When I was a child, my grandad told me that when I had pins and needles in my hand or foot I should spit on my fingers and rub the inside of my elbow (for my hand) or the back of my knee (for my foot) and it would make the pins and needles go away…
It didn’t dawn on me until I was in my late 30s (when I had pins and needles and found myself still doing it) that it was an absolute load of old tosh..
Yet even now, I still do it. And it still works!!
