I have had this problem on and off, but just had a serious episode that turned very painful. I just finished the Trans America Trail on a 400cc single. First night I had tingling in both hands. After the days piled up the tingling became numbness during the night and one hand especially had no sensation of touch. By the time I got packed up it was ok, but I had tingling down my back even into my shoulder blades. Then I started waking up with really intense pains in my palms that radiated up to my elbows. I have a pretty high pain threshold but I was writhing in pain for ten minutes or so pretty regularly.
I got back a week ago and just saw my long time chiropractor who said I was very tight. After a lot of cracking he told me to go to a massage therapist, which I did two days later (today). After the chiro treatment last night was the first night my numbness didn't wake me up. The massage therapist said I was still extremely tight, so I hope I get even more relief.
Moral is that you can accelerate recovery with a quality chiropractor. I am feeling much better before I leave on a 5 day road trip tomorrow.
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