Topic: Question
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Mon 05/26/08 09:33 AM
Edited by redhead44613 on Mon 05/26/08 09:34 AM
ok I have been wondering this for a long time and still can't understand it... what happens when your leg/arm whatever, goes numb? I dont understand it... oo an have you ever had your leg so numb when you stood up you just fell to your knees? happens to me all the time drinker

Winx's photo
Mon 05/26/08 09:34 AM
Do you mean when your leg falls asleep?

redhead44613's photo
Mon 05/26/08 09:35 AM
yes

jonny63's photo
Mon 05/26/08 09:35 AM
Used to happen to me when I was younger but it went away.
Never knew what caused it.flowerforyou

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Mon 05/26/08 09:36 AM
Blood circulation loss, usually or pinched nerve to the extremity ( meaning arm or leg ) ... kinda like when you sit on feet, or kneel down, sitting oh your heels , and your legs go to sleep ??... that is my guess... I get it sometimes from sitting in my chair and floating around in here laugh laugh laugh laugh

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Mon 05/26/08 09:37 AM
u cut of the blood circulation which makes ur leg/arm go numb

Winx's photo
Mon 05/26/08 09:37 AM
Edited by Winx on Mon 05/26/08 09:39 AM
Well, if you were sitting on your leg and it falls asleep, it's because you cut off the blood's circulation.

If the leg goes numb for no reason, it may be a pinched nerve from your back.


Etrain's photo
Mon 05/26/08 09:38 AM
could be a nerve being pincheddrinker

redhead44613's photo
Mon 05/26/08 09:38 AM
I do have a pinched nerve in my lower back.... ok that makes sence.. still sucks when I fall to my knees all the time

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Mon 05/26/08 09:38 AM

ok I have been wondering this for a long time and still can't understand it... what happens when your leg/arm whatever, goes numb? I dont understand it... oo an have you ever had your leg so numb when you stood up you just fell to your knees? happens to me all the time drinker
going thro it right now i hurt my knee and im in immobilizer and crutches and my knee is numb but with it feels like pins and needles 2

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Mon 05/26/08 09:39 AM
sometimes i sit on my hand....until it goes numb.......


then it feels like someone else...

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Mon 05/26/08 09:39 AM
One morning years ago I went to get out of bed and coudn't...had no feeling in either arm...I guess I had slept on both arms and they had fallen asleep. What a helpless/scarey feeling that was...couldn't even get up outta bed!

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Mon 05/26/08 09:40 AM
alot of times i wake up in the morning and my arms and hands are numb from sleeping in certin positions, but it sucks cuz i can't feel the button on the clock to shut the alam off

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Mon 05/26/08 09:41 AM

sometimes i sit on my hand....until it goes numb.......


then it feels like someone else...

laugh laugh laugh

redhead44613's photo
Mon 05/26/08 09:41 AM

One morning years ago I went to get out of bed and coudn't...had no feeling in either arm...I guess I had slept on both arms and they had fallen asleep. What a helpless/scarey feeling that was...couldn't even get up outta bed!
laugh happends to me all the time.. I think its the way I end up falling a sleep.. and man it sucks... gotta throw urself to sit up

Winx's photo
Mon 05/26/08 09:42 AM

I do have a pinched nerve in my lower back.... ok that makes sence.. still sucks when I fall to my knees all the time


If it is causing you to fall, you need to see a neurologist or orthopedic surgeon. You may need physical therapy to help the disc to go back in so it will quit pushing on the nerve and quit pinching it.flowerforyou

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Mon 05/26/08 09:43 AM


I do have a pinched nerve in my lower back.... ok that makes sence.. still sucks when I fall to my knees all the time


If it is causing you to fall, you need to see a neurologist or orthopedic surgeon. You may need physical therapy to help the disc to go back in so it will quit pushing on the nerve and quit pinching it.flowerforyou
I did fall and my doc said I may need it therapy later in life

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Mon 05/26/08 09:43 AM

ok I have been wondering this for a long time and still can't understand it... what happens when your leg/arm whatever, goes numb? I dont understand it... oo an have you ever had your leg so numb when you stood up you just fell to your knees? happens to me all the time drinker


I remember one time at Vacation Bible School many years ago, we were sitting around in a circle and each had a puzzle piece to stick on the board. When it was my turn, I almost fell over on the guy besides me because my leg at fallen asleep. After that the teacher gave me a chair to sit on. I was embarrassed to say the least.