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Arms been going numb like pins and needles through the day and it's more frequent.
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See a Doctor.: Your symptoms sound like a nerve based pain. Somewhere in your back there may be an impingement of a nerve root. Often these can be managed medically but in some cases , a surgical intervention is required. image from www.mhhe.com
Answered 5/21/2016
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Recommend EMG: To find out if a nerve compression is causing your symptoms, an EMG test will localize and distinguish. You could have bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome.
Answered 11/28/2017
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