There are many occasions where you’ll experience numbness or tingling in your hands and feet for just a few minutes, only to regain proper sensation quickly and not have to give it another thought. However, there are also medical conditions and injuries that have numbness and tingling as symptoms that should be addressed by a health care professional.

Potential explanations for feeling numbness and tingling in your hands and feet

There’s a long list of reasons that you may be experiencing numbness and tingling in your hands and feet. While some aren’t a cause for concern, others are conditions or injuries that may require treatment.

Here are three potential explanations behind the numbness and tingling in your hands and feet:

• Anxiety — Everyone feels anxious sometimes, whether it be due to overwhelming stress or having an anxiety disorder. When your body becomes overwhelmed by feelings of worry and concern, you may start to hyperventilate, or your blood vessels might constrict. Both instances can lead to numbness and tingling in the extremities.
• Pinched nerve — If you have a pinched nerve in your back, it can lead to tingling in your hands, especially your fingers. A nerve can become pinched, or compressed, due to issues like an injury, a herniated disc or arthritis. It can cause numbness or tingling in your extremities because signal communication is disrupted.
• Vitamin deficiency — Vitamin deficiencies can lead to tingling or numbness in the hands and feet, as they play a role in proper nerve function. Deficiencies in vitamins B1, B12 and E may all lead to the tingling sensation. A vitamin B12 deficiency can also lead to nerve damage, or peripheral neuropathy.

Franklin Rehabilitation can help you alleviate numbness and tingling in your hands and feet

When your hands or feet feel numb or tingling, it can be uncomfortable. While the symptoms are often brushed off as “no big deal,” as they usually don’t last long, they are sometimes signs of something that needs further attention, such as a vitamin deficiency.

At Franklin Rehabilitation, we can help address the issue behind the tingling sensation in your hands and feet and design a treatment plan personalized to your issues, medical history and overall goals. 

Call us or request an appointment today if you have tingling in your hands and feet.