Numbness & Tingling in Fingers: Causes & Treatment Options

Sometimes fingers go numb, or people experience a tingling sensation because the hands go to sleep. After shaking the hand, the numbness and tingling go away, and people move on. However, tingling sensation and numbness are common symptoms of several underlying conditions, including those affecting the peripheral nervous system.

Osteopenia Symptoms & Treatment Options

As people age, many find their bones weakening and breaking easily due to osteopenia. About 34 million Americans have this disease, which is especially common in people over 50. Osteopenia is the loss of bone mineral density (BMD), which may mean you have insufficient minerals in your bones, causing them to lose strength.

Synovitis

Synovial joints have a sheath of tissue called a joint capsule that contains a synovium. The synovial membrane, or synovium, is the inner lining of a joint. This inner lining secretes synovial fluid, which cushions the joints during movement.

Hip Impingement

The ball-and-socket joint in the hips allows you to move, sit, stand, and exercise easily, but these tasks are often much more difficult if you feel pain in this area. Hip impingement, also known as femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), occurs when the ball and socket of the hip do not fit together properly.

Kyphosis

Kyphosis, sometimes known as a hunchback, is an excessive rounding of the upper spine. In older adults, kyphosis may develop due to weakness in the spinal bones causing them to compress or crack. Other types of kyphosis seen in children and teens may appear due to malformation of the spine or continual wedging of spinal bones over a period of time.

Dysplasia

Dysplasia is a medical condition in which the cells of tissue, bone, or organs develop abnormally. Dysplasia can develop anywhere in the body, at varying levels of severity, and can lead to other ailments involving precancerous cells or enlarged tissue.

Scoliosis

Scoliosis is an irregular sideways curvature of the spinal column and is most often diagnosed in early childhood and adolescence. The spine’s normal curvature occurs at the cervical, lumbar, and thoracic regions, positioning the head over the pelvis and working as a shock absorber to distribute pressure during movement.

Neck Pain

Neck pain can occur for numerous reasons, such as poor posture, slouching, and even trauma. It can also be associated with various conditions or disorders that affect the tissues, nerves, bones, joints, muscles, or other related structures in the neck region of the spinal column.

Biceps Tendon Tear

A biceps tendon tear occurs when the tendons that connect your biceps muscles to your shoulder and/or elbow suffers and injury and rips. Usually, this injury type predominantly affects athletes although anyone who engages in repetitive overhead motions is at an elevated risk of developing this condition. Furthermore, biceps tendon tears can be partial or complete in nature.

Quadriceps Tendon Tear

A quadriceps tendon tear occurs when a tendon that attaches one of the four quadriceps muscles (the rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, and vastus intermedius) to the kneecap suffers an injury. Usually, this condition affects middle-aged individuals who participate in sports, with men being 8 times more likely than women to sustain this type of injury.

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