I thought I would pass this on in case anyone else is dealing with this. A couple of months ago I started having pain in the tips of my toes and the outer half of my feet were going numb. The only thing that I could put my finger on that I had changed in my life style was that I was sitting more, a lot more at the computer.
I usually take a few weeks off of my shop work ( hobby) when I get back from my annual archery competition to do some writing and such, this time it stretched out to about 3 months. I got back out of the chair and started working in my shop again and the pain disappeared entirely after about 5 days. I got a little better each day.
I try to limit sitting at the computer to about 30 min or less but still go over here and there, but I was spending close to 8 hours at the desk there for a while. I am thinking it may be in my lower back but either way the pain and numbness is now gone.
There is a trend now where people are working mostly standing up, rather than sitting at a desk. And you need to get up and move around. Your symptoms could also be diabetes. Might want to get yourself checked out.
Both my feet are numb, and have been like that for around 20 years. I have been tested for diabetes, and had MRI tests from a neurologist. Last year I spent a few days walking on the beach, barefoot in the sand. Before I knew it sores had appeared. I was treated by my local GP but one of my toes became infected and had to be amputated.
I spent a week in hospital, then 5 weeks on a 24 hour antibiotic drip, and 3 months of out patient visits to finally get fixed up. Luckily in Australia this treatment was virtually free. However, none of the doctors who treated me could explain my numbness.
I’d advise you to be very careful about injuring your feet without your knowledge. Just check them out every time you have a shower to avoid what happened to me.
Could it have been a compressed/pinched nerve? If I use one of those old-fashioned-“modern” computer chairs (where you wrap your legs around it and basically sit kneeling down) it happens to me and that was the docs conclusion.
Thats what I am thinking, I get a little numbness everytime I sit at the computer both at my house and at my shop. If I don’t sit too long it goes away when I get up. When I was spending too much time sitting it was getting extremely painful and the numbness was advancing. I don’t notice it driving.
Your description and symptoms match nerve compression in lower back. Based on mine, anyway. Less sitting is good. Checking in with your doc also recommended. I ended up with permanent damage. You may have a disk moving around, or something else that needs attention.