What causes pain in the hands and feet?

Hand and foot pain can arise from several causes. Inflammation is a significant contributor. This can be from an injury or inflammatory disorders like arthritis, leading to swelling in joints, muscles, or tissue. Additionally, nerve damage plays a pivotal role in such pain. Conditions like neuropathy, frequently linked with diabetes or other systemic diseases, can cause nerve injury, manifesting as pain, numbness, or a tingling sensation in the hands and feet.

What is it called when you have pain only in the hands and feet?

Peripheral neuropathy is a condition where pain is limited to the hands and feet. It results from damage to your peripheral nerves, the network of nerves situated outside of your brain and spinal cord. Peripheral neuropathy typically presents as a combination of weakness, numbness, and hand and foot pain. But it can also affect other body parts and functions such as digestion, urination, and blood flow.

How do you stop your hands and feet from hurting?

To manage hand and foot pain, consider these strategies: - Rest: Limit or avoid tasks that exacerbate your pain. - Pain management medication: Over-the-counter analgesics like paracetamol or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen can help alleviate pain. - Heat and ice therapy: Regular application of ice can help reduce inflammation, while heat can promote blood flow and relax the muscles. - CBD pain relief cream: Gently massage CBD pain relief cream into the aching muscles to alleviate foot and hand pain. - Splinting: Soft braces or splints can support your hands and wrists, reducing pain. - Regular movement: Keeping your hands, wrists, feet, and ankles moving with gentle exercises can help maintain flexibility and decrease pain. - Therapeutic massage: Incorporating gentle massage into your routine can enhance blood flow, ease muscle strain, and help alleviate foot and hand pain. - Seek medical care: When hand and foot pain limits your activities and impairs your sleep, seek medical attention. The pain may be symptomatic of a greater concern.

Why do hands and feet ache at night?

Nighttime hand and foot pain can result from several factors. Muscular issues such as overuse or strain, nerve problems like neuropathy, bone-related pathologies or injuries, skin-related conditions, inflammatory processes like arthritis, and even vascular concerns can all contribute to this discomfort. The quiet and stillness of night can also make you more aware of these aches.

Regenerative Health Providers and Physicians

The regenerative health providers at QC Kinetix are highly trained doctors and physician assistants who are board certified in sports medicine, orthopedic medicine and surgery, emergency medicine, geriatrics, and pain management. Each took their own path to discover the power of regenerative medicine to alleviate pain for their patients. We’re proud to work with these compassionate and skilled healers at the QC Kinetix regenerative health centers nationwide.

Non-Invasive Surgical Alternative

Some causes of persistent musculoskeletal pain must be resolved through surgery. When we see cases like this, our regenerative health providers let our patients know their best course of action resides with a surgeon. But surgery is often not the only option or the best solution for many patients. Many of our physicians have seen patients undergo surgery only to compound their initial pain. Our minimally invasive, nonsurgical regenerative treatments for joint pain harness the enormous power of the human body to repair and renew itself. In this way, we go to the source of the pain to resolve it naturally.

Many of our physicians and regenerative health providers began their careers in sports medicine. Working with professional athletes to mend broken bones and repair torn ligaments and tendons is highly rewarding. But too often, professional athletes and weekend warriors push themselves to return to the activities they love before they have fully healed from surgery.

Unfortunately, orthopedic surgery often does as much or more damage to the body than the injury it seeks to repair. So a lengthy and painful recovery period is necessary. Regenerative medicine is an entirely different approach that enlists the body’s abilities to heal and repair its damaged tissues.

Pain-Free Without Pills

Some of our regenerative health physicians have spent years combatting repeated opioid prescriptions and the resulting opioid addictions. It is so difficult for a doctor to gaze into the pain-filled eyes of their patients and refuse to help. But this understandable compassion has led to the nightmare of opioid abuse.

So, rather than masking their patients’ pain temporarily, which invites reinjury, these physicians found their way to regenerative medicine instead. They can now provide their patients with genuine pain relief through natural biologic treatments that alleviate low back pain, elbow pain, knee pain, and more.

Even steroids are not the cure-all some doctors make them out to be. Although oral and injected steroids relieve inflammation, they have the potential for some pretty nasty side effects. And the injection of steroids can break down cartilage at the injection site, which leads to more pain. Our regenerative health providers with a background in pain management provide natural treatments that repair and resolve pain without compounding it with additional stress and toxic side effects.

Medical Management Team

Tom Wilkins, MD

Dr Tom Wilkins is a board certified Physiatrist and completed his additional board certification and Fellowship training in the field of Anti-Aging and Regenerative medicine. He has been treating patients in the field of Musculoskeletal Medicine for 19 years, and Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine for 11 years. In addition, he obtained the first ever board certification offering for the field of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in 2012. He completed both his medical school in 2000 and residency training through the University of Wisconsin here in Madison in 2004.

Dr Wilkins holds the philosophy that we should be looking at extending the “health span” of our patients. Growing old is inevitable, however, “aging” is not. Maintaining an active lifestyle, addressing changes as they arise and not after they have become problems, and being a proactive participant in your well being are all important components in improving that “health span” throughout one’s life. Improvement and maintaining one’s best quality of life is the ultimate goal as he treats his patients.

As a former collegiate baseball player, Dr Wilkins has a deep appreciation for those who wish to remain active in their lives after the organized competitive activities are in the rear view. As Medical Director of QC Kinetix-Madison, Dr Wilkins looks forward to seeing you through to better days whether your goal is to keep the competitive fires burning, or to simply maintain an improved quality of life by reducing pain.

Heather Harren, APNP-CNP

Heather Harren is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a board-certified family nurse practitioner with over 14 years’ experience. As a registered nurse, Heather primarily worked in cardiac care units and emergency room. As a nurse practitioner, Heather has extensive experience in urgent care, orthopedics, occupational health and travel medicine. Heather is also adjunct faculty for the Loyola University School of Nursing Nurse Practitioner program. Heather values preventative medicine and education in her practice.

When not working, Heather enjoys spending time with her two children, ages 24 and 21, and traveling. She also enjoys outdoor activities year-round such as golf, hiking, swimming, running, and snow skiing.

Jelka Leedle, DNP, APNP-BC

Jelka Leedle is a board-certified Doctor of Nursing Practice and earned a Masters in Nursing as an Adult-Geriatrics Primary Care Nurse Practitioner from Marquette University. She has completed all course work at the Institute of Functional Medicine and is a Functional Medicine Practitioner. She has certifications in procedural medicine through Empire Medical such as Micro-needling, PRP, Hormones Therapy, Medical Weight Loss, and medical facial aesthetics.

Jelka’s passion is to educate and guide her community on how to get well and stay healthy. She loves learning and reading research, traveling, boating, being active, cooking, but most of all spending quality time with her two boys.

QC Kinetix

Get Started with QC Kinetix

*Fill out the form below, and an expert will reach out to you shortly. All fields must be completed.

ACTIVE- QC Kinetix Form Single Locations New - Latest Version 29th of July 2024

* Please allow 30-60 minutes of allotted time to meet with a specialist to determine if you are a candidate for our services. Exams are included and are complimentary. By providing your phone number, you agree to receive recurring automated promotional and personalized marketing text messages (e.g. cart/browse reminders) from QC Kinetix at the cell number used when signing up. Consent is not a condition of any purchase. Reply HELP for help and STOP to cancel. Msg frequency varies. Msg and data rates may apply. View Terms & Privacy.

Name*
First Name Last Name
Email Address*
Telephone Number*
State*
Zip Code*
ZIP Code
Preferred Clinic Location (AL)*
Preferred Clinic Location (AZ)*
Preferred Clinic Location (AR)*
Preferred Clinic Location (CA)*
Preferred Clinic Location (CO)*
Preferred Clinic Location (CT)*
Preferred Clinic Location (FL)*
Preferred Clinic Location (GA)*
Preferred Clinic Location (ID)*
Preferred Clinic Location (IL)*
Preferred Clinic Location (IN)*
Preferred Clinic Location (IA)*
Preferred Clinic Location (KS)*
Preferred Clinic Location (KY)*
Preferred Clinic Location (ME)*
Preferred Clinic Location (MD)*
Preferred Clinic Location (MA)*
Preferred Clinic Location (MI)*
Preferred Clinic Location (MN)*
Preferred Clinic Location (MO)*
Preferred Clinic Location (NY)*
Preferred Clinic Location (NC)*
Preferred Clinic Location (OH)*
Preferred Clinic Location (OK)*
Preferred Clinic Location (OR)*
Preferred Clinic Location (PA)*
Preferred Clinic Location (RI)*
Preferred Clinic Location (SC)*
Preferred Clinic Location (TN)*
Preferred Clinic Location (TX)*
Preferred Clinic Location (UT)*
Preferred Clinic Location (VT)*
Preferred Clinic Location (VA)*
Preferred Clinic Location (WV)*
Preferred Clinic Location (WI)*
Preferred Clinic Location (WY)*
Preferred Clinic Location (MT)*
Preferred Clinic Location (NV)*
Preferred Clinic Location (SD)*
Preferred Clinic Location (NE)*
Treatment Types*
Select the Service You're Interested In
Select the Service You're Interested In
Select the Service You're Interested In
Select the Service You're Interested In
Select the Service You're Interested In
Select the Service You're Interested In
Select the Service You're Interested In
Select the Service You're Interested In
How Did You Hear About Us?*
Consent*
*
By submitting my contact information above, I agree to QC Kinetix's' Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, I give consent to share my information with the QC Kinetix Affiliates and their successors and assigns, and I give express written consent to be contacted about products and services via email, phone call or SMS text from QC Kinetix. Standard messaging and data rates apply. Text STOP to opt-out of SMS texts at any time.
Email
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

*Please allow 30-60 minutes of allotted time to meet with a specialist to determine if you are a candidate for our services. Exams are included and are complimentary.

Regenerative Health Providers and Physicians

Non-Invasive Surgical Alternative

Pain-Free Without Pills

Medical Management Team

Tom Wilkins, MD

Heather Harren, APNP-CNP

Jelka Leedle, DNP, APNP-BC

QC Kinetix

Get Started with QC Kinetix

ACTIVE- QC Kinetix Form Single Locations New - Latest Version 29th of July 2024

Arizona

Connecticut

Florida

Georgia

Iowa

North Carolina

New York

Texas

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Virginia

Wisconsin