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Numbness In Thumb During Strength Training. What Causes This?

I started feeling numbness on my right thumb during my strength training workout yesterday. It hasn t gone away. What causes this and should I be concerned. Furthermore, how long might this last. I have been working out with a trainer the last 5 weeks and have never experienced this before. However, we did a new exercise yesterday when I did experience this.
Fri, 9 May 2014
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hi there, sometimes stertorous workout, may lead to nerve and tissue injury which causes such problem, i would advice you to give some rest to the thumb that is troubling you plus, you can take physiotherapy and some vit, also see a neurologist .
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Numbness In Thumb During Strength Training. What Causes This?

hi there, sometimes stertorous workout, may lead to nerve and tissue injury which causes such problem, i would advice you to give some rest to the thumb that is troubling you plus, you can take physiotherapy and some vit, also see a neurologist .