Gym goers - how do you prevent or recover from pinched nerves?

[petitedollbabee]

Usually doesn’t happen to me, but recently, I pinched a nerve in my wrist last week while doing my arm workouts and it made my thumb go numb for 5 days, and last night while doing core workouts, I pinched a nerve in my back that gave me a lot of pain in my ribs.. the nerve isn’t pinched anymore but the whole left side of my back feels like it was hit by a car.. obviously I’m not pinching nerves on purpose, it sucks! I always stretch and warm up before exercising, so what’s causing this recently?

[molonski2]

Firstly congratulations on your work out regime , that is fantastic , love seeing these habits formed at a young age - well done.

Now , in answer I think it all comes back to your warm up and stretching , now its always important to warm up and get loose as possible , but probably even more important for me , than for you as an example , coz I dont want to pull a nerve or a muscle. Id say , focus on the warm up , then when going though whatever muscle group you are working on that day , go lighter weight with more reps , work your reps into groups of three , see how you body feels , and keep working though your plan , then if you really feel good , up the weight and lower the reps , until you hit resistance.

I think the initial weight is possibly too high , so your initial warm up then becomes part of a work out and as your build your core you should be able to avoid these problems , there is some good stuff on this topic on you tube with examples.

Wishing you well , and great health and activity , well done again.

[petitedollbabee]

Thank you!

[BoopBoopBeep]

Recovery is just time. Brace whatever it is if it's a part you can brace, but the nerve strand needs to heal itself (or die) and it's just going to hurt until that happens. That's why, like @snowedin said, form is so important. I've got tennis elbow going on and am on week three of a brace. Makes my ruck marches way less enjoyable when you grab something with the wrong arm. Good luck to you

[SnowedIn]

Thank you and really well said!

[MORPHEUS_12]

Google Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.

[Sharkstealth]

Walking in a pool. Pinching a nerve in the back is similar to slipping a disc. Did you go to a doctor? Pool walking and rehabilitation excercise.

[petitedollbabee]

I haven’t been to a doctor. The nerve stopped being pinched after 12 hours. Since then, the left side of my back has just been really painful, the same sort of pain that you get from bruising. I’m hoping it’ll go away on its own so that I don’t have to pay $70 to see a doctor.

[Sharkstealth]

Well mine took a week of rehab and swimming. I am a swimmer though. I couldn't straighten my back. Was put on steroids and perscription pain killers.

[Mansearching]

Just have to start again after healing. That's what I've always done. Just have to be more careful.

[SnowedIn]

Prevent? Correct form.

Recover? I've never had one.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Usually Chiropractor has helped me, or I take Naprosin Sodium (Aleve)

[jahaims]

Stretching and decompression

[Wise4myage]

Ice and heat.