hands and arms fall asleep

bhanu · 09-24-2004, 09:52 PM

Hi M,

I'm working with a client who is a chef. Her forearms and hands (especially her index and thumb) tingle, are painful, and sometimes fall asleep. Her upper tapezious seems tight, and a little weak. Her middle traps are wek also. She does fine on ROM testing. I gave her cobra pose and the wall hang as well as the JFS for hands and shoulder area. How do I get more specific with her?

Thank you!

Brandt

Questioner · 10-19-2004, 01:38 PM

When there is a numbness, one needs to do variations of my JFS to assist at freeing the entrapment from neck to wrists. So I would suggest you reverse the sequence of this part of my series and go from shoulders to hands. Also add eagle arms and bring the elbows up and down repeatedly. Then do gomukhasana too pulling the upper elbow forward and backward then up and out to the side. Give plenty of breathing with these instrutions, even more than one breath per motion. See also if she really loves her job. sometimes these symptoms are signs of "I don't want to be here". just ask. never hurts to be curious. namaste mukunda

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09-24-2004, 09:52 PM	#1
bhanu Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: yoga instructor, musician Posts: 8	Hi M, I'm working with a client who is a chef. Her forearms and hands (especially her index and thumb) tingle, are painful, and sometimes fall asleep. Her upper tapezious seems tight, and a little weak. Her middle traps are wek also. She does fine on ROM testing. I gave her cobra pose and the wall hang as well as the JFS for hands and shoulder area. How do I get more specific with her? Thank you! Brandt

10-19-2004, 01:38 PM	#2
Questioner Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 479	When there is a numbness, one needs to do variations of my JFS to assist at freeing the entrapment from neck to wrists. So I would suggest you reverse the sequence of this part of my series and go from shoulders to hands. Also add eagle arms and bring the elbows up and down repeatedly. Then do gomukhasana too pulling the upper elbow forward and backward then up and out to the side. Give plenty of breathing with these instrutions, even more than one breath per motion. See also if she really loves her job. sometimes these symptoms are signs of "I don't want to be here". just ask. never hurts to be curious. namaste mukunda