sleeping on my side, waking up with numb arm

[Glaucus]

As for those saying that it's lack of blood supply, I disagree, I believe it's more nerve compression. If it was cutting off blood circulation, it would start to hurt pretty damn fast, and you'd wake up (or rather be woken up) with a painful arm, not a numb arm.

I think it can be either, No feeling but more worrying a cold arm with clammy skin. I doubt nerves can do that.

Although in some magazine or newspaper had the top 20 medical conditions blokes are worried about but don't seek advice. Dead arms from sleeping was in there. It said it did cause any long-term harm.

 

[k3v]

Its in your title you numpty

I said I sleep on my side, wake up with numb arm, there is a difference, pedantic I know.....

 

[neil3k]

don't sleep on it.

My God............

 

[Voltar]

Stolen joke !

I also must say GD has sunk to an all time low with this thread

"my arm goes dead when i sleep on it"

No **** sherlock

That's why It was a shameless response and had ' marks in it matey.
But do kind of agree with ya on this

 

[G|mp]

I said I sleep on my side, wake up with numb arm, there is a difference, pedantic I know.....

Not really unless your arm is on your back

 

[Glaucus]

don't sleep on it.

Not possible, I've always slept on my side with one arm bent up under my head. Even in the womb, they almost had to cut me out.

 

[TrX]

This may help you

www.xkcd.com/335
www.xkcd.com

 

[OSB]

Its nerve compression IIRC, should be careful though, a friend of mine fell asleep on his arm like that (he was drunk) and it damaged the nerve, couldn't move his wrist for a fair few weeks!

 

[yaboy]

Knock one out before the feeling returns...

a midget?

 

[Glaucus]

Knock one out before the feeling returns...

Surly thats got to be a myth, seeing as you can't even move the arm.

 

[Welshy]

"my arm goes dead when i sleep on it"

No **** sherlock

Exactly what I was thinking... medical condition my arse!

 

[A.N.Other]

I do this all the time by interlocking my fingers behind my head in my sleep. I wake up with both arms completely dead and in big pain as the feeling returns.

Imaging a guy suddenly waking up, sitting up in bed and then flailing his torso around to move his arms and you'll get the picture. I wish I didn't do it but it's obviously entirely subconscious, so there's not much that I can do about it.

 

[k3v]

Exactly what I was thinking... medical condition my arse!

if I sleep on my back will I get a numb arse??

 

[G|mp]

if I sleep on my back will I get a numb arse??

Have you been sleeping on your head lately?

 

[Akira]

I fell asleep with my hands behind my head once and both my arms went completely dead. I completely freaked out when I tried to get up and tumbled off the bed, it was hilarious apparently.
I was mentally scarred

 

[DB_SamX]

This may help you
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/mattress.png
www.xkcd.com/335
www.xkcd.com

Is there anything in real life, however mundane, that they don't think of!?

 

[Welshy]

if I sleep on my back will I get a numb arse??

No but you don't cut off your circulation to your arse by frickin laying on your back.

 

[byteagig]

i get a numb cheek when i lay on my side and rest my head on my arm.
i also get a numb arm from time to time. ever tried to turn off your alarm when half asleep with a dead arm lol

i get a numb arse when ive been driving too long!

 

[Kristoph]

The amount of times I've slept with both arms crossed on my pillow, and woken up with no feeling in either arm.

I wake up and I'm literally stuck there, I have to use my shoulders to swing my arms around.

 

[Runbalk]

Imaging a guy suddenly waking up, sitting up in bed and then flailing his torso around to move his arms and you'll get the picture.

You can just hear the Benny Hill music when you read this