How can I get rid of pins and needles in my hands and arms when I sleep?!


Question: How can I get rid of pins and needles in my hands and arms when I sleep?
I have always liked sleeping on 2-3 pillows (I can't get to sleep if my head is on a flat pillow, I have no idea why).Recently I have been waking up to pins and needles on both my hands and arms. I have bought a very plump orthopaedic pillow (I was told this pillow might sort out the pins and needles) but I still wake every morning with this problem.Does anyone know what causes this? I only get it when I wake up.Has anyone had the same problem and found a solution to it?

Answers:

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I had been getting the same thing. I discovered that if I bunched up my pillow and made it to where my neck was not being bent at such an extreme angle, the pins and needles feeling was no longer there. I sewed a pillow to fit the contour of my neck and I have been P&N free for 3 months.



sleep with hands and arms below your heart in the bed, the head being raised is also a reason as when you sleep the heart has slowed down and the pressure is less than when you are moving about and sitting.



You are constricting the nerves in your neck and reducing blood supply to your hands.
You need to sleep as flat as possible. A high pillow is aggravating not curing it.

been there.



don't use the pillow.




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