Street Medic Wikia (beta), the online resource for street medics that anyone can edit Since the arrests in NYC last week, the principle complaint I have heard from folks is that their thumbs and/or fingertips are still numb. What treatment and course of action can we be recommending for them. So far it seems that one of the medics has told them to go to a doctor to document it, which is good advice. Here's my medical review of so-called "Handcuff Neuropathy" (or more technically Cheiralgia Paresthetica, a superficial radial nerve branch compression mononeuropathy, or some such gobbledegook):