Hand therapy for the tingles and numbness

Heids75
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Hand therapy for the tingles and numbness

Now it’s winter the tingling /numbness in my fingertips has got worse. Wearing gloves 24/7 in QLD. 

Has anyone had any luck with some kind of hand therapy? Worried  might have some nerve damage. 

Massaging my own hands feel great, I’m sure it will feel better if I got someone else to do it . 
I am on chemo ( round 9) and immunotherapy. 

 

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Kim77
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Re: Hand therapy for the tingles and numbness

Hi! I had terrible foot pain and hand tingling after my first cycle, so I used cold therapy on hands and feet during second treatment - made a big difference (well I think it did - I guess there is no real way to measure but it was the only variable I changed).

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Heids75
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Re: Hand therapy for the tingles and numbness

Cold therapy, really? 
I was thinking I had to avoid the cold temperature.

I’ll do some research, thanks. 

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Gail1
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Re: Hand therapy for the tingles and numbness

Hi

I had tingling in my left calf, I couldn't sleep at night, I tried tying my leg with cloth to stop it, nothing worked. 

My son gave me a earth grounding strap to wear, I used it grudgingly when I went to bed, knowing it would not work, in the morning the tingling was 85% gone, l still didn't believe it, wore it again for next week, tingling almost gone, then I got the cord knotted, I could not be bothered to un-tangle, so I didn't wear for next two nights = tingling back. I am now wearing every night, I am a converted believer

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