Tingling in legs with neck osteoarthritis

Saxophone
Saxophone Member Posts: 24
edited 11. Aug 2025, 11:14 in Living with arthritis

neck mid back

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  • Saxophone
    Saxophone Member Posts: 24

    I have flare ups from time to time but this time have tingling in legs - how can I get rid of this

  • Trish9556
    Trish9556 Member Posts: 929

    Hi @Saxophone

    Is the tingling like pins and needles? I had neck OA in the C6/7 and chronic pins and needles going from my neck, across my shoulder and down my arm for years. I eventually got referred to a lovely surgeon who operated on my C6/7 - it was originally going to be an ACDF surgery but on finding my vertebral artery was in the wrong place they went in through the back of my neck. No problems since.

    The pins and needles were like having a plastic bag of marbles under my skin which were having the air squeezed out until the bag popped. Awful sensation and glad I got it fixed eventually!

    Trish

  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,539

    Hi @Saxophone in your shoes I would want to let my GP know this or anyone else involved in my medical care. At the very least I would ask for a referral to physio to see if there was anything they could suggest to help me.

    Best of luck

    Toni x

  • Amazing_123
    Amazing_123 Member Posts: 1
    https://community.versusarthritis.org/discussion/comment/736585#Comment_736585

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