What Are "Pins & Needles"?? 

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The worst is falling asleep on you arm, waking up to a floppy piece of meat and sheer panic while you're half awake...

"what are pins and needles?" **proceeds to whip out long lost great-grandma that disappeared 20 years ago**

In Brazil we call it “formigamento” which means the feeling that ants are walking around inside your leg, and there is no explanation better than that to describe that feeling

what's weird is that sometimes it's not unpleasant, like when it's completely numb or a soft uniform fuzziness. other times actually painful, with distinct hot and cold needles like a sparkler going off inside or something.

*EVERYBODY GANGSTER TILL THE BODY IN THE BACK SITS UP*

I like how people (even I) call it "static" despite the fact of never actually being able to feel it since it's on a TV but the sound and the look of it just FEELS like what you'd imagine it to be

I see a lot of people saying that this hurts, but for me it is just tingling. My limbs feel heavy almost and sometimes depending how odd I am sitting or whatever I can feel my limb really warm as the blood returns to it. It feels like what a bee sting would feel like but without pain I guess.

rest in peace to the two angels who donated their body for this. and thank you for doing so. Rest well my loves❤️

When my niece was little she said she had sparklers in her leg. What a great way to put it!

i love how in almost every scene he is talking in, there is a dead body in the background

I know the corpse isn't feeling a thing, but this just gives me the willies when he starts pulling on the muscles & nerves, I'm not a dead body kinda guy. I couldn't watch the whole thing, but stayed long enough to learn about the sciatic nerve being compressed. Makes sense. I've had sciatica, and it's no picnic either.

so-since the signals that our brains interpret as pain when the sciatic nerve “turns back on” are the signals that are catching up after being shut off, would it be accurate to say that the pins and needles lasts (approximately) as long as the leg was in that position ? this is really fascinating stuff, by the way !

I was thinking at first like “oh wow those are some really accurate models of muscles in the leg” but then i was like wait...

People be freaking out that he’s using real bodies, without realizing the channel is called “Institute of Human Anatomy”.

I have this everyday when I sit down, in my feet and toes. I had a herniated disc L4, L5 10 years ago. It’s never ended, I’ve just dealt with it and it doesn’t go away. I got tested for Lyme Disease and other stuff and tested negative. It’s probably due to standing all day for 20 plus years at the shop and various sports injuries. Anyway, I believe it’s just peripheral neuropathy due to age and back issues. Laying down with feet elevated helps alleviate some of it, but mostly I just cope with it and adjust.

As someone who is about to apply to the physical therapy assistant program, I’m excited I found this! Seeing the cadavers really REALLY helps with studying!!!! You make learning anatomy fun 😄😄😄

Press "F" to pay respect for the person that donated their body for this.

I like that it's presented with a fun and upbeat tone, meanwhile there's just two corpses casually lying there lol xD

This has to be my most interesting channel of all time. Not that clever myself to be into the medical field, but to have this channel as a share for my “in-law-sister” who study to be a doctor and share video links without a single flinch.. this is so wholesome 😁🥰

1:08 Next time I get pins and needles I am definitely saying my leg feels crunchy

So basically pins and needles is just your body having high ping

Guy: lives a long healthy life just to end up dissected in a RU-vid video to explain what I get when I set on the toilet too long.

I found this very interesting especially since I had a knee reconstruction surgery some months ago to repair my acl, mcl, and meniscus, and ever since I’ve had some nerve damage and there’s a section of the side of my calf/shin area that is constantly asleep so that’s fun haha

"Static" is absolutely perfect, it's what I've kinda visualised it as being all my life. When I was very small I thought it was some variety of energy surging around my arm (I often got pins and needles on my arms when I was sat in weird ways which put some pressure on my elbow). It was quite cool until I moved my arm and then it got hurtier until it went away.

Me: mainly watches gaming related videos RU-vid: yeah he likes dead human bodies

just some dead humans chilling on tables.

Pins are usually used for joining objects to walls. Needles are usually used for sewing or injections. Hope this helps :^)

Can we keep the comments toward the cadaver, who was generous enough to donate their body to science and medicine, respectful? That was a human being. Be kind and respectful to them.

“Static” is a perfect descriptor! Exactly how I would put it. Reminds me of old tv static for some reason

Pins and needles feel like how McDonald’s sprite taste

I always called it static because the feeling reminded me of the patterns of snow I used to see on old TVs that weren't tuned to any channel

Watching these videos is worth it. I have to overcome feelings of nausea everytime but I feel like the knowledge & understanding gained is worth the short-term discomfort on my part.

“Ah, yes, the backs of the thighs, that makes sense.” -me, sitting on a toilet with a numb leg

“Crunchy type of sensation” finally, someone has put it into words

This is a great video in terms of information, and you did make it engaging as well. Great work mate!

Love the fact I’m watching this as I start to get pins and needles in my arm from lying on it 😂😂😂😂

Next time my leg falls asleep I’m just gonna say “sorry my leg is being crunchy”

Him: Parasthesia kind of sounds like Me: anaesthesia Him: paralysis

I just throughly loved watching your video, just stumbled upon it tonight. I’m straight away hooked and I’m learning. This is awesome 👏🏽 thank you 😊 you are also a really great teacher. Cheers from New Zealand 🇳🇿

I love this channel. Things are always explained in ways that even a simple mind can understand. ❤

i c a n f e e l t h e s t a t i c

This video should be titled: _"Man Plays With Corpse To Royalty Free Music"_

I'm watching this at 00:15am because I can't sleep and this was recommended to me but this is helpful and I subscribed but now I know my question for this has been answered

My two observations i've known about it is when I donated blood, there was a sort of "inverted" pins and needles feeling. That one in particular triggered an adrenaline response. Apparently bloodflow can contribute to that feeling. Effectively you can feel your own blood. The other one was i had sat on my leg for so long my foot when total numb (no response, unable to move muscles, felt like a peg with floppy foot)

"when you relieve the pressure, it sorta reboots the nerve" imagine if every time your leg fell asleep, it played the windows XP start tone with the static

me: okay, time for bed youtube: *pins and needles*

I always find it interesting and slightly painful to wake up in the morning and find that my hand is cold and feels almost frozen and limp, but at the same time I have that pins and needles feeling, as much as I can try and touch my hand it feels like my arm is in another dimension

Bro ive been binge watching these videos and i love them so much because im actually learning a bunch of stuff i love it its great sitting in my car smokin a joint and watching and learning to these videos

Funfact, in French the sensation isn’t called “pins and needles” but rather “des fourmis dans les jambes” meaning “ants in the legs”

RU-vid channel: Institute of human anatomy Comments: “aRe ThOsE rEaL bOdIeS”

I just found this in my recommended and I couldn’t stop watching

I personally mostly refer to "pins and needles" not as the leg/arm being asleep, but rather _waking up,_ and you saying it's basically rebooting kind of affirms that for me. I refer to it as "waking up" because there are times where it just goes entirely numb, and the way I experience it, that is it being "asleep." To me, the pins and needles are more the state _between being awake and asleep,_ so either dozing or waking up. I don't wanna call it "falling asleep" personally, as it sometimes just goes numb pretty immediately, and I experience it more when it's "waking up."

awkward moment when the dead body behind him sits up ...

Man: donates body to medical research. Medical research: PiNs AnD NeEdLeS

Legit have learned more about the human body from this channel than any time spent in school, wicked.

excellent video soon enough I have neurology exam in physiotherapy and with that depth of knowledge and approach I could get a good score. Thank you!!

Im just trippin out that he could just nonchalantly talk and toy around with a dead body

He’s in a business everyone is dying to get into.

That one fish in spongebob: MY LEG

Excellent explanation of this annoying sensation that I too experience all too often.

“Crunchy” is the weirdest way I’ve heard someone describe the feeling when your foot falls asleep. Edit: HOL UP ARE THOSE REAL BODIES

"Can you explain to me what causes pins and needles?" "Of course! Give me a minute so I can get the corpse" "Awesome...wait what?"

I absolutely LOVE this channel.

I love watching these videos so much. Everyone says I’m weird for it, but it’s so interesting and fun and amazing to me!!!!! I can’t wait to take A&P in the next 2 years in college lol!!!

Do one about the Charlie horse in your calf that wakes you up in the middle of the night with curled toes and major pain

Can you do a video explaining “Charlie horses” or really intense cramps in our calves? That would be so cool!

It’s still really surreal to see the concrete,inner workings of the body,from actual bodies,rather than computer graphics (granted they’re dry bodies)

I have M.E and Fibro and I get Paraesthesia EVERYWHERE despite not sitting on a nerve - it mainly affects my pelvic area and feels like I am wetting myself constantly. I am unable to donate blood, tissue or organs and watching your videos has enabled me to make a decision about my body - I am donating my brain stem and spinal cord to the M.E association. My Husband wasn't too happy about my decision but I am happy knowing that I could help to find better treatments or even better - a cure! Thank you for sharing your knowledge x

Me: Sits down too long Nerves: This isn't good, what should we do? Muscles: Just turn it off and on again

The static feel is exactly how id describe it. But I'm not sure why its consider a pain, to me it does not feel remotely close to painful, but then again as soon as it starts i get up.

Excellent explanation!

Thanks this was a great idea for a videoconference show and explain what that hell of an annoying pain is all about!

Me: *dies* My body: *appears in 2120 in the background of a video*

I thought the thumbnail was a messed up baguette

Loved this! Thank you!

thank you to the person who kindly donated their leg for this video

“I want to give my body to science” ends up being shown on a RU-vid channel.

I enjoy listening to him speak. He doesn’t say “um” or “uh.” It’s pleasant to hear and especially since their topic choices are so relevant and interesting!

I just watched one video and I have all ready subscribed I love you!!!!♻

was randomly on my feed also I watched it and now I know more about this thanks!

The people who disliked the past videos are featured in this video.

Me: never even searched anything related to this in any way RU-vid: yeah she’ll wanna watch this 😎

You guys make medicine look so easy.👍

Absolutely fascinating.

When people say “dead leg” they don’t actually mean find a dead leg.. 💀

Does anyone else just start laughing like a lunatic when you're trying to wake up your leg or arm? The feeling hurts but makes me laugh too.

It's a really amazing channel 👌🏻🙏🏻 i am so happy study from this channel

I used to say my legs felt carbonated or like my blood turned into McDonald's sprite

Logan Paul: *films one dead body* This guy: "hold my beer"

Seeing him fiddle with the tendons and stuff makes my leg feel funny :(

4:12 so basically. if you sit on your leg long enough to suffocate some nerves, when you get back up again, they are going to yell at you big time

This was so cool to learn about thanks!

Foot: hi can I get uhhh *blood cells* Leg: *blood machine broke*

Several years ago I shared a tiny single bed with my girlfriend, now wife; I ended up lying with my arm on the edge of the bed frame. I woke up when I turned in my sleep when I was hit in the face with something warm and limp, that turned out to be my left arm that had gotten completely paralyzed. Could not move it at all for about half an hour, and when it came back online it was really numb and tingly. Was so weak I could barely use it the whole day, and it wasn't back to normal until more than a week. The weirdest thing was my brain didn't even think it was par of my body for hours, felt like a heavy and disgustingly warm meat sausage dangling from my shoulder. Even weirder when I got muscle control back (although weak) but no sensation, felt like I was remotely operating a thing rather than moving my arm. Kept crashing it into things and hitting myself cause I had no idea where it was without looking.

Dude I love it when it falls asleep, I always laugh when it happens, it tickles for some odd reason and I can’t stop until it goes away

Me, with the Chronic Paresthesia, mainly in the Tibial and lesser in the Peroneal, yeah, stabby, poky, hot railroad spikes, feels swollen like I'm barefoot, standing on one leg, with all my weight on a single rock. All the time, even with my foot up. found this enlightening, and informative. Explained better than most of my doctors. Thanks.

When my daughter was a little girl she would tell us she had fizzy feet

Forgive me but first thought was “looks like really dry chicken”

Super fascinating!!