
The Secrets to Resolving Hand Numbness
A step-by-step video guide to ulnar nerve hand numbness: test the 5 common entrapment points, find yours, and follow the fix built for it. 12 five-star reviews.
Numb Pinky and Ring Finger? Find Your Nerve Entrapment Point — and Fix It
The Secrets to Resolving Hand Numbness walks you through testing the 5 most common points of ulnar nerve entrapment, finding yours, and following the exercises built for that exact location — before anyone starts talking about surgery.
Who this is for
- You wake up in the middle of the night and can't feel your pinky or ring finger.
- The numbness comes and goes — some days fine, some days pins, aches, or real pain.
- Your grip is getting weak in the affected hand.
- A doctor has already floated the "s" word — surgery — and you'd like to try a non-surgical approach first.
- You don't have access to a medical professional who really knows ulnar nerve entrapment.
- Rest, ice, stretching, and a fistful of Advil haven't changed anything.
The problem
Ulnar nerve issues usually start as a nagging annoyance: a tingly pinky at your desk, a dead hand when you wake up. But ignored, they can progress toward something more serious — like hand wasting, which can severely limit the function of your hand and your quality of life. Don't let it get to that point.
Quick fixes fail because "hand numbness" isn't one problem. The ulnar nerve can be pressured at five common points along its path — a cervical disc in the neck, the back elements of the spine, an unstable shoulder, or tunnels below the elbow and at the wrist. An exercise that helps a neck-driven case does nothing for a wrist-driven one; any fix that never asks why the nerve is irritated is a band-aid.
This guide — built from over 10 years of clinical experience — works the way an exam in my clinic works: test each theory, watch how your symptoms respond, determine your entrapment location, then follow the plan specific to it. Many of these exercises won't turn up in a YouTube or Google search.
What's inside
A step-by-step, sections-based guide with video demonstrations for the theory tests and exercise programs:
- Start Here — how the active-care approach works and how to use the guide.
- The 5 Theories, each with test videos: a cervical disc pressuring the nerve (often worse looking down); posterior cervical spine elements (often worse looking up); a nerve bundle pressured at the head of the shoulder; pressure below the elbow; pressure at the wrist and hand.
- What Now? — the questions that narrow your result to one working theory.
- After Week 1 — "super glue" stabilization exercises matched to your theory, like Kettlebell Kneeling Halos and High Bears.
- The Three-Part Game Plan: (1) modify symptom-triggering activities and postures — sleeping position, sitting, getting into a car and driving; (2) learn to desensitize flare-ups yourself instead of depending on hands-on treatment; (3) active care — the conditioning work where the real resolution happens.
- Beginner's Program — a three-week mini progression from daily desensitizing to "green light" strength exercises.
- Bonus: the Most Common Ulnar Program — the go-to protocol for neck-driven cases (Chin Tucks, Sniffers, midback mobility).
Mobile friendly — read the guide and watch the videos from your phone or tablet.
How it works
- Buy the guide and open it on any device.
- Run the video-guided tests for all five theories and note which movements change your symptoms.
- Use the matching first-aid to cool symptoms down — typically about a week — then add your theory's stabilization exercises.
- Work the three-part game plan — modify triggers, desensitize flare-ups, build strength — so you're addressing the cause, not just the sensation.
Why Performance Place
Dr. Sebastian Gonzales, DC is a sports chiropractor who has spent over a decade helping hardworking people decrease hand numbness. This guide was originally written to teach young clinicians clinical reasoning, then adapted so a person with debilitating numbness can follow along from home at a reasonable price. He's direct about the limits, too: every person is different, and buying this guide doesn't mean you shouldn't also see a doctor.
FAQ
How do I know this fits my case?
It's built for ulnar-nerve symptoms — numbness in the pinky and ring fingers, trouble sleeping through the night, intermittent pain, weak grip. Its first job is diagnostic: you test all five entrapment theories and let your own symptom response point to the right one.
How is this different from free YouTube exercises?
Random exercises can't tell you which of the five entrapment points is yours — and the wrong match does nothing. Many of these exercises and stretches won't be found on YouTube or Google searches at all.
Will this help me avoid surgery?
No honest answer promises that. The guide exists for people who want to try a non-surgical approach first — reviewers like Nitesh credit it as the reason surgery may be off the table. Dr. Gonzales has also seen hard cases that did require surgery; every person is different.
How long until I notice something?
It varies. Some people have felt over 50% improvement in a few days; others take longer. Expect roughly a week of "cooling down" first-aid — if the right theory was picked — before stabilization work.
Can I use it on my phone?
Yes. The guide is mobile friendly — read it and watch every video from your phone or tablet.
Should I still see a doctor?
Yes. This is a self-help resource, not a replacement for care — Dr. Gonzales recommends seeing a sports chiropractor near you regardless.
Reviews
- Verified ownerDavid SchneiderMay 5, 2024
The guide is truly phenomenal. I've been searching for answers for the last 5 years, and haven't been able to fix my nerve issues. I believe God led me here, and I'm very impressed. Sebastian is true to his word, this guide includes exercises that I've never seen anywhere else. That's saying something, because I've looked through A LOT of information on this. I've already made solid progress and am loving the relief I get from the exercise for my specific location of compression. These guys rock! The book is clear and well worth the money!
- Verified ownerJohn MuenchOctober 10, 2023
Overall the ebook seems to cover enough of each subject, but I haven't spent a lot of time with it during the past month. I have hand numbness, sometimes severe pain, usually during the night, and numbness during the day, not necessarily all day or every day. I'm still learning to use Theory 3 for relief from most of the numbness that comes with typing on a computer keyboard, like right now. And sometimes when driving. I went to a chiropractic health center at Logan University, and stopped after the 5th intern left for extended training. I never got as much variety at the school as I have gotten from this ebook. I wish I could print it out as working with it on a 13" screen is difficult. But otherwise, I think the cost of it is worthy of the theory contained in it. I just need more time to work with it.
- Verified ownerPeter SwanOctober 6, 2023
I really like the information. I haven't done the exercises enough times to determine which ones have benefit yet, ( I am returning from a trip to Italy so I am still in airports)
- Verified ownerGraham CollinsOctober 8, 2021
I have had ulnar nerve trouble in the left arm and hand this past year. Finally, this was diagnosed as originating from the cervical spine area and I had a nerve block procedure last month. However, I still suffered from pain and numbness into the left arm, ring and small finger. Post the nerve block procedure, I struggled to get the right advice from my PT/chiro and acupuncturist. I purchased your guide earlier this week, undertook the first phase of exercises/stretches and already feel so much better and after a number of weeks am now fine. I really cannot believe the difference, I will keep these up and move onto the next phase of strengthening exercises.
- Verified ownerThien NguyenAugust 12, 2021
I went to a family doctor but all she told me was not to do what I describe to her but with no corrective exercises. I have the number 3. I feel better immediately after doing it for 2 hours of buying this product. I will updates on my remedy 1 month from now.
- Verified ownerGary Guianen JrNovember 26, 2020
I've been experiencing pinky and ring finger numbness for quite some time now. It started with my shoulder hurting real bad. Shortly thereafter,the numbness came. I had hand and finger coordination problems. I even had alot of muscle wasting in the web part between my pointer and thumb. It's actually pretty caved in there. Since I am a veteran,I reached out to the VA hospital system and 6 months later,the same problem,not much better at all. Then I came across this guide and I finally felt there was some hope to get my hand back! I'm in my first week on the exercises. I've got to say that so far,it feels as if my hand is becoming freer to use. I've done research and I found that this condition is like having an extremely tight glove on. I'm beginning to feel as if it's a less tighter glove on now than before. I'm going to continue to do the exercises and hopefully the progress continues. My gratitude to Doctor Gonzales for giving us hope to have faith in something that actually works!
- Verified ownerNitesh GoelAugust 6, 2020
I think this guide may be the reason I don't need to get a surgery for my ulnar nerve compression. I had been dealing with pinky finger pain and numbness for weeks. I sought a lot of professional help, including seeing doctors at some well known hospitals. But their prescription of resting, icing, stretching, and a fistful of Advils did little to reduce my pain. Literally the first two movements in the guide brought me relief. It was pretty shocking for me just how well they understood what I was going through. I have been following the guidelines for a few weeks. I'm making tremendous progress towards recovery. The guide's well written and easy to follow. Sebastian and Dawne have a talent for explaining exercises using cues from everyday movements we do anyway. It makes it easy to do them right without supervision. The instructions are also funny sometimes, which I enjoyed. Though, I would like to talk to Sebastian at some point about his vocal disdain for the metric system.
- Verified ownerMike ChavezJuly 28, 2020
I am grateful for this book and look forward to getting better. Mike C.
- Verified ownerAmanda LatonaJune 5, 2020
Thank you for creating this content for hand numbness. I purchased it 5 months postpartum. I started to feel numbness in the ring and pinky finger, but a lot of things were also aching in my upper body. I was really interested in elbow pain, but came across this guide. I did a few of the exercises and within a week, I didn’t feel the pain come back. It would come and go, but now it’s gone. I am now almost 1yr postpartum and I haven’t experienced any numbness. When I did have my finger numbness it would radiate to the ulnar side of my elbow would be in great pain and it would be difficult to grip. I sometimes get soreness in that area, but not to the level of what it was a few months ago. Still to this day I am not sure what triggered it, but I am glad I was able to feel better.
- Verified ownerKatherine PfefferApril 15, 2020
I thank you for creating and making this information available! I was under a local Chiropractor's care and his treatments and exercises were very helpful to me. In addition I wanted more knowledge to continue correcting and strengthening my arms and hands after the initial injury that resulted in my hand numbness. I found Performance Place through an internet search and have been very pleased with the information and exercises that Dr. Gonzales includes in this guide.
- Verified ownerLevi ADecember 1, 2019
Just wanted to thank you for putting out this resource as well as your youtube videos. In short, I am a classical pianist and also work a desk job, and became very frightened when I began having numbness in 4th and 5th fingers of right hand. I've since visited regular Chiropractor and determined a lot of the issues stem from the neck. Treatment is ongoing but much better now and after 3 weeks I am able to play without issue once more. It means a lot that I was able to find your ebook and allay fears about severity of issue I was having. Thanks again!
- Verified ownerAlecNovember 27, 2019
Amazing product!! I first couldn't believe how efficient the exercises in this product are. In one package deal, I learned about the essence of my issue, learned how to mitigate my symptoms and how to reduce the likelyhood that they reocure altogether. The content is delivered in a way so that I was easy for me to understand the information, that would have otherwise been to complex for me. I strongly encourage people to give this product a shot for I believe it has a great potential to help people dealing with hand numbness, as I used to. That's pretty much it, I don't know of anything similar. To me, it is a no-brainer!
