Your Solution to Numbness & Tingling in Bee Cave
That pins-and-needles feeling can be easy to brush off at first. Maybe your hand falls asleep at your desk, your foot starts tingling after sitting too long, or you notice numbness that keeps coming back.
Numbness and tingling can happen when a nerve is irritated or compressed, but where you feel it can give important clues about where to look. At Elite Wellness Chiropractic, Dr. Mikala Hiben, DC, evaluates your symptoms, movement, and the areas that may be contributing to the problem before deciding whether chiropractic care is appropriate.
Key Takeaways
- Numbness and tingling can come from different problems, including irritated nerves in the neck or lower back, disc problems, carpal tunnel, injuries, and peripheral neuropathy.
- The location of your symptoms gives Dr. Hiben useful information. Tingling down one arm is a different pattern from numbness in both feet or symptoms that started after an accident.
- Your first visit at EWC is an exam and X-rays, not an adjustment. Dr. Hiben uses that information to decide what type of care, if any, makes sense for you.
- When symptoms improve, you may notice it in everyday things: sleeping on your preferred side, sitting at your desk, using your hands, exercising, or getting through the day without constantly noticing the tingling.
- Chiropractic care isn't the right answer for every type of numbness. Your symptoms, health history, examination, and X-rays all help determine whether EWC is a good fit.
- Your care may include adjustments and exercises depending on what Dr. Hiben finds.
Where Is the Numbness or Tingling Coming From?
Numbness and tingling can feel strange, but the sensation itself doesn't tell you exactly what's causing it. A nerve may be irritated or compressed in the neck or lower back, but the problem can also involve a nerve farther along its pathway or another part of the nervous system.
Where you feel it is very important. Tingling that travels from the neck into one arm is different from numbness that affects both feet. Symptoms that started after an accident may need to be looked at differently from sensations that have gradually developed over months.
Research on peripheral neuropathy, for example, shows why a proper history and physical examination are important. Numbness, burning, and altered sensation can have several possible causes, and evaluation may include neurological and musculoskeletal testing as well as other medical tests when appropriate.
For symptoms that appear to involve a nerve coming from the spine, the location and pattern can provide useful clues. Cervical nerve irritation, for example, can cause neck symptoms along with pain, numbness, or weakness that travels into the arm or hand.
At Elite Wellness Chiropractic, Dr. Hiben looks at where you're feeling the sensation, when it started, what makes it worse or better, and what else you're experiencing. That information helps determine whether the symptoms appear appropriate for chiropractic evaluation or whether another type of medical assessment would make more sense.
What Our Patients Say About Numbness & Tingling Relief
“...I was having numbness and tingling in my hands and feet, and even had a dr recommend I get tested for MS. After just a few months of treatments my symptoms went away and I feel better physically than I have in a very long time...”
Sarah T.
7 Causes of Numbness and Tingling We See
Some common causes include:
- Nerve irritation in the neck: A compressed or irritated cervical nerve can cause pain, numbness, tingling, or weakness that travels into the shoulder, arm, or hand.
- Nerve irritation in the lower back: Problems affecting the lumbar nerves can send symptoms down the leg and into the foot, often referred to as sciatica.
- Disc problems: A bulging or herniated disc can sometimes put pressure on a nearby nerve and cause symptoms along that nerve's pathway.
- Carpal tunnel syndrome: Compression of the median nerve at the wrist can cause tingling, numbness, or weakness in the hand and fingers.
- An injury or accident: Whiplash, falls, sports injuries, and other trauma can affect the nerves or surrounding tissues and may lead to numbness or tingling.
- Peripheral neuropathy: Nerve damage outside the brain and spinal cord can cause numbness, tingling, burning, or reduced sensation, particularly in the hands and feet. It can have several underlying causes and may require medical evaluation.
- Muscle or soft-tissue irritation: Tight or irritated tissues can sometimes contribute to pressure or irritation around a nerve.
Dr. Hiben considers these possibilities alongside your symptoms, history, and examination findings rather than assuming every case of numbness or tingling has the same cause.
What Your Care Looks Like at EWC
You won't get an adjustment the moment you walk through the door. The first visit is about figuring out what's going on before deciding what care makes sense.
Start With Your Exam & X-Rays
Your first visit includes an examination and digital X-rays to give Dr. Hiben a clearer picture of your spine and help guide the clinical evaluation. You'll also discuss your symptoms, when they started, and anything in your history that may be relevant.
Review Your Findings
At your second visit, Dr. Hiben walks you through your Report of Findings and explains what the examination and X-rays showed. You'll have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss whether a corrective care plan makes sense for you.
Begin Care & Track Your Progress
Your first adjustment takes place during the second visit only if you decide to move forward with a care plan. From there, your care is based on your individual findings, symptoms, and how you respond over time.
What Could Change When Your Numbness & Tingling Improves?
Numbness and tingling can start interfering with things you normally don't think twice about. You may wake up because your hand has gone numb, avoid sleeping on one side, keep shifting in your chair because your leg is tingling, or put off exercise because you don't know when the symptoms will flare up.
As symptoms improve, the changes can be much more practical:
- Sleep more comfortably: Stay in your preferred sleeping position without waking up because your arm, hand, leg, or foot has gone numb.
- Sit and work without constantly shifting: Get through a desk day, long drive, or meal without the familiar pins-and-needles forcing you to move.
- Use your hands normally: Type, cook, grip things, exercise, or get through other everyday tasks with less tingling or discomfort.
- Move with more confidence: Walk, bend, exercise, and change positions without constantly thinking about when the sensation will return.
- Feel more sensation in your hands and feet: Reduced numbness can make everyday movements feel more natural again.
- Get back to activities you've been avoiding: Sleeping on your hip, going for a run, working at your desk, or simply getting through the day without your symptoms constantly demanding your attention.
Dr. Hiben tracks changes in your symptoms and movement throughout care. What you experience will depend on what's causing the numbness or tingling in the first place.
Our Comprehensive Solutions for Lasting Numbness & Tingling Relief
We utilize precise chiropractic adjustments to restore proper alignment and reduce interference. Your personalized plan may also include targeted corrective exercises, postural guidance, and ergonomic recommendations to empower your body's natural healing and ensure long-term freedom from these unsettling sensations.
At Elite Wellness Chiropractic in Bee Cave, our approach to numbness and tingling is rooted in identifying and correcting the underlying spinal or joint dysfunction that causes nerve compression or irritation.
Could Your Posture Be Contributing to Your Symptoms?
The way you hold your neck and upper body can affect the muscles, joints, and tissues around the nerves. In some cases, prolonged positions, such as spending hours looking down at a phone or sitting at a desk, may contribute to irritation or compression that can produce tingling or numbness.
Take the posture quiz to see whether your everyday positioning could be putting extra strain on your neck and upper body.
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Common Questions About Numbness & Tingling
There isn't one single cause. A nerve can become irritated or compressed in the neck, lower back, wrist, or somewhere else along its pathway. Injuries, disc problems, carpal tunnel syndrome, and peripheral neuropathy are a few examples. The location, timing, and pattern of your symptoms help narrow down what's going on.
It can be helpful when your symptoms are related to a musculoskeletal problem that chiropractic care can address. For example, someone with nerve irritation associated with the spine may benefit from care directed at the affected area. The important part is figuring out what is actually causing your symptoms first.
An adjustment isn't automatically appropriate for every person with numbness or tingling. Dr. Hiben first reviews your health history, symptoms, examination findings, and X-rays before recommending care. That evaluation helps determine whether chiropractic treatment is appropriate or whether another type of evaluation is needed.
Yes. Nerves leaving the cervical spine travel into the arms and hands, while nerves from the lower spine supply the legs and feet. Irritation around those nerves can cause symptoms farther down the limb, which is why the place you feel the tingling isn't always the place where the problem starts.
There isn't a reliable timeline. It depends on what's causing the symptoms, how severe they are, and how long you've been dealing with them. Some people notice changes fairly quickly, while longer-standing problems may take more time. Dr. Hiben can give you a better idea after evaluating your specific situation.
X-rays can show the structure of the spine and provide information that can't be gathered from a physical examination alone. At EWC, digital X-rays are part of the first visit for adult patients, except pregnant women and children under five. They're considered alongside your history and examination rather than used as the only source of information.
Possibly. Depending on your findings, your care plan may include exercises to work on strength, mobility, or movement between appointments. What you're asked to do at home depends on what Dr. Hiben finds and what makes sense for your particular case.
It can contribute in some situations, particularly when prolonged positioning puts extra strain around the neck, shoulders, or back. But posture isn't automatically the explanation for numbness. That's why it's worth looking at your symptoms and overall history rather than assuming your sitting position is the problem.
Your first visit is the $60 New Patient Experience and focuses on your consultation, examination, posture assessment, and digital X-rays. You won't be adjusted that day. At your second visit, Dr. Hiben reviews your findings with you during your Report of Findings. If you decide to move forward with a corrective care plan, your first adjustment takes place then.
Elite Wellness Chiropractic is a cash-pay practice, so payment is collected directly rather than billed through insurance. The $60 New Patient Experience covers your first visit, including the examination and digital X-rays. Auto injury cases are handled separately.
Ready to Find Out What's Behind Your Numbness & Tingling?
Numbness, pins and needles, or reduced sensation can make sleeping, working, exercising, and everyday tasks frustrating. Dr. Hiben can evaluate your symptoms and determine whether chiropractic care is appropriate for what's going on.