What cause the numbness and tingling feeling on my back?

The most common way to explain a tingling feeling is the pins-and-needles, stinging,or crawling sensation in the back. Its also depends on what cause that and which part of the body we feel, the feeling can be for short while or long term. The most common caused of the tingling in the back are nerve compression, damage, or irritation.

Numbeness and tingling in the upper back.

Brachial plexopathy

There is a group of nerves call brachial plexus in the spinal column that send signal s to our shoulders, arms, hands and fingers. If any of this nerve is being compressed or stretched, it will develope a tingling or stinging pain.

Normally the pain you will fell is in the arms and it last only for a while. The stinging feeling can spread to neck and shoulders.

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a central nervous system disorder that will effect muscle pain and fatigue. The pain will range from dull and achy to tingling pain, it is often worsen in areas where there’s a lot of movement, such as the shoulders and neck area. 

Numbness and tingling in the middle back.

Shingles

Shingles is an infection caused by the same virus that produces chickenpox. It affects nerve endings.

If you ever have chickenpox, the virus can lie dormant in your system for years. If it becomes reactivated, it appears as a blistering rash that often wraps around the torso producing a tingling or burning pain.

Numbness and tingling in the lower back.

Herniated disc

A herniated disk will occur anywhere along our spine. However, the lower back is a common place where herniated disc will develope, mainly because of the pressure. Usually it is treated with alot of rest, iced the area, take pain reliever or  perform physical therapy.

Sciatica

The sciatic nerve runs from your lower back into the buttocks and  back of our legs. When the nerve is compressed a tingling pain can be felt in your legs. To relieve the pain, doctor prescribe, pain reliving medication with muscle relaxer, anti-inflammation medication and also antidepressants.

Get it check when your pains becomes excessive or persistent, or it’s affecting your daily activities for more than a few days. Dont wait.

Treatment

Treatment for upper back pain depends on the cause of the problem and the condition of the problem. Therefore, it is very importance that you understand the cause of your symptoms before embarking on a treatment program. 

SELF-DIAGNOSE CAN BRING MORE HARM THAN TREATING IT. IT IS GOOD TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE INJURY BUT DEFINITELY NOT TO THE POINT OF SELF-TREATMENT. IT WILL BE MUCH SAFER TO GET TREATED BY OUR DOCTOR FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO BOOK AN APPOINTMENT WITH ORTHOPAEDICS, YOU CAN CONTACT US, THE HOTLINE IS OPEN 24 HOURS. YOU MAY ALSO SEND US AN ENQUIRY FOR ANKLE PAIN, BACK PAIN, ELBOW PAIN, HAND PAIN, HIP PAIN, KNEE PAIN, SHOULDER PAIN OR FOR AN APPOINTMENT.numbness