Your nerves supposedly has considerable mobility to adapt to wide range of movements. Think of your nerves like electrical cables running through your body. When these cables get stuck, pinched, or compressed, you feel numbness, tingling, or even pain. ? They need to slide and glide through tissues smoothly and that is what this technique is about....this is called nerve flossing. This is a gentle movement technique that helps these nerves glide smoothly through the muscles and joints relieving you from your symptoms. The more irritated your nerve, the more you need to do it gently.
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Do you experience numbness and tingling sensations in your hands, lower legs, and feet?
In this video, I will teach you one technique that will quickly eliminate these symptoms.
The good news is that you can do this on your own at home, as it does not require any special equipment.
Hi, this is Dr. Sherry again, Doctor of Physical Therapy. Welcome to our channel.
Your nerves should supposedly have sufficient mobility to enable you to carry out your usual daily activities without any discomfort or pain.
But whenever your nerves are compressed or pinched, they can actually cause you to experience symptoms.
Think of your nerves as if they were electric cables running throughout your body.
It needs to slide and glide smoothly across various structures and tissues in order for you to remain pain-free.
However, as I have mentioned, if there is compression, you are more likely to experience nerve symptoms such as numbness, tingling, sharp shooting pain, stabbing pain, and even a burning sensation.
Now, this is exactly what this technique is for, because this technique is called neural or nerve flossing, and its purpose is to mobilize your nerve.
to allow it to slide and glide smoothly through your muscles and joints, thereby reducing your symptoms.
You should be gentle when performing this technique.
It should not cause a sharp, shooting type of pain, because remember, we are not stretching the nerve.
What we are going to do is mobilize your nerves.
So, let's begin.
If you experience numbness and tingling sensations in your hands, particularly in your thumb, index finger, middle finger, and ring finger, we need to perform median nerve flossing.
Your spinal cord originates from the level of your cervical spine or neck and actually controls motor and sensory functions, including those of your arms and hands.
So, to do this, I want you to simply bend or flex your elbow at a 90-degree angle and then position your wrist like this.
Then, using your head, you flex it to the opposite side where you feel the pain.
To progress, we need to assume the opposite position: extend your elbow, point your fingers downward toward the floor, and then tilt your head to the same side where you feel the symptoms.
You need to do this 10 times.
You can feel a slight tension here, and it's quite normal because, as I mentioned earlier, the median nerve originates at your cervical spine.
As long as you're not experiencing a sharp, shooting kind of pain.
If you feel numbness and tingling sensations in your lower leg and foot, we need to specifically address your sciatic nerve.
Your sciatic nerve originates in your lower lumbar spine and runs down to your buttocks, your lower leg, and your foot.
To do this, you simply need to sit with your back straight.
Now, I want you to straighten your knee on the affected side where you are experiencing the symptoms.
At the same time, point your toes toward the ceiling like this, while also bending your neck and bringing your chin toward your chest.
This is your first position, and as we proceed, we will need to take the opposite position.
You need to point your toes downward toward the floor while keeping your head looking upward like this.
You need to perform this action 10 times.
This is nerve-wracking for your sciatic nerve.
You are free to perform this technique anytime you feel numbness in your hands and legs, and be consistent with it.
If you find practical videos like this helpful in relieving your neuropathy symptoms, I would truly appreciate it if you could spare just one second of your time to click the like button below.
Also, as a bonus tip, to prevent your symptoms from getting worse—since neuropathy symptoms generally deteriorate over time—it’s a friendly reminder that you need to address the underlying cause of the problem.
If the cause of the numbness is carpal tunnel syndrome, you need to know which positions to avoid and refrain from them temporarily to help ensure healing.
If the cause is sciatica, check out this video here.
You need to be educated about the positions you should avoid based on your X-ray and MRI results.
This is also very important to prevent surgery.
You also need to stay well hydrated because dehydration can actually make your symptoms worse.
And if the cause of your neuropathy is due to a complication of diabetes, manage your blood sugar effectively.
I assure you, you can truly feel the improvement in your symptoms.
If you have reached the end of this video, please comment below where you feel the numbness, the tingling sensation, or the sharp shooting pain in the comment section below.
Is it in your hand, your arm, your lower leg, or in your foot?
This way, I can create videos that are more specific and better tailored to your needs.
Thank you very much for watching. I'll see you in our next video.
