Please do not have surgery for "carpal tunnel or thoracic outlet" without letting a massage therapist and/ or chiropractor looking at that nerve pathway.  The wrist can become compressed since we use it so much, typing, lifting, bending, catching ourselves.  The best way to watch your wrist is to keep it straight (so letting your wrist bend while typing, carrying a waitress tray, doing push-ups, and clutching something tightly into you is not a good idea).  Your elbow usually gets painful when you hit it, or from high impact going to immediate stopping power.  An example would be tennis and golf.  The pec and neck would be tight from shortening of the muscles which usually come from bad posture. If you want more information on the chest and neck look at past issues. You can self massage your forearm.  Use lotion and start at the base of the wrist and go as far into the elbow as you can, also go in all directions around the forearm as you can reach.