Pins and needles in my fingers when lifting heavy...

Any other symptoms? Do you have problems with your wrists? hands when typing? any numbness in the hands/fingers at all after lifting?

My guess... and it's just a guess since I'm not an MD and even if I was, I couldn't know without testing ... but my best guess is something akin to carpal tunnel syndrome. Maybe some inflamed tendons pinching some nerves. Something like that.

Wrist braces might help. Take ibuprofen to reduce the inflammation.

You are putting your wrists (and hence your nerves, tendons, ligaments) on stretch when you hold barbells, especially for overhead/squats, its not unusual. I get altered sensation on the outer part of my palm on my right hand, for example.

Like labrat said, unless you're noticing pins and needles in other things in life (you can get carpal tunnel syndrome from excessive computer use, btw), then I wouldn't worry about it from a pathology point of view.

If it bothers you a lot, switch grips or try wrist braces. Wrist strengthening may also be an idea if you think you're prone to gripping hard to maintain control. But that's something you'd need checked out by your personal trainer or physio...

Can also be due to poor circulation, blood deprivation. If it's most commonly felt when your lifting weight and your palm is UP as with a bench press, military press, or a curl you may be pinching off the blood supply to your finger via pressure to the palm of your hand. Even more likely if your hands are thin or delicate. Gloves or trying a new grip might help. just be aware with varying the grip that you either are in control of the weight or you are not, there is no in between. So be safe first. Gloves can be very helpful in that case.

nz_deevaa wrote: »

Pinching something? Anyone got any idea?

probably only a physio would be able to answer for sure. or your trainer, who might have made this response redundant already.

but it occurs to me that you're doing a lot of 'in front of you' stuff, so i'll throw it in. i did have a little of that and it seemed to be related to me overdoing the anterior work. pec minor, pec major and my anterior delts being overactive/too short, and yup, i would sometimes find myself with that ring-and-pinkie tingle. it went away for me when i went back to being more serious about the upper back and doing my rows, external rotations, scapular retraction/stabilization etc.

gl with yours. i can't remember for sure but i think it was releasing pec minor trigger points with a lacrosse ball that turned the tide for me. and then after that making sure that i was doing all that posterior stuff to keep my shoulder girdle more open and stop the problem from coming back.

I get it all the time. I went to the doctors to get check out , it’s s pinched nerve