The ulnar nerve “comes from the cervical, and descends along the arm, passes at the back of the elbow to join the wrist and the hand”, describe the specialists of the site www.osteodo.fr. It allows “the transmission of sensory information for the ring finger and the little finger”. On the motor side, the ulnar nerve ensures “the movement of the fingers and the wrist”.
When the ulnar nerve gets stuck, it is called neuralgia. The main symptoms are “loss of strength, pain that can extend to the elbow, shoulder or armpit, numbness in the fingers”.
But also “tingling in the last two fingers of the hand, numbness in the arm and wrist, burning sensations and electric shocks in the hand”. Traumas, shocks and fractures, immobilization of the wrist are the main causes. Anatomical deformity or complications related to type 2 diabetes can also be put forward.
The sciatic nerve “comes out of the spine at the level of the spine, the last lumbar vertebrae and the sacrum”. The blockage of the sciatic nerve results in pain resembling an electric shock, tingling or numbness, localized in the lower back, at the level of the buttocks, on the posterior surface of the thigh, in front or behind at the level calf, under the ball of the foot, the little toe or on the back of the foot and the big toe.
The main explanations for the blockage of this nerve? A herniated disc at the level of the last lumbar vertebrae, lumbar osteoarthritis, contracture of certain back and buttock muscles.
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Osteopathy, drugs, surgery
To release the ulnar nerve or the sciatic nerve, make way for physiotherapy or osteopathy. These sessions will allow you to maintain or regain good mobility of your joints. The advice that this specialist can give you will also help prevent further irritation or blockages of the nerve. The challenge for you is to improve your posture, to release the tensions accumulating in your muscles and tissues that can compress the nerve.
Anti-inflammatory drugs are also indicated to reduce pain, and therefore facilitate the movement often recommended so as not to accentuate the blockage of the nerve.
To loosen the sciatic nerve, for example, it is advisable to “walk gently to help free the pelvis and reduce the pain of sciatica”. The main thing: stop strenuous or intense activities for two days but above all do not remain sedentary.
If these approaches are not sufficient, surgery, performed on an outpatient basis under local or locoregional anesthesia, may prove necessary to unclamp the ulnar nerve. The procedure lasts an average of 30 minutes. This surgery, on the other hand, is performed under general anesthesia to release the sciatic nerve.
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