strange weakness...

[joko]

the other day i bent down to pick something up off the floor and i put my arm on the nearby coffee table to steady myself...but i almost fell over because my arm/elbow just gave way under me and i tried to push myself back up again but i had no strength at all in my arm - it felt just nothing...after a good few seconds it 'caught' and i was able to push up...

it was my right arm, i have not hurt it, and actually i am usually very stong and my muscles are pretty solid

why was this...any ideas...? is this a early warning syptom?

i have occasionally noticed a wrist weakness, that my wrist takes a few seconds to straighten upwards when picking somethign up...but its rare...

cheers

[joko]

NB: i have hypermobility and a lot of joint crunching, and also get numbness in arm but only after using vibrating machinery...it passes and i was told by a doc, years ago, it was a kind of carpal tunnel...

[RATTER15]

>>>vibrating machinery<<< ???? mmmm

[Old_Geezer]

I think it could be fairly normal deterioration of getting older. Occasionally joints give up on me too. And I get the occasional weakness in a muscle.

[LoftyLottie]

Oven happens to me joko and I am hypermobile too. Sometimes I can't life a saucepan up off the stove or use a knife to cut something. I don't worry about it.

[Sqad]

Nothing sinister comes to mind....no big deal and I agree with young Lofty and O_G.

Monitor the situation over the next few months.

[WELSHYORKIE]

As you use vibrating machinery, could this be similar to 'vibration white finger' we hear so much about in construction, i wonder

[LoftyLottie]

Young Lofty just read her post.

I haven't been drinking!!

"Oven happens to me"????? I was thinking of lifting a saucepan - should have typed often. "I can't life" a saucepan????

Oh dear. Fingers and brain not coordinated!!

[Sqad]

WELSHY....NO.

[joko]

thanks all

but im only 39...so not exactly old...

welsh....the numbness thing first happened when i was working in factory making costume armour about 5 years ago - using sandblasters and linishers etc...now its mostly ok but flairs up a bit if i use a drill or some sort of power tool that buzzes... even a hand saw set it off once! usually lasts a few days depending on the amount of usage.
i dont use anything with any sort of regularity though.

this happened when my arm was fine though...no numbness etc

[Old_Geezer]

Well I'm only 18, but its the constant sex that has done it for me :-(

In your shoes I'd only take it further is it seems to be getting worse.