MrsD, I have a lot of burning in my back, especially the upper back. Should I try and put the patches right along the the spine, or just anywhere on the upper back? Thanks...

mrs d
Do you know of any sites that portray the hands as well as this site does the foot?. I have both foot, and hand pain, and these photos help a lot in determining the conditions I have, and explaining to my neuro where the pain is.
Thanks

I'll look around for you tomorrow, before I leave this weekend.

But I suspect around the wrist (proximal) before the carpal tunnel ligament, might be a good spot. That is where I put my Salonpas when I have wrist/hand pain.

Can you be specific about the hand pain. Is it only certain fingers, the whole hand, or what?

Some links showing the 3 main nerves and how they enter the hand at the wrist:

http://www.orthogate.org/patient-edu...d-anatomy.html
at the bottom of the page is a close up showing nerves in yellow.

http://www.fpnotebook.com/Ortho/Exam/HndAntmy.htm
This one shows two photos with distribution of feeling in the hand, click on each picture to make it bigger.

another:
http://www.scoi.com/handanat.htm
notice the median nerve goes UNDER the carpal ligament.
The ulnar does not. So the median is more likely to be squashed by tension in the wrist. Hypothyroidism is one cause of this. The ulnar nerve may be compressed at the elbow.

This one shows the nerves in more detail on the first page.
http://www.eatonhand.com/ner/ner091.htm

Do these work for you?