Why do my hands go numb or tingly, and can it be eased?

Hands that go numb or tingly, especially after screen time or sleeping in an odd position, often trace back up the arm to the neck and shoulders. The nerves that run from the neck into the hands are long travellers - when the neck is squeezed and the chest and shoulders are tight, they get crowded somewhere along the road, and the hands are simply where you feel it. In milder cases it is about pressure, not damage: something along the way is pressing, and it wants space.

Gravity Stretching unloads the neck and upper spine and opens the tight chest and shoulders, giving those crowded nerves more room to travel freely. Decompression of the body creates space and takes the pressure off - and everything is slow and fully supported, so you never end up in the very position that triggers the tingling. The posture-driven cases usually ease over a series of gentle sessions.

Tell your trainer about the numbness beforehand - we start even softer and go little by little, listening to the body the whole way.