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Amber recently said that she's been experiencing "tingling on the palm of my hand when I run in the afternoon." This doesn't happen in the morning, but only in the afternoon, whether inside or outside. She says it "tingles like it is going to sleep." She says she shakes it to make it feel better, and then it does. Never experienced this before for her. She's experienced no pain ever with her injury. Her only surgery has been the ACR when she was 25 months old. She is a fast runner, but her arm doesn't really swing like her uninjured one does.

Anyone experience this before? Suggestions?

Tanya in NY
Amber's Mom, ROBPI, almost 6 years old

my right arm is very severely affected since birth. im 31 and have been an avid athlete since a young age. i have to say, i have experienced burning, aching, tingling, throbbing, pretty much every sensation possible in my affected arm. there isnt much rhyme or reason to it either.

none of these sensations have been harmful in any way, just the product of abnormal nerve activity. i get twitches sometimes and periodically cramps. i guess i just lay this info out for you to let you know that you are most likely at the begining of uncertain sensations rather than the end...but as always...we all make it through!

good luck to you and amber!

andy

Mstthew has never really complained of this. I treat him herbally on a regular basis with varied treatments that support nerve function. Not sure if this makes a difference or not but he has never complained of anything. His arm does not swing like the other one either but it moves a little, years ago he used to hold it straight in front of him so he kind of looked like superman flying, so at least some movement is better than no movement.
Cindy

Tanya - it sounds to me that she might need some "postural coaching" for her running. What I mean is that someone like an Alexander Technique therapist should evaluate how she runs because what could be happening is that she's tightening something from the neck on down that may be causing some nerve compression. When I sit on the couch in this one position and move my neck to the slightest on the left side, my left hand goes tingling and numb. Switch my position the slightest and it's better. When our kids run they posture themselves to be able to run... when Maia runs she is hunched over and bent to one side... since your daughter is trying to run faster and faster she may be posturing and tightening in this one area a bit too much.. Make sense?
-francine

My son is 11 and he holds his arm in front of him and hunches to his side when he runs also. It has been frustrating for him because he loves to play soccer and would like to be faster. Also he has strained muscles in his back on his uninjured side when he runs the mile in gym. No tingling though.
Francine - What is the Alexander method?
Tanya - I live in the Corning area. How upstate are you?

I live about halfway between Utica and Cooperstown (where the Baseball Hall of Fame is).

Amber said today that her hand was tingling while waiting for the bus, so not during running this time. I've emailed her bpi doctor about it, but was just wondering if this is common for others (children and adults alike).

Tanya in NY
Amber's Mom, ROBPI, almost 6 years old

link to alexander technique
http://www.alexandertechnique.com/

I learned to do a couple of techniques when I did my pregnancy massage training course.

Then when I had a client in later years who played the flute in an orchestra and she had brachial plexus neuritis, and the AT helped her tremendously with her posture and the pain it produced from excess strain of playing the flute.

I have a friend who is a Suzuki teacher who uses it for her students.

It is postural training.

Tanya,
Tingling IScommon in our OBPI arms & hand. Like al of us adults, Amber is finding her own way "To shake it loose"...not to worry, Tingling an intermitent "lifetime occurance"for us OBPI-ers. Other adults have shared this many times on ususally "Sensual Intergration Dysfunction" Topic Thread.

Hugs all around,
Gramma Carolyn J
LOBPI/70