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Suggest Remedy For Numbness In The Upper Arms
I keep getting all of a sudden a numbness and heaviness in both of my upper arms for no reason. It happened at work while sitting in a chair and wen I was on an elyptical. I m a triathletes and have trained my entire life. Extremely fit. 54 yrs old. 5 foot 2, 115 lbs
Wed, 2 Mar 2016
Hi,
From history it seems that you might be having some degenerative changes in your cervical spine producing pressure symptoms.
Go for x-ray cervical spines for having osteoartheritis.
Change your posture while sitting in chair,
Avoid keeping pillow under head while sleeping.
Ok and take care.
From history it seems that you might be having some degenerative changes in your cervical spine producing pressure symptoms.
Go for x-ray cervical spines for having osteoartheritis.
Change your posture while sitting in chair,
Avoid keeping pillow under head while sleeping.
Ok and take care.
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