Get Relief Today: Visit a Chiropractor for Numbness and Tingling

Are you experiencing numbness or tingling in your arms, legs, fingers, or toes? It might start off as a mild annoyance, but if left untreated, it can evolve into a chronic issue that affects your quality of life. Luckily, Trinity Wellness Studio has a solution to help you alleviate these symptoms: chiropractic care.

As experts in neuromuscular and skeletal systems, chiropractors specialize in diagnosing and treating conditions such as nerve entrapment, musculoskeletal misalignment, and inflammation that can cause numbness and tingling. Their non-invasive techniques target the root of the problem, offering quick and lasting relief.

Chiropractic care is a safe and effective alternative to traditional pain management. Our team of licensed chiropractors are highly skilled in spinal manipulation, soft tissue therapy, and stretching techniques that can release pressure on nerves and restore mobility to your joints. By correcting any misalignment in your spine, our chiropractors help your body heal itself, without relying on medication or invasive procedures.

Moreover, chiropractic care can provide benefits beyond pain management. It can also improve your posture, your range of motion, and your overall physical and mental health.

What Conditions Are Characterized by Numbness & Tingling?

Numbness and tingling are symptoms often associated with various conditions. These sensations can range from mild to severe and may affect different parts of the body. Here are some of the conditions that are characterized by numbness and tingling:

• Peripheral neuropathy: This condition refers to damage to the nerves that connect the extremities (hands, feet, arms, legs) to the spinal cord and brain. Numbness and tingling sensation in the hands and feet are common symptoms of peripheral neuropathy.

• Carpal tunnel syndrome: This condition happens when the median nerve in the wrist becomes compressed or pinched. It leads to numbness and tingling in the hands, especially in the thumb, index, and middle fingers.

• Multiple sclerosis: This autoimmune condition affects the brain and spinal cord, leading to a variety of symptoms including numbness and tingling sensations. These sensations can occur in any part of the body and may come and go.

• Migraine: Some people who experience migraines may also report numbness and tingling in the face, arms or legs, especially on one side of the body.

• Stroke: Numbness and tingling sensations in the face, arms, or legs can be a condition following a storke.

Other conditions can include autoimmune diseases, including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, celiac disease, and Guillain-Barre syndrome can also affect the extremities. Some patients with sciatica experience numbness and tingling in addition to inflammation or pain along the length of the sciatic nerve (from the low back through the thigh). Patients with fibromyalgia or pinched nerves may also experience numbness or tingling as well as muscle weakness, radiating pain, or decreased sensation in their extremities.

How Is Numbness & Tingling in the Hands or Feet Diagnosed?

The first step in diagnosis is usually a physical exam and discussion of your symptoms, work and social habits, and family and personal medical history. Your doctor may order blood tests to determine if the cause could be a vitamin deficiency, diabetes, or liver or kidney dysfunction. An electromyogram (EMG) test could be ordered to test your muscles’ electrical activity, or a skin or nerve biopsy could be used to examine your nerve fiber endings. Finally, your doctor may order a CT (computed tomography) scan or MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) to pinpoint the cause of your chronic numbness and tingling.

What Treatments Are Available for Numbness and Tingling?

If you suffer from diabetic neuropathy, getting better control of your blood sugars could slow or prevent its progression. If a vitamin deficiency is responsible for your numbness and tingling, you could begin taking supplemental vitamins to correct the issue. It may be necessary to make lifestyle changes, such as eating a well-balanced diet, quitting smoking, reducing your alcohol consumption, maintaining good posture, or exercising regularly. Trinity Wellness Studio may also recommend physical therapy, therapeutic massages, or chiropractic care to help alleviate your pain and discomfort. From herniated discs to muscle spasms, pinched nerves, arthritis, and auto accident and work injuries, we treat it all!