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Numb finger tip 31-Jan-2014 At 3:59:26 PM Snacks

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On 31/01/2014 Big G wrote:
>Having numb fingertip may be seen as an advantage by some but for me its
>at best a weird distraction.
>
>Last night I tried a tough move from a very small crimpy hold several
>times. By the last attempt my finger tip felt quite sore. This morning
>the same tip was totally numb and by the afternoon its not much better.
>
>Has anyone else had this happen and or have any ideas why its so numb?

Had it happen before, went away after a few days.

You can get a slow adaptation response to high forces on the tips which I now experience as a bit of "permanent" numbness to sharp loads.

In the acute case I did some reading of a few textbooks that had gathered some dust and ended up thinking it was either a "pinched nerve" or an acute adaptation or trauma to the mechanoreceptors in the fingertips which then healed.

Can you feel mild temperature changes? Get pain from extreme hot/cold? Feel the difference between surface roughness?

Or is completely numb?