Pins and Needles in Hands and Feet - Causes, symptoms and treatment

Generally, pins and needles is not a big deal. That prickling, numbing, burning feeling – which is known as paraesthesia in medical circles – is often nothing to be concerned about.In the majority of cases, a pins and needles sensation is just your nerves telling you that you need to get more blood to that part of your body.So that's why you often experience it in the legs and buttocks when you've been sitting down for too long, or in your arm when you've sat awkwardly in a chair for an evening.