lanzbass Posted November 6, 2013 Posted November 6, 2013 After about 3 hours of fishing my reeling hand starts to get numb and my fingers start tingling it has been that way for most of my life ! Does anyone else have this happen ? If so what do you do to stop it, prevent or relieve it ? Quote
Super User Sam Posted November 6, 2013 Super User Posted November 6, 2013 No, never had that happen. May I suggest going to your doctor and asking him/her? Could be as simple as a tired tendon or maybe the beginning of arthritis. 1 Quote
Super User Scott F Posted November 6, 2013 Super User Posted November 6, 2013 See a doctor. I had similar symptoms and found I had cubital tunnel syndrome. I had to have surgery on my elbow. You probably don't have it, but have a doctor check it out. Numbness and tingling are not normal. 1 Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted November 6, 2013 Super User Posted November 6, 2013 Numb fingers no, but a bit of an ache due touch of arthritis now and then. I do have a pinched nerve in my neck that has not responded to treatment over the last year or so. I still fish every day any way, I have a pretty high pain threshold. At my age there is a different ache or pain almost every day, I try not to make a big deal of it. 2 Quote
Super User Oregon Native Posted November 6, 2013 Super User Posted November 6, 2013 Yup...see a good physical therpist. Have found stretching the proper way really helps. As I get older it's even more important. Good luck 1 Quote
Super User Marty Posted November 8, 2013 Super User Posted November 8, 2013 I don't have numbness or tingling, but my fingertips are very sensitive to the cold. I hate fishing with gloves so I just don't fish in the cold, except for a short outing from shore. It's always amazed me how the ice fishermen do it. 1 Quote
Super User Fishing Rhino Posted November 8, 2013 Super User Posted November 8, 2013 Sounds like something pinching a nerve or maybe a tendon. Have it checked by a doctor. Neglecting it could turn it into something serious. You could try something like Ibuprofen to reduce any swelling. But that's not a cure. It only masks the symptoms. You need to have it checked out to know precisely what you are dealing with. 1 Quote
lanzbass Posted November 8, 2013 Author Posted November 8, 2013 I think it started in my teens and it never happens on anything else I do except fishing .. .so that's why I never felt the need to go to a Doctor about it ... I was thinking maybe others have the same problem... Must be my phenomenon,,? If I shake my hand rapidly with my fingers spread out it goes away in about 30 sec... Quote
Super User Oregon Native Posted November 9, 2013 Super User Posted November 9, 2013 I also buy the large hand warmers and put one in each front pocket of jacket or vest for cold days....its Awesome. A small investment for time on the water. 1 Quote
Super User tomustang Posted November 9, 2013 Super User Posted November 9, 2013 If I shake my hand rapidly with my fingers spread out it goes away in about 30 sec...That sounds like carpal tunnel syndrome from how you get relief. 1 Quote
lanzbass Posted November 9, 2013 Author Posted November 9, 2013 That sounds like carpal tunnel syndrome for how you get relief. Thanks Tom ! Guess I have had it for many years then... I will have to check into it and find out what one can do on the natural healing road or prevention... Thanks everyone I think this answers my question... Quote
Super User Scott F Posted November 9, 2013 Super User Posted November 9, 2013 Carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel syndrome both comes from a pinched nerve. Carpal tunnel is a pinched nerve in the wrist, cubital tunnel is a pinched nerve in the elbow. A neurologist sent electric shocks down my arm from the shoulder to the fingers to see where the problem was. It feels just getting an electric shock from 120 volts about 20 times. As if it wasn't enough to do it on the arm that was having a problem, he did it 20 times on the arm that was fine. 1 Quote
lanzbass Posted November 10, 2013 Author Posted November 10, 2013 Carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel syndrome both comes from a pinched nerve. Carpal tunnel is a pinched nerve in the wrist, cubital tunnel is a pinched nerve in the elbow. A neurologist sent electric shocks down my arm from the shoulder to the fingers to see where the problem was. It feels just getting an electric shock from 120 volts about 20 times. As if it wasn't enough to do it on the arm that was having a problem, he did it 20 times on the arm that was fine. Wow that sounds like it was not much fun ! I'm looking to find a natural remedy... Hope they could help you out and your better now Scott ! Quote
Super User Fishing Rhino Posted November 10, 2013 Super User Posted November 10, 2013 You can try a wrist splint. You wear it at night. It prevents your hand from bending toward the palm. Available at drugstores. I have a doctor with carpal tunnel syndrome. He told me he wears them every night, and they have eliminated the pain during his waking hours. "Wrist Splint for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Topic Overview A wrist splint is a brace that looks like a fingerless glove and that stabilizes your wrist in a straight and sometimes slightly bent-back position. Wearing a wrist splint minimizes pressure on the median nerve and allows you a period of "relative rest" from movements that make carpal tunnel syndrome worse." http://www.webmd.com/pain-management/carpal-tunnel/tc/wrist-splint-for-carpal-tunnel-syndrome-topic-overview Be sure to click on the url, and read the whole article. 1 Quote
Troy Taylor Posted November 13, 2013 Posted November 13, 2013 Hi lanzbass, I was gonna start a post about carpel tunnel until I found this. Tomorrow will be one year that I had the surgery done on both hands (yes both hands same day). I also had fought it for many years until it got to bad to even hold a rod. If your not interested in the surgery I can get some info on a device that can correct it. The brace pictured above only in mobilizes your wrist, it won't retrain the muscle in your hand that causes the problem. The problem is.....looking at your hand palm side up...the large muscle that travels from your pinkie to your thumb....(also called the pad)...gets too tight and causes a constant pulling pressure on the bones in the back of the hand witch end up pinching the nerve. The device I can get you info on will retrain and relax that muscle with out surgery. I didn't find out about until after surgery. As far as surgery goes I have a 2" scare on each palm. All they do now is cut the muscle in half and then sew the skin back up. The muscle is left in two pieces so it will grow back together on its own allowing it gain enough length from the scare tissue so it no longer pulls pressure on your carpels. One last thing, I did lose range of motion in both ring fingers (when counting I can't pick either finger up to count to 3) but we'll worth it to be pain free. 1 Quote
GoneFishi'n Posted November 14, 2013 Posted November 14, 2013 I think it started in my teens and it never happens on anything else I do except fishing .. .so that's why I never felt the need to go to a Doctor about it ... I was thinking maybe others have the same problem... Must be my phenomenon,,? If I shake my hand rapidly with my fingers spread out it goes away in about 30 sec... My right thumb swells up sometimes when I go fishing in the cold. It also goes numb. Could be arthritis being that I have it in my knees already. Quote
lanzbass Posted November 14, 2013 Author Posted November 14, 2013 My right thumb swells up sometimes when I go fishing in the cold. It also goes numb. Could be arthritis being that I have it in my knees already. Sorry to hear that... Any thing that interferes with fishing is a bummer ... Quote
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