Loosing feeling in feet

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bubbles89

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When I'm on the cross trainer I notice that I start to loose feeling in my feet. It get severe pins and needles in my toes and can't feel my pinkies and the toe beisde my pinky. It only happens when I'm on the cross trainer so I can't see the problem being my shoes are too tight? What could this possibly be? Also what can I do to stop it as it's quite uncomfortable.

Bubbles :sport: (yay my first use of emotions)
 
bubbles89 said:
When I'm on the cross trainer I notice that I start to loose feeling in my feet. It get severe pins and needles in my toes and can't feel my pinkies and the toe beisde my pinky. It only happens when I'm on the cross trainer so I can't see the problem being my shoes are too tight? What could this possibly be? Also what can I do to stop it as it's quite uncomfortable.

Bubbles :sport: (yay my first use of emotions)
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What's a cross trainer down there equivalent to up here? An elliptical?

It could be that your shoes are laced up too tight. That's a first thought. You're using your legs and feet and they are warming up, swelling up and thus there is pressure being applied around your arteries that's partially cutting off the blood flow to your feet and toes and making them feel like pins and needles. Try loosening your laces a bit. If that doesn't work, then try different athletic sneakers.

If it still persists it could be something medical in nature that you might want to get checked out, but look into my suggestions first.
 
I dont know that is kind of strange. I would stick to primal exercises any way like running. Your body responds better and you get more cary over into the real world. Your body wasnt designed to move on a cross trainer. The other problem is that those machines use a lot of momentum so it takes away from the intensity. I would run, swim or find a sport like racquetball or boxing. You'll also have more fun with these. Those machines are better than nothing but not as effective. Its just like free weights vs. machines. You can use machines but you want to atleast include some free weight exercises. Your body didnt evolve to move a leaver it evolved to pick up weight. So your body responds better and the strength you gain is more usable in the real world.
 
i want you to try somthing, go bare foot or just in your socks. If it's still the same then i want you to buy an energy drink with an ingredient called L-arginine you can take up to 1000mg i suggest no more than 500mg for this test take this 30min before your run.. this is a vasodilator and will widen your vessles.. let me know the results of this test, also don't use any antiperspirants use only deoderants < there is a difference, if your not sure don't use any arm pit products for now. :) GL
 
I get the same thing with new shoes. Often it isnt that they are to tight or too loose, but rather they are laced incorrectly. (Tight in the middle, loose on the ends or vice versa)
I agree with everyone here that you should try different shoes or none at all and see whats up. If you can place the blame on your shoes, well then you can still use the eliptical. If you cant, you may want to go see somebody. Poor circulation can be a real problem. judging by your photo you are not overweight so at least you can rule that one out.
 
I only just bought new shoes, and my feet were doing the same thing in my old ones. I hope it's just my laces. I don't think I can use the cross trainer with just my socks as i'm at a gym. Unfortunately as for the comment about the energy drink, I'm not quite sure whether I will actually be able to drink it. I seem to have a reaction to most energy drinks ( redbull, v, etc ) I can't stomach them very well so I'm not sure whether I can try the energy drink but i'll wait and see if the laces make a difference and then go from there. I hope its nothing serious.
 
I dont see how drinking an energy is going to "solve" anything. If in fact it alleviates the symptoms due to its innate ability to open constricted blood vessels and allow oxegenation, I would be more concerned with why I needed to drink it to feel my feet. There would still be an underlying problem. Of which you would be treating the symptoms not the cause.


Pretty sure they dont market them as "foot feelings again".

My 2 cents
 
If it persists past this week then go see a doctor about it. If its a persisten problem is could be Peripheral Vascular Disease in which your arteries to your legs and feet narrow, causing a tingling sensation when the demand for oxygen is higher. It has a few causes, the biggest being diabetes.

Do try a workout w/o your shoes on while using the cross trainer. if anyone gives you an issue just explain what is it you are doing and why.
 
Littlea said:
I dont see how drinking an energy is going to "solve" anything. If in fact it alleviates the symptoms due to its innate ability to open constricted blood vessels and allow oxegenation, I would be more concerned with why I needed to drink it to feel my feet. There would still be an underlying problem. Of which you would be treating the symptoms not the cause.


Pretty sure they dont market them as "foot feelings again".

My 2 cents
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REMEMBER IT'S A TEST NOT A CURE
next time read the post maby i don't know pay attention?? energy drink has nothing to do with the test, a substance known as L-arginine is what were trying to get in the bloodstream this infact CAN solve this problem for a limited time, read my previous post as to WHY that is. what you don't know is that this solution is not a solution at all it's only a test and bubbles should not take L-Arginine daily
bubbles: as for running in you socks use your imagination to get that type of thing going, try sandals or cloth shoes / mat shoes / unlaced regular shoes whatever the point is to run with no pressure on your feet..

#2 if you can't take 1 energy drink that has L-Arginine in it there are some that are natural consisting of water/taurine/L-Arginine/L-carnitine/and many types of seed oils.. you should have low reaction with this vs the nasty redbull types.
ALso this stuff comes in pills/capsuls but seems silly to buy a bottle for 1 or 2 pills.
also don't mix this compound with and NSAIDS like asprin or Ibuprofen just WYI

I know quite a bit about Health science so you may ask yourself "what kind of test is this suppost to prove?"

well im glad you asked.... if bubbles feels better after a good amount of vasodilation + zero pressure on the vessils that proves that it's a bloodflow issue were it is getting cut off physically or constricted from another chemical
and that incudes narrowing vessels due to a disease

if she feels the same and has the same issue this is a blood oxidation problem during exercise. WHY is that? cause one of the first places you would feel a problem is in the feet because the circulation is far lower than other parts of and would go "tingly or feeling numb"
edit: because you would actually get more oxygen you may feel better as well, but your hands may become tingly as well, also adding if you feel the same in can still be narrowing vessels, hard to explain. anywho try it out lets see the results

Littlea: If you have a easyer better test please share

OR: i could just say go see a doctor and be done with it.
 
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Hey thanks for the info guys, I have a training session tomorrow so I'll try it again. I just find it really bizzare that out of all the gym equipment it's only the cross trainger that this happens with. I hope its nothing serious, you guys got me a lil worried about "worse case senerio" but I can't think like that. It could be anything. I'll test it with my shoes undun and go from there. I'll let you know my results.

And sorry if I've caused disagreements between ppl, I'm just after a lil advise.

Thanks
 
if we don't disagree about a solution, you'll never get the best idea out there :) all is well. Littlea's post compelled me to outline some details and thats a positive thing, he may come back with some info to add or more diagreements or even might agree. but this will bring a positive outcome for a good solution and is what a forum is all about.
 
very nice way of putting it. Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to fully test out the theories today but I did loosen my laces a little and it did work but I had worked out so hard that I wasn't on the trainer for long enough. I'll keep trying everyone's theory and keep you all posted
 
A situation with bloodflow could be the problem, yes. You guys are on the right track on that. It could also be a neural issue (pinching of the nerve) I've seen this quite a bit for different types of crosstrainers, and very small things can be done to alleviate the loss of sensation, such the previous suggestion of loosening the shoe laces. Some people even cure this by placing their feet in a different spot of the pedals.

Also, I've noticed clients have the tendency to keep their body weight pressured on one part of their foot. Over the course of a workout, this can get numbing. Next time, try a "natural gait," meaning as the pedal comes forward and down, put more pressure on the heels, and whengoing backwards, and coming up at first, put yout weight on the balls of you feet.
 
I've been lurking for a while around here as I'm just getting serious about getting fit. However, I felt compelled to respond to your situation, because I have the exact same problem.

I really noticed it at the beginning of the year when I started jogging, my feet would loose sensation and get the pins and needles feeling. With my condition of being overweight and having a family history of diabetes, my first reaction was to seek medical advise. I was pleasantly suprised to find my worst fear of diabetes was ruled out, but the doctor did tell me that it is not "that uncommon". He sees it mostly in pro athelets, he has a few NBA clients, but because of the size of these players and the pressure their feet have to take due to their size it reduces the amount of blood flow going into their feet. As most have said before me. Unfortunately there is not much you can do about it. He said the key is to keep good shoes and if you are running everyday, you need to get new shoes every 3-4 months. (Finances allowing).

What I have done, while I'm on the eliptical (crosstrainer) is to just keep my feet moving while working out. Meaning, change the position and the pressure points that I'm using. Also on some of your up movements, lift your feet off the pedals to allow the blood to circulate. I find that I naturally put pressure on the outside of my foot, so I have to consciencely move the pressure to the inside.

I don't know if this helps, but I figured since I did go see a doctor about my condition and it seems so close to yours, I would at least pass the information on? Best of luck.
 
The same thing happens to me when I do the elliptical - I think somehow I push my toes forward when I'm on the machine. Maybe you do the same? It doesn't happen to me in any other exercise.
 
Shadowman said:
What I have done, while I'm on the eliptical (crosstrainer) is to just keep my feet moving while working out. Meaning, change the position and the pressure points that I'm using. Also on some of your up movements, lift your feet off the pedals to allow the blood to circulate. I find that I naturally put pressure on the outside of my foot, so I have to consciencely move the pressure to the inside.
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Same here, although it was the big toe and the one next to it. I try to reposition it on the olipitical every few minutes and it has helped.
 
Hi all....I know that this is an old thread but I have finally had the chance to test to no shoes theory and PRESTO no pins and needles. I have decided that if I'm going to jump on the cross trainer than I'll have to do it first up so I can take off the shoes.

As for all the comments by everyone about your symptoms it's so good to know that I'm not the only one experiencing this problem. Thanks to everyone for your imput. I'm glad its nothing too serious.
 
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