Numbness & Tingling in the Arms or Legs
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Numbness & Tingling in the Arms or Legs in Athens, GA
Numbness, tingling, burning, or a “pins and needles” sensation traveling into an arm, hand, leg, or foot can sometimes originate from an irritated or compressed nerve in the spine. When a nerve exiting the neck or lower back becomes irritated, symptoms may travel along that nerve into the extremities—a condition commonly referred to as cervical radiculopathy in the neck or lumbar radiculopathy in the lower back. When lumbar nerve irritation affects the sciatic nerve distribution, patients commonly know it as sciatica.
At Grand Oak Healthcare, our goal is to determine why the nerve is irritated and whether the problem is appropriate for conservative, non-surgical care. Disc bulges, disc herniations, degenerative changes, inflammation, restricted spinal joint movement, and narrowing around the nerve can all contribute to radiating symptoms. Because numbness and tingling can have other causes, a proper examination and diagnosis are important before beginning treatment.
How Can Chiropractic Care Help Numbness & Tingling?
When symptoms are caused by a mechanical problem involving the spine, our treatment is designed to improve spinal and joint function, reduce mechanical stress on irritated nerve structures, restore mobility, and help the surrounding tissues recover.
Depending on your diagnosis, your individualized treatment plan may incorporate chiropractic adjustments, computer-controlled spinal decompression traction, rehabilitative exercise, soft-tissue therapies, and other conservative treatments.
4 Ways Our Non-Surgical Treatment May Help
1. Reduce Mechanical Pressure on Irritated Nerves
When a disc or other spinal structure is contributing to nerve irritation, carefully selected chiropractic and decompression treatments may help reduce mechanical stress around the affected area. The goal is to create a better environment for the irritated nerve and reduce symptoms traveling into the arm or leg.
2. Improve Spinal Joint Motion & Function
Restricted movement in the neck or lower back can contribute to pain, stiffness, and abnormal loading of the spine. Chiropractic treatment is designed to improve joint mobility and restore more normal spinal mechanics.
3. Decompress the Cervical or Lumbar Spine
Grand Oak Healthcare offers computer-controlled cervical and lumbar spinal decompression traction. This gentle, controlled form of traction is designed to unload specific areas of the spine and may be incorporated into treatment for appropriate patients with disc-related or radiating symptoms.
4. Restore Strength, Mobility & Function
Reducing symptoms is only part of the goal. Rehabilitative exercises can be used to improve mobility, strength, posture, and spinal stability and help patients return to their normal work, recreational, and daily activities.
When Pain Travels, Look for the Source
A tingling hand doesn't always mean the problem is in your hand, and numbness in your foot doesn't necessarily mean the problem begins in your foot. The nerves supplying your arms and legs originate from the spine. When those nerves become irritated, symptoms can sometimes be felt far away from their actual source.
That's why at Grand Oak Healthcare, we don't just focus on where you feel the symptoms—we work to determine where they're coming from.
If you're experiencing numbness, tingling, burning, radiating arm or leg pain, a pinched nerve, cervical radiculopathy, lumbar radiculopathy, or sciatica, schedule an evaluation with Grand Oak Healthcare to find out whether conservative, non-surgical treatment may be appropriate for you.
Our goal is simple: identify the problem, treat the source, and help you get back to living your life.
