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Originally Posted by chris85
Hi I am 28 years old and male, 9-10 months ago I started doing more yoga than usual (from 30mins to 2hours a day because I was staying at a yoga centre) and I started getting tingling in my knees. It got worse, then spread to my arms. Lots of tingling, some sharp pains, typing and walking is often painful now. I don't have fatigue or brain fog etc. My rhumatologist ruled out arthritis with blood tests etc. He said I was just getting a bit stiff. I don't think he really got to the bottom of things. It seems to me this condition is very much like peripheral neuropathy or other neuropathies, so I am wondering about going back to my GP to ask for a referral to a neurologist... I was also wondering if it is worth taking b vitamins or lipolic acid for the nerve pains to see if this helps. I was vegetarian for 7 years and I am concerned I could be deficient in vitamins or something. Something went wrong anyway. Not currently getting much help with this. NSAIDs don't help. Would welcome any advice or comments. Thanks. Chris.
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Chris this may seem strange to you but I would look at yoga. I know it can be a wonderful form of exercise but there are plenty of articles that have shown it has potential to cause harm for some.
I had an experience some years back when I was taking yoga. I ended up in horrible pain and could hardly walk. It turned out that I had a cyst in the top of my hip and doing weight bearing exercises on that hip inflamed the area so badly I was in horrible pain. Inflammation imo is a big contributor to nerve problems.
Now I'm not saying you have the same issue. You could have a problem in your spine. (Imo the emphasis in yoga put on lumbar extension is dangerous.) The point is I would go to a musculoskeletal doctor to check you out. I suggest this over an Orthopedic Dr as I went to one first and he wanted to do a hip replacement. The musculosketal dr sent me to Physical Therapy and in a few months I was fine.
As far as not being able to type, your problem could stem from all those yoga positions that require you to perch on your hands causing stress on your wrists. I say this because I have been certified in Pilates for 20 years and have had clients who had hurt their back, hips, shoulders and/or wrists in yoga.