Replied by Dave (Fountain Inn, Sc) on 07/09/2014

Do BOTH hands tingle when you hold an object for a few minutes? Or just the right hand? Or the left hand. If the problem is in just one hand, I'd guess a muscle is pulled or a ligament is torn. I'd had something like that before and I try to use the thumb of the other hand to push the muscles and find the tender place. If you find that spot (you'll know it)...then apply some DMSO onto skin there and repeat a day or two later.

If BOTH your hands are doing this, the problem may be in the neck but normal numbness in the hand caused by vertebra misalignment is on one side or the other...usually, but not always. Any neck pain?

If there is damage in the vertebra caused by lesion damage to the nerve, then that might account for such symptoms. Multiple Sclerosis can cause numbness but I don't want to frighten you. MS is usually associated with mercury toxicity. That and coupled with a virus...some contend, that the combo of mercury (or other heavy metal) and virus can cause lesions. You'd need an MRI to confirm the presence of lesions. I believe there is a program that one can employ to kill MS progression; such as the use of Calcium AEP (google, "nutrition review calcium AEP") as well as cleansing the body of mercury and using anti viral substances.

Replied by Rickdavis (Av) on 07/10/2014

Replied by Dave (Fountain Inn, Sc) on 07/11/2014

OK, that bit of info helps. The fact that you have an arthritic neck would well explain the problem. That would mean not just a vertebra is out but calcium deposits are in your neck and such a condition could be cause for the tingling in the hands.

The mercury issue is possible and I'd have a toxicity test done to see if I had heavy metal problems. Mercury can be chelated out of the system.

Back to the arthritic neck; I have that too. Calcium in a curved cervical. Manipulation for me was the answer (not cure) as I was able to obtain relief by mechanically moving the curved vertebra back to normal (alignment). And a good chiropractor was able to help by using a drop table (face down) to get the curve back into the neck. The curve of the series of cervical should be toward the throat a bit...Not protruding outward. One should not be able to "feel" with fingertips the neck vertebra coming out the back of the neck; that would indicate a reverse curve. Usually the misalignment in the neck is out left or right also.

Well, back to the problem I have what you may be experiencing.... I'd visit a number of chiropractors for a consult. Only let one take x-rays and be sure to obtain a copy for yourself. Use that to visit others. In my opinion I would NOT let a doctor "twist" your head (face up) holding your head in his hands. That, in my experience is counter productive.

Again, you want a doctor who will have you face down on a drop table (it drops maybe a half inch as the doctor slightly forces the catch mechanism to release and with his hand on the part of my neck that needs to mechanically move back in place.)

My neck curve was restored to a reasonable degree and I could even feel (with fingers) the movement because the vertebra that HAD been bulging were back in place. Instead of out the back of neck and to the side, after six or seven treatments that bulging was gone and literally I could feel the vertebra deeper into neck.

The technique is called by some of the doctors the "Pierce technique" named after a chiropractor who developed the method...or at least who made it popular.

Stay away from the neck twisters variety if you decide to get some help. I speak from experience.

Replied by Rick (Av) on 07/11/2014