Why does hitting your funny bone feel so horrible? - Cella Wright

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ืื ื ืœื—ืฅ ืคืขืžื™ื™ื ืขืœ ื”ื›ืชื•ื‘ื™ื•ืช ื‘ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ืœืžื˜ื” ื›ื“ื™ ืœื”ืคืขื™ืœ ืืช ื”ืกืจื˜ื•ืŸ.

ืชืจื’ื•ื: zeeva livshitz ืขืจื™ื›ื”: Ido Dekkers
00:07
Whatever you were doing, there was no way to anticipate what came next.
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ืœื ืžืฉื ื” ืžื” ืขืฉื™ืชื, ืœื ื”ื™ื™ืชื” ื“ืจืš ืœืฆืคื•ืช ืžื” ื™ืงืจื” ืื—ืจ ื›ืš.
00:12
The back of your elbow smacked against a hard surface
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ื”ื—ืœืง ื”ืื—ื•ืจื™ ืฉืœ ื”ืžืจืคืง ืฉืœื›ื ื”ื™ื›ื” ืขืœ ืžืฉื˜ื— ืงืฉื”
00:15
and the impact sent a sensation so distinctly disquieting
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ื•ื”ืคื’ื™ืขื” ืฉืœื—ื” ืชื—ื•ืฉื” ื›ืœ ื›ืš ืžื˜ืจื™ื“ื” ื‘ืžื•ืจื“ ื–ืจื•ืขื›ื
00:19
shooting down your arm that it took several moments to regain composure.
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ืฉืœืงื— ื›ืžื” ืจื’ืขื™ื ืœื”ื—ื–ื™ืจ ืืช ืงื•ืจ ื”ืจื•ื—.
00:24
So, why does hitting this spot on your elbowโ€”
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ืื– ืœืžื” ืœื”ื›ื•ืช ืืช ื”ื ืงื•ื“ื” ื”ื–ื• ื‘ืžืจืคืง ืฉืœื›ื -
00:28
often referred to as your funny boneโ€” feel so weird?
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ื”ืžื›ื•ื ื” ืœืขืชื™ื ืงืจื•ื‘ื•ืช ื”ืขืฆื ื”ืžืฆื—ื™ืงื” ืฉืœื›ื - ืžืจื’ื™ืฉ ื›ืœ ื›ืš ืžื•ื–ืจ?
00:32
Well, to start, your elbow is one of the most complicated joints in your body.
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ื•ื‘ื›ืŸ, ืจืืฉื™ืช, ื”ืžืจืคืง ืฉืœื›ื ื”ื•ื ืื—ื“ ื”ืžืคืจืงื™ื ื”ืžื•ืจื›ื‘ื™ื ื‘ื™ื•ืชืจ ื‘ื’ื•ืคื›ื.
00:38
It's where your upper arm bone, the humerus,
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ื–ื” ื”ืžืงื•ื ืฉื‘ื• ืขืฆื ื”ื–ืจื•ืข ื”ืขืœื™ื•ื ื” ืฉืœื›ื, ืขืฆื ื”ื–ืจื•ืข,
00:41
meets the two bones of your forearm.
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ืคื•ื’ืฉืช ืืช ืฉืชื™ ืขืฆืžื•ืช ื”ืืžื” ืฉืœื›ื.
00:43
Three main nerves run through your elbow.
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ืฉืœื•ืฉื” ืขืฆื‘ื™ื ืขื™ืงืจื™ื™ื ืขื•ื‘ืจื™ื ื“ืจืš ื”ืžืจืคืง ืฉืœื›ื.
00:45
One of them, the ulnar nerve, is particularly relevant for our purposes.
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ืื—ื“ ืžื”ื, ื”ืขืฆื‘ ื”ืื•ืœื ืจื™, ืจืœื•ื•ื ื˜ื™ ื‘ืžื™ื•ื—ื“ ืœืžื˜ืจื•ืชื™ื ื•.
00:50
Your ulnar nerve is composed of both sensory and motor nerve fibers.
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ื”ืขืฆื‘ ื”ืื•ืœื ืืจื™ ืฉืœื›ื ืžื•ืจื›ื‘ ืžืกื™ื‘ื™ ืขืฆื‘ ืชื—ื•ืฉืชื™ื™ื ื•ืžื•ื˜ื•ืจื™ื™ื ื›ืื—ื“.
00:55
It extends from your spine to the tips of your fourth and fifth fingers,
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ื”ื•ื ืžืฉืชืจืข ืžืขืžื•ื“ ื”ืฉื“ืจื” ืฉืœื›ื ืœืงืฆื•ืช ื”ืืฆื‘ืขื•ืช ื”ืจื‘ื™ืขื™ืช ื•ื”ื—ืžื™ืฉื™ืช ืฉืœื›ื,
01:00
providing them with sensation along with swaths of your forearm and hand.
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ื•ืžืกืคืง ืœื”ืŸ ืชื—ื•ืฉื” ื™ื—ื“ ืขื ื—ืœืงื™ ื”ืืžื” ื•ื”ื™ื“ ืฉืœื›ื.
01:05
So, say your little finger gets crushed by a car door.
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ืื–, ื ื ื™ื— ืฉื”ืืฆื‘ืข ื”ืงื˜ื ื” ืฉืœื›ื ื ืžื—ืฆืช ืขืœ ื™ื“ื™ ื“ืœืช ืžื›ื•ื ื™ืช.
01:09
Sensory receptors in your pinky finger's tissues
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ืงื•ืœื˜ื ื™ื ื—ื•ืฉื™ื™ื ื‘ืจืงืžื•ืช ื”ื–ืจืช ืฉืœื›ื
01:12
register that unfortunate information
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ืจื•ืฉืžื™ื ืืช ื”ืžื™ื“ืข ื”ืžืฆืขืจ ื”ื–ื”
01:15
and send electrical impulses up the ulnar nerve,
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ื•ืฉื•ืœื—ื™ื ื“ื—ืคื™ื ื—ืฉืžืœื™ื™ื ื‘ืžืขืœื” ื”ืขืฆื‘ ื”ืื•ืœื ืจื™,
01:18
which are then processed in your central nervous system.
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ืืฉืจ ืžืขื•ื‘ื“ื™ื ืœืื—ืจ ืžื›ืŸ ื‘ืžืขืจื›ืช ื”ืขืฆื‘ื™ื ื”ืžืจื›ื–ื™ืช ืฉืœื›ื.
01:22
This leads to the perception of acute, sharp pain,
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ื–ื” ืžื•ื‘ื™ืœ ืœืชืคื™ืกื” ืฉืœ ื›ืื‘ ื—ืจื™ืฃ, ื—ื“,
01:25
followed by aching.
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ื•ืื—ืจื™ื• ื›ืื‘.
01:27
So that's how your ulnar nerve generally works.
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ืื– ื›ื›ื” ื‘ื“ืจืš ื›ืœืœ ืขื•ื‘ื“ ื”ืขืฆื‘ ื”ืื•ืœื ืจื™ ืฉืœื›ื.
01:30
But your elbow has an anatomical quirk that leaves your ulnar nerve vulnerable
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ืื‘ืœ ืœืžืจืคืง ืฉืœื›ื ื™ืฉ ืžื•ื–ืจื•ืช ืื ื˜ื•ืžื™ืช ืฉืžืฉืื™ืจื” ืืช ื”ืขืฆื‘ ื”ืื•ืœื ืจื™ ืฉืœื›ื ืคื’ื™ืข
01:34
to getting activated in a different way.
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ืœื”ืคืขืœื” ื‘ืฆื•ืจื” ืื—ืจืช.
01:37
Along almost all of its length, your ulnar nerve is protected,
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ื›ืžืขื˜ ืœื›ืœ ืื•ืจื›ื•, ื”ืขืฆื‘ ื”ืื•ืœื ืจื™ ืฉืœื›ื ืžื•ื’ืŸ,
01:42
hidden beneath muscle, fat, and bone.
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ืžื•ืกืชืจ ืžืชื—ืช ืœืฉืจื™ืจื™ื, ืฉื•ืžืŸ ื•ืขืฆืžื•ืช.
01:45
Thankfully, this is generally true of your nerves.
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ืœืžืจื‘ื” ื”ืžื–ืœ, ื–ื” ื ื›ื•ืŸ ื‘ื“ืจืš ื›ืœืœ ืœื’ื‘ื™ ื”ืขืฆื‘ื™ื ืฉืœื›ื.
01:47
But when your ulnar nerve reaches your elbow,
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ืื‘ืœ ื›ืืฉืจ ื”ืขืฆื‘ ื”ืื•ืœื ืจื™ ืฉืœื›ื ืžื’ื™ืข ืœืžืจืคืง ืฉืœื›ื,
01:50
it runs beneath the bony bump at the bottom of your humerus,
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ื”ื•ื ืขื•ื‘ืจ ืžืชื—ืช ืœื‘ืœื™ื˜ื” ื”ื’ืจืžื™ืช ื‘ืชื—ืชื™ืช ื”ื”ื•ืžืจื•ืก ืฉืœื›ื,
01:54
named the medial epicondyle,
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ื”ื ืงืจืืช ื”ืืคื™ืงื•ื ื“ื™ืœ ื”ืžื“ื™ืืœื™,
01:56
and it passes through a tunnel of ligament and muscle tissue
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ื•ื”ื•ื ืขื•ื‘ืจ ื“ืจืš ืžื ื”ืจื” ืฉืœ ืจืงืžืช ืจืฆื•ืขื” ื•ืฉืจื™ืจ
01:59
called the cubital tunnel.
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ื”ื ืงืจืืช ื”ืžื ื”ืจื” ื”ืงื•ื‘ื™ื˜ืœื™ืช.
02:01
When you bend your elbow,
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ื›ืฉืืชื ืžื›ื•ืคืคื™ื ืืช ื”ืžืจืคืง,
02:02
your ulnar nerve gets flattened against the medial epicondyle
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ื”ืขืฆื‘ ื”ืื•ืœื ืจื™ ืฉืœื›ื ืžืฉืชื˜ื— ื›ื ื’ื“ ื”ืืคื™ืงื•ื ื“ื™ืœ ื”ืžื“ื™ืืœื™
02:06
and the protective tissue in the area gets displaced,
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ื•ืจืงืžืช ื”ืžื’ืŸ ื‘ืื–ื•ืจ ืžื•ื–ื–ืช,
02:09
bringing the nerve especially close to the skin's surface.
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ืžื” ืฉืžืงืจื‘ ืืช ื”ืขืฆื‘ ื‘ืžื™ื•ื—ื“ ืืœ ืคื ื™ ื”ืขื•ืจ .
02:13
In this position, the ulnar nerve is covered only by skin
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ื‘ืžืฆื‘ ื–ื”, ื”ืขืฆื‘ ื”ืื•ืœื ืจื™ ืžื›ื•ืกื” ืจืง ื‘ืจืงืžืช ืขื•ืจ
02:17
and cubital tunnel ligament tissue,
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ื•ืจืฆื•ืขืช ื”ืžื ื”ืจื” ื”ืงื•ื‘ื™ื˜ืœื™ืช,
02:19
making it perhaps the longest area of semi-exposed nerve in your body.
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ืžื” ืฉื”ื•ืคืš ืื•ืชื• ืื•ืœื™ ืœืื–ื•ืจ ื”ืืจื•ืš ื‘ื™ื•ืชืจ ืฉืœ ืขืฆื‘ ื—ืฉื•ืฃ ืœืžื—ืฆื” ื‘ื’ื•ืคื›ื.
02:24
So, when the area is struck at the right angle with enough force,
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ืœื›ืŸ, ื›ืืฉืจ ื”ืื–ื•ืจ ื ืคื’ืข ื‘ื–ื•ื•ื™ืช ื”ื ื›ื•ื ื” ืขื ืžืกืคื™ืง ื›ื•ื—, ืงื•ืจื”
02:29
something interesting happens.
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ืžืฉื”ื• ืžืขื ื™ื™ืŸ.
02:31
Instead of the sensation simply activating peripheral receptors
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ื‘ืžืงื•ื ืฉื”ืชื—ื•ืฉื” ืคืฉื•ื˜ ืชืคืขื™ืœ ืงื•ืœื˜ื ื™ื ื”ื™ืงืคื™ื™ื
02:35
that send electrical signals along your ulnar nerve,
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ื”ืฉื•ืœื—ื™ื ืื•ืชื•ืช ื—ืฉืžืœื™ื™ื ืœืื•ืจืš ื”ืขืฆื‘ ื”ืื•ืœื ืจื™ ืฉืœื›ื,
02:39
the nerve's fibers are stimulated directly.
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ืกื™ื‘ื™ ื”ืขืฆื‘ ืžื’ื•ืจื™ื ื™ืฉื™ืจื•ืช.
02:42
This is why hitting your so-called funny bone hits different.
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ื–ื• ื”ืกื™ื‘ื” ืฉืคื’ื™ืขื” ื‘ืžื” ืฉื ืงืจื ื”ืขืฆื ื”ืžืฆื—ื™ืงื” ืฉืœื›ื ืžื›ื” ืื—ืจืช.
02:47
The exact mechanisms aren't yet fully understood.
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ื”ืžื ื’ื ื•ื ื™ื ื”ืžื“ื•ื™ืงื™ื ืขื“ื™ื™ืŸ ืœื ืžื•ื‘ื ื™ื ื‘ืžืœื•ืื.
02:50
But the impact alters the ulnar nerve's signaling,
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ืื‘ืœ ื”ื”ืฉืคืขื” ืžืฉื ื” ืืช ืื™ืชื•ืช ื”ืขืฆื‘ ื”ืื•ืœื ืจื™,
02:53
perhaps by causing a proliferation of nerve signals,
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ืื•ืœื™ ืขืœ ื™ื“ื™ ื’ืจื™ืžืช ื”ืชืคืฉื˜ื•ืช ืฉืœ ืื•ืชื•ืช ืขืฆื‘ื™ื™ื,
02:56
leading to that intense pins-and-needles sensation
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ืžื” ืฉืžื•ื‘ื™ืœ ืœืชื—ื•ืฉืช ืกื™ื›ื•ืช ื•ืžื—ื˜ื™ื ืื™ื ื˜ื ืกื™ื‘ื™ืช
02:59
called transient paresthesia,
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ื”ื ืงืจืืช ื ื™ืžืœื•ืœ ื—ื•ืœืฃ,
03:01
which radiates down the length of your arm.
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ื”ืžืงืจื™ื ื” ืœืื•ืจืš ื”ื–ืจื•ืข ืฉืœื›ื.
03:04
In rare cases, whacks to this special spot
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ื‘ืžืงืจื™ื ื ื“ื™ืจื™ื, ืคื’ื™ืขื•ืช ืœื ืงื•ื“ื” ื”ืžื™ื•ื—ื“ืช ื”ื–ื•
03:07
have led to temporary loss of consciousness,
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ื”ื•ื‘ื™ืœื• ืœืื•ื‘ื“ืŸ ื”ื›ืจื” ื–ืžื ื™,
03:10
perhaps because a hard enough strike could disrupt nerve signaling
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ืื•ืœื™ ื‘ื’ืœืœ ืฉืคื’ื™ืขื” ืงืฉื” ืžืกืคื™ืง ืขืœื•ืœื” ืœืฉื‘ืฉ ืืช ืื™ืชื•ืช ื”ืขืฆื‘ื™ื
03:14
and blood flow.
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ื•ืืช ื–ืจื™ืžืช ื”ื“ื.
03:15
In addition to these more immediately distressing moments,
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ื‘ื ื•ืกืฃ ืœืจื’ืขื™ื ืžืฆื™ืงื™ื ืžื™ื™ื“ื™ื™ื ื™ื•ืชืจ ืืœื”,
03:19
regular bent-elbow activities are thought to put pressure
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ืคืขื™ืœื•ื™ื•ืช ืžืจืคืง ื›ืคื•ืฃ ืจื’ื™ืœื•ืช ื ื—ืฉื‘ื•ืช ื›ืžืคืขื™ืœื•ืช ืœื—ืฅ
03:22
on the ulnar nerve over time.
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ืขืœ ืขืฆื‘ ื”ืื•ืœื ืจื™ ืœืื•ืจืš ื–ืžืŸ.
03:24
Ulnar nerve entrapment is a relatively common condition.
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ืœื›ื™ื“ืช ืขืฆื‘ ืื•ืœื ืจ ื”ื™ื ืžืฆื‘ ืฉื›ื™ื— ื™ื—ืกื™ืช .
03:28
It happens when the ulnar nerve becomes compressed and obstructed,
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ื–ื” ืงื•ืจื” ื›ืืฉืจ ื”ืขืฆื‘ ื”ืื•ืœื ืจื™ ื”ื•ืคืš ื“ื—ื•ืก ื•ื—ืกื•ื,
03:32
most commonly with the cubital tunnel.
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ืœืจื•ื‘ ืขื ื”ืžื ื”ืจื” ื”ืงื•ื‘ื™ื˜ืœื™ืช.
03:34
The result of this chronic ulnar nerve pain can be persistent paresthesia,
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ื”ืชื•ืฆืื” ืฉืœ ื›ืื‘ ืขืฆื‘ื™ ืื•ืœื ืจื™ ื›ืจื•ื ื™ ื–ื” ื™ื›ื•ืœื” ืœื”ื™ื•ืช ืคืจืกื˜ื–ื™ื” ืžืชืžืฉื›ืช,
03:39
as well as weakness in the forearm and hand.
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ื›ืžื• ื’ื ื—ื•ืœืฉื” ื‘ื–ืจื•ืข ื•ื‘ื™ื“.
03:42
In the hopes of preventing such conditions,
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ื‘ืชืงื•ื•ื” ืœืžื ื•ืข ืžืฆื‘ื™ื ื›ืืœื”,
03:44
doctors recommend conscientious elbow usage.
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ื”ืจื•ืคืื™ื ืžืžืœื™ืฆื™ื ืขืœ ืฉื™ืžื•ืฉ ืชื•ื“ืขืชื™ ื‘ืžืจืคืง.
03:47
That includes stretching your arms and straightening your elbows,
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ื–ื” ื›ื•ืœืœ ืžืชื™ื—ืช ื”ื™ื“ื™ื™ื ื•ื™ื™ืฉื•ืจ ื”ืžืจืคืงื™ื,
03:51
and generally taking breaks that help provide regular relief
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ื•ื‘ืื•ืคืŸ ื›ืœืœื™ ื”ืคืกืงื•ืช ื”ืžืกื™ื™ืขื•ืช ืœืกืคืง ื”ืงืœื” ืงื‘ื•ืขื”
03:54
and maximal blood flow to your ulnar nerve.
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ื•ื–ืจื™ืžืช ื“ื ืžืงืกื™ืžืœื™ืช ืœืขืฆื‘ ื”ืื•ืœื ืจื™ ืฉืœื›ื.
ืขืœ ืืชืจ ื–ื”

ืืชืจ ื–ื” ื™ืฆื™ื’ ื‘ืคื ื™ื›ื ืกืจื˜ื•ื ื™ YouTube ื”ืžื•ืขื™ืœื™ื ืœืœื™ืžื•ื“ ืื ื’ืœื™ืช. ืชื•ื›ืœื• ืœืจืื•ืช ืฉื™ืขื•ืจื™ ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ื”ืžื•ืขื‘ืจื™ื ืขืœ ื™ื“ื™ ืžื•ืจื™ื ืžื”ืฉื•ืจื” ื”ืจืืฉื•ื ื” ืžืจื—ื‘ื™ ื”ืขื•ืœื. ืœื—ืฅ ืคืขืžื™ื™ื ืขืœ ื”ื›ืชื•ื‘ื™ื•ืช ื‘ืื ื’ืœื™ืช ื”ืžื•ืฆื’ื•ืช ื‘ื›ืœ ื“ืฃ ื•ื™ื“ืื• ื›ื“ื™ ืœื”ืคืขื™ืœ ืืช ื”ืกืจื˜ื•ืŸ ืžืฉื. ื”ื›ืชื•ื‘ื™ื•ืช ื’ื•ืœืœื•ืช ื‘ืกื ื›ืจื•ืŸ ืขื ื”ืคืขืœืช ื”ื•ื•ื™ื“ืื•. ืื ื™ืฉ ืœืš ื”ืขืจื•ืช ืื• ื‘ืงืฉื•ืช, ืื ื ืฆื•ืจ ืื™ืชื ื• ืงืฉืจ ื‘ืืžืฆืขื•ืช ื˜ื•ืคืก ื™ืฆื™ืจืช ืงืฉืจ ื–ื”.

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