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I'm sure this has been covered before. I just got back into moto a little over a year ago after a 20 year hiatus. I've been still active in cycling and mountain biking. I also have a street bike I ride regularly. Over that time I've noticed both hands going numb riding my bikes and motos. Usually shaking the hands out helps a bit but on the dirt bike during a moto it's pretty bad. I can usually last only a lap or two before I'm losing control. I'm also now noticing it happens when I'm fishing holding the rod with my elbow bent. Now I'm guessing this may be an ulnar nerve problem as I notice it primarily affects my pinky and ring finger first. Has anyone experienced this and has some excercises or therapy to alleviate this? I can usually deal with it with most of my activities but moto has been really tough.
Note - I'm almost 50 yrs old, quit racing at 30. Haven't ridden much since but have worked with my hands most of my life.
Haven't had the operation yet because I need them hands to work.
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But back in the day I could do bicep curls at almost my body weight, was just a naturally strong in that area. Today i don't do any curls at all because the "funny bone" area fires off with extreme pain. Always wondered if that was the reason for the numbness after/during riding?
That sounds like "Tennis Elbow". I've got similar issues in both.
While there are surgeries that can help, my ortho says he doesn't like doing them, and R&R is the only real fix, but it will return.
Being in my 40s, I just stick to pull ups and other movements that don't isolate that muscle. It only fires off with a palm up curl.
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