Hoffmanns Sign: Good or Bad?

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when i knock against my left hand ( karpaltunnel under side ) than i feel a elektric feeling!! Is this Hoffmanns Sign????? Is this bad????????
 
More knowledgable doctor would perform jaw jerk test, hoffman sign test, clonus etc in order to pick up upper motor neuron signs.I have read this sentence here!THERE ARE SEVERAL HOFFMAN TEST?
 
here is a link to this what i mean!and please read this:he Hoffman-Tinel sign, although originally described by Paul Hoffman, is commonly referred to as the Tinel sign. It is one of the most commonly used tests in the clinical evaluation of periperhal nerves. The sign is used in the diagnosis of compression neuropathies, such as carpal and cubital tunnel syndromes, but it is also useful in the diagnosis of a variety of neurological maladies. Despite controversy, the Hoffman-Tinel sign remains important in the diagnosis of peripheral neuropathies and for the evaluation of the regenerating nerve after injury.is ithis bad???
 
nope at all.ther are two things named after Hoffman - a kind of tingling sensation in the limb actually being a sign of RENERVATION (not denervation but neural repair) and specific finger reflex similar to babinsky (which is hyperreflexe of the foot muscles) whcih however means nothing if isolated and often could be found in people with hyperexcitable nerve system. For tis reflex your fingers have to flex out in response of tapping or drawing a line with a pin around thenar or so.what you feel is neither Hoffman's sensation nor Hoffmann reflex sign but completely normal physiological sensation produced ny your ulnar nereve in responce of stimulation. I have that "shock" every time i decide to put my elbows over the table ridge.ther is nothing sinister in it, this is rather normal reaction of live nerve :) maybe a bit of compressing syndrome, but who does not have it in our days of constsnt typing...
 
What you are doing has nothing to do with hoffmans sign, i think if a doc is over here he would tell you the same. i won´t tell you how hoffman looks like because then you would be doing this the whole day and flip out like me some time ago..xDGerman: Das was du meinst hat nichts mit Hoffmans zu tun, ich denke ein arzt würde dir genau das gleiche sagen, ich sag dir aber nicht wie das hoffmann zeichen aussieht sonst machst du es den ganzen tag und flippst aus so wie ich einige zeit zuvor..XD
 
Hoffmann Tinel is something COMPLETELY different from Hoffmanns REFLEX (sometimes also referred to hofmanns sign test ).Please stop self-testing and googling ;) What U describe is a positive Hoffman tinel which shows nerve entrapment/irritation, not ANYTHING related to MND. Many BFSers have positive Hofman Tinel because many of us suffer from ulnar nerve irritation or carpal tunnel i.
 
just been reading this post and very interested in what christinasgirl123 has to say regarding Ulnar/Carpal tunnell, I frequently have hand going 'asleep' when I am asleep and pain in elbow, is this all part of BFS as well? is this common?
 
lilyjames,YES, this is very common with BFS. I spoke to my neuro about it. Mine do the same. They are not concerned about numbness in the hands upon awakening AT ALL. For me, if I sleep with my hands resting on my chest, I will wake up with my thumb, index, and middle fingers numb (carpel tunnel). If I sleep on my side, I will wake up with my ring and pinky fingers numb (cubital tunnel). Our nerves are very easily irritated and sleeping with our arms in the same position for an extended period (even an hour or less) can cause this numbness. Its very common with BFS.-Matt
 
thanks for your reply. did your neuro say what to do about it? or does it come and go? can it damage your nerves? mine does it when I sleep on my side, it can be both hands but mostly by left
 
Lilyjames,VERY common. I have that for years even before BFS. And my left hand elbow started to suffer from electric pains last winter (after loading it). It is tunneling, wich becomes evident with years, especially if you have some hypermobility.
 
Im glad someone mentioned the hand numbess. My arms/Hand seem to go numb very easily from compression. I would sometimes wake up with a numb arm/hand (not often) or even a small bit of compression would cause tingling/numbness. Sometimes I wouldn't even be sleeping on them, just the way I was positioning I guess? But once I got up it'd go away. I guess nothing to worry about? It would be a whole arm though......but like i said....it would go away once I got up. And it wasn't very often either.Of course it would go away once I got up or got my head off my arm or whatever was compressing it. I remember mentioning it to the neuro, he didn't seem concerned about it (Went I went for my finger tremors). I wasn't aware this was common with BFS?Would this also cause your legs to go to sleep easily when sitting? I feel like my buttocks/legs go numb very easily (Only when sitting though). Once I stand up it goes away of course. This is all BFS related?
 
I have the same problem on the toilet. Or basically anywhere I am sitting down and leaning forward. Inevitably one of my legs will go numb after a couple of minutes.
 
In the beginnings of this all of my limbs would fall asleep totally easy from only slight compression, several times a day and for sure every night. I just tought it would be kind of good if my husband got BFS himself, if this was a chance to prevent him from sitting on the toilet reading motorbike and Metal magazines for HOURS daily...I always tell him that one day he will suffer from hemorrhoids, but I guess an immediate feedback would be better LOL...well, sorry for being OT:)
 
Well it must be related to BFS then......easy nerve compression that is.I wonder "why" though.Cause my leg will go numb just from crossing one over the other so easily. It's ridiculous.
 
I agree, Is it Normal Also to have "Buzzing" in your feet (especially after sitting). IM guessing this goes along with the Numbness and is nothing to be worried about?
 
I think, unless there are no bad venous return issues, this might be considered as rather normal. What we really must pay attention to is our leg veins conditions because trombophlebitis is really nasty. So walking and massage helps a lot, especially if someone has to sit for 14 hours a day ;))) like me.
 

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