Any of yall have problems with your 'throttle hand' goin to sleep (getting numb)? If so, what did ya do to cure it???

Billy G

 

Cruise control until the blood gets flowing again.

 

My Dr. told me it's arthritis. Also as you age could be poor circulation.

 

Almost forgot, Iso grips help.

 

I use squeeze a racket ball all day long...


Good reading:

http://www.stanislausorthopedics.com...dmotocross.htm
My research for this article included speaking to numerous riders and searching both the Internet and the medical literature. I found recommendations for arm pump ranging from scientifically accurate to downright bizarre. Since little true research about arm pump exists, very few of these remedies have been truly tested. Remember that if a single person says that after they did X then Y happened, it does not necessarily mean that Y was a result of X. This concept is how magic and superstition usually begin. On the other hand, the mind is a very poorly understood and powerful organ. True belief in a treatment often has remarkably good results, a well-documented phenomenon called the placebo effect.
I have broken nonoperative arm pump solutions into three groups based on the chance of success in reducing arm pump for a large population. My list does not mean that anything won�t work for you as an individual (see preceding paragraph).
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High chance of reducing arm pump[/ol]
[ol][ol][*]Frequent riding.[*]Staying relaxed on the track, loosening the stranglehold on your grips, moving your fingers, and alternate between squeezing and relaxing your hands.[*]Using more legs and less arms while riding. [/ol][/ol]
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Medium chance of reducing arm pump
[ol][*]Avoid heavy weights in arm workouts.[*]Suspension set-up.[*]Wrist curls with light weights and high repetitions.[*]Forearm, wrist stretching.[*]Using aspirin as a blood thinner. (The blood thinning attributes of aspirin work best at low dose. One pill a day is all you need.)
[/ol][*]Possible chance of reducing arm pump. Treatments that some riders believed helpful are sometimes diverse and contradictory: [/ol]
[ol][ol][*]Taking nutritional supplements, vitamins, magnesium, potassium, calciumďż˝[*]Changing the bar type, composition, and position (some say up, some say down) .[*]Lever position (some say up, some say down).[*]Grip size and stiffness (some said smaller and stiffer grips helped, while others said a larger softer grip absorbs vibration and helped.)[*]Steering Dampers.[*]Gripper seat covers[*]Acupuncture[*]Magnets[*]Voodoo [/ol][/ol]

 

Since I'm too cheap to spring for cruise control, I bought a cramp buster. I like it andthink it's worth a try for ten bucks.... www.crampbuster.com/

 

Cruise control solved my cramping/numbness

 

Besides the cruise control, get the Kury ISO grips with a throttle boss. Even when not using the cruise, the ISOs with the throttle boss really do help keep the hand from cramping on the long rides.

 

A good pair of riding gloves helped me. I got some ICON leather palmed ones.

 

I have big hands (and feet) so I was having a rough time with it. Going to bigger diameter padded grips and using the cruise more often made the numbness all but go away. Usually, about the time I need to stop for fuel is about when my hands start to tingle.