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  • Nerve damage??

    Posted by unicorn on May 1, 2011 at 5:06 am

    A few months back I HURT MY SHOULDER AND WRIST.(  oops sorry for cap locks)

    My shoulder is fine now but I am still getting trouble with my wrist and I am wondering if I have nerve damage

    I did this months ago now , every so often I get a shooting pain on the inside of my wrist.. I get pain in my whole hand , my fingers.  I can just be sat watching tv and I get like an electric shock pain in my hand, I have to end up shaking my hand, rubbing hard..to try get rid of the pain..

    Even when I put my daughter in the car, it seems to catch it somehow and that shooting pain is terrible..

    Last night the pain woke me and I lay there trying to stretch my hand wrist arms to ease that pain. The pain does go up my arm too, but mainly felt in my hand and wrist…

    Putting pressure on it when Poling stops me in my tracks and I have to stop.. it is so frustating….

    Serendipityma replied 13 years, 6 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  • chemgoddess1

    Member
    May 1, 2011 at 12:08 pm

    When I get knots in my shoulders I can have pain all the way down my arm into my wrists.  The only thing that helps is getting deep tissue massage to get it all out.  I also pulled my ulnaris muscle early on in pole dancing, which is the muscle that runs down the outside of your forearm, and that took almost 6 months to completely heal.

  • ennifer2277

    Member
    May 2, 2011 at 3:28 am

    I agree with getting a deep tissue massage for it.  I once fell on black ice onto my lower back, and it seemed to freeze up all the muscles in my back and shoulders.  I would get the same type of shooting, electric-like pain in several areas on my arms/shoulders/back, and the deep tissue massages were painful but they helped tremendously!

  • Serendipityma

    Member
    May 2, 2011 at 3:52 pm

    It sounds like nerve pain to me… speaking from both an RN's perspective, and someone who has had nerve damage in the past…

    Best way to get it to heal is RICE… Rest, Ice, Compress, Elevate… and ibuprofen (or other anti-inflammatory of choice)…  To go into the physiology of nerve pain, what generally causes it is inflammation of the muscle or structures surrounding the nerve… decrease the inflammation, and the pain gets substantially better! 🙂

    Massage is also good because it helps to loosen the muscles, and if nothing else, take your mental focus off the shooting pain…

    Overall, though, if none of that helps, go see your doctor, you may need nerve conduction studies to pinpoint where the injury actually is…  Nerve injuries are a pain in the butt, so baby it as best you can!!!!! 🙂

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