The general population was convinced that if you had numbness in your hand, it should come from a herniated disc. MRI is performed. A herniated disk in the cervix is found, and you are now on your way to blocks of the epidural nerve, painkillers and, worst of all, an unnecessary surgery or two. I have heard this story many times, it is nauseous. But with a little knowledge, I believe you can prevent yourself from walking this very slippery path. Understanding that nerves innervate various parts of the hand and what can cause these nerves to cause numbness is the key to getting the appropriate treatment or going through surgery, because no other treatment protocol has worked, so surgery is your last means.
Let's begin with the promise that the cause of your stupor comes from a herniated intervertebral disk. Herniated discs cannot cause a symptom in the arm. It can only create a symptom in the hand if it affects the nerve root of the cervix. These are extensions of the spinal cord that extend at every level of the spine and innervate only a very specific area of the skin. The nerve roots that affect the arm are C6, C7 and C8. C6 nerve roots can create an altered sensation only in the thumb. C7 is the nerve root in the middle finger, and C8 is the little finger. That's all. If your numbness is in any other part of the arm, the numbness cannot come from a damage to the nerve root caused by a herniated disc in the cervical spine.
Most of the patients I treated complained of numbness in general. The only area where nerves exist that innervates the entire arm is on the front of the neck, where all the nerve roots of the cervical spine come together and then go down the arm. This is called the anterior triangle of the neck, and this group of nerves that can interfere with it is called the brachial plexus. They fall muscle, called training front rock and thickening, falling on the brachial plexus. Resolution can be achieved by strengthening the back of the shoulder muscles, the muscles between the shoulder blades, the back of the arm muscles, and the muscles of the rotator cuff.
Numbness in the upper part of the arm can come from the impact of the radial nerve as it passes through the extensor muscles of the forearm. If these muscles tighten and thicken, they can affect the radial nerve and create symptoms in the upper part of the arm and fingers. The resolution comes from strengthening the extensor muscles of the forearm and shoulder muscles described above.
The numbness of the thumb, second, third and fourth fingers on the side of the palm comes from the impact of the medial nerve as it passes through the carpal tunnel; commonly known as carpal tunnel syndrome. The true reason for this is to train the muscles of the forearm and flexors of the fingers, which also pass through the tunnel in the wrist. Condensed muscles fall on the median nerve into the carpal tunnel and create numbness. The resolution of these symptoms is achieved by strengthening the extensor muscles of the forearm and shoulder muscles described above.
The numbness of the little finger and half of the fourth finger usually comes from hitting the ulnar nerve when it passes through the muscles of the flexors of the forearm near the elbow. Resolving these symptoms is achieved by strengthening the flexor muscles of the forearm and shoulder muscles described above.
These are key possible ways to create numbness in the hand. The chances of discarding and creating a nervous collage are very low. You must have a fairly significant case with the neck to create such a force that is necessary to damage these tissues. Then you must have numbness in the right place to fit the nerve root. At 17, I may have seen one or two cases out of thousands where a person had the right symptoms corresponding to a nerve punch.
It is more likely that the numbness you experience is the result of a nerve being hit by a tense muscle than a change in structure, such as a disc or nerve.
Understanding your symptoms and the fact that potential causes of symptoms can protect you from being another statistic of an unnecessary operation that had no reason to perform, because this symptom can never be caused by a hernial disc or a nerve root.
