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Does anyone suffer from random hand cramping and finger contractures?
I am at wit’s end with a problem I’ve been having with my hands and fingers. My hands randomly have spasms and my fingers randomly contract. In particular, the fingers that contract are my index finger in my middle finger and occasionally my thumb. My fingers curl inward towards my palm and will not release for a few minutes. I saw a hand specialist last week who took x-rays and checked me for carpal tunnel and trigger finger, and said I did not have any major issues with my hands. He thought the issue might be spine/nerve related and he referred me to a neurologist. The neurologist ordered blood tests to see if I had any vitamin/mineral deficiencies and also ordered a thyroid test. All results have come back normal. Something has got to be causing the painful spasms and the finger contractions. The neurologist prescribed Gabapentin, and I just started taking it. Has anyone else had experience with random hand spasms and finger contractions?
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I get this and it's due to compression of the spinal cord in my spine. I have stenosis a well as a large disc herniation at C5/C6. In the past, I've had both hands cramp up, causing my fingers to close in on my hand, though the cramping in my hands doesn't actually hurt for some reason. I also get cramps in my feet and other areas that DO hurt. Long ago, when I first told a Doctor about it, he described it as tetany, though I didn't have any calcium, magnesium, nor other imbalances. That doctor never sent me for an MRI of my neck, either, even though he knew about similar issues in my lumbar spine, as well the severe neck & shoulder pain that I had. He said it was fibromyalgia and ended up giving me TONS of lidocaine injections up and down my spine that were costly. Those injections did absolutely nothing except caused me a lot of extra pain. My muscles were always in terrible spasm and all those injections made my spasms worse.
Several years later, I did see a different doctor, who sent me for MRIs right away, and that is when my cervical spine issues were confirmed.
Over the years, I have had periods where my neck seemed okay with no hand or fingers symptoms and no nerve pain. It always come back at some point, though. But anyway, when my neck gets worse, that is when my hands cramp up. I have also noticed the cramping cease when taking steroids and even Humira for a short while.
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3 Reactions@buckeyeveteran I have a similar issue in my left hand from holding my cell phone nd my right hand after holding and using my fork. It doesn’t happen every time but is annoying enough. I do hand and finger stretches which does help. I’ve had PT evaluate my hand and wrist and they did not find it to be carpal tunnel but feel it’s over use, which makes sense to me.