One minute you’re engrossed in an activity. The next, your arm, hand, leg or foot is numb, tingling, burning or itching. This sensation, which many can relate to, is commonly called pins and needles.

While it could be as simple as an irritated nerve, pins and needles can also be caused by an underlying health condition. If you’ve ever slept on your arm or crossed your leg for too long, then you ...

Waking up in the morning is sometimes accompanied by the refreshing sensation of one’s hand being stabbed thousands of times by tiny needles. What exactly causes the “pins and needles” sensation? And ...

Have you ever felt a tingling, prickling or numb sensation in your arm or leg, almost like tiny pins and needles poking at your skin? This common and often harmless feeling, known as paraesthesia, ...

Taking breaks from a busy day at your desk is hard. But eventually, a grumbling stomach and heavy legs that feel like TV static looks are bound to forcibly eject you from your chair. After a walk and ...

Ever felt a sudden twitch or tingling in your hands and feet, as though tiny pins and needles are being poked into your skin? If that has been the case, there could be several underlying reasons ...

Think of your nervous system as a road carrying electrical signals between your brain and body. When nerves are pressed or damaged, this “traffic” is blocked or disrupted. This causes a loss of normal ...

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Driving back from a hockey match earlier this year, Faith Harrison was suddenly struck by strange tingly sensations in her arms that were so severe she had to pull off the road. ‘My left arm fell ...

Your body has millions of parts working together every second of every day. In this series, Dr. Jen Caudle, who is a board-certified family medicine physician and an associate professor at Rowan ...