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Suggest Treatment For Numbness And Tingling In Fingers

hi I have been having the thumb and pointer and middle finger go numb and tingly while im asleep I wake and readjust and slowly quits. now its happening while awake to. I have been seeing a chiro for a few weeks now he thinks it ay be low disk in neck because when I readjust position 9 times out of 10 it stops tingling. I injured my neck 18 yrs ago in a car accident. I am hoping to get an mri to see for sure what is the procedure to fix a problem like this?
Mon, 4 Jan 2016
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You could be having Cervical rib of slip disc in the spine in the neck. Hey an MRI of the cervical spine and neck Xray and consult your Orthopaedic surgeon.
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Suggest Treatment For Numbness And Tingling In Fingers

You could be having Cervical rib of slip disc in the spine in the neck. Hey an MRI of the cervical spine and neck Xray and consult your Orthopaedic surgeon.