re sudden numbness in arm in article c u lg c g gpu utcc utoronto ca molnar bisco canet ca tom molnar writes i experienced a sudden numbness in my left arm this morning just after i completed my th set of deep squats today was my weight training day and i was just beginning my routine all of a sudden at the end of the th set my arm felt like it had gone to sleep it was cold turned pale and lost of its strength the weight i used for squats wasn t that heavy i was working hard but not at effort i waited for a few minutes trying to shake the arm back to life and then continued with chest exercises flyes with lighter dumbells than i normally use but i dropped the left dumbell during the first set and experienced continued arm weakness into the second so i quit training and decided not to do my usual hour on the ski machine either i ll take it easy for the rest of the day my arm is still somewhat numb and significantly weaker than normal my hand still tingles a bit down to the thumb color has returned to normal and it is no longer cold horrid thoughts of chunks of plaque blocking a major artery course through my brain i m vegetarian and pretty fit from my daily exercise regimen so that can t be it could a pinched nerve from the bar cause these symptoms i hope it likely has nothing to do with chunks of plaque but it sounds like you may have a neurovascular compromise to your arm and you need medical attention before doing any more weight lifting gordon banks n jxp skepticism is the chastity of the intellect and geb cadre dsl pitt edu it is shameful to surrender it too soon
