{"id":624251,"date":"2026-10-08T10:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/624251\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T10:04:09","slug":"blink-182s-travis-barker-reveals-cubital-tunnel-surgery-after-hand-numbness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/624251\/","title":{"rendered":"Blink-182\u2019s Travis Barker reveals cubital tunnel surgery after hand numbness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI did a nerve test Monday after my show and turns out I needed a cubital tunnel release to fix the nerve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">The procedure is \u201cused to treat cubital tunnel syndrome\u201d, which happens when patients have a \u201cpinched nerve at their elbow (ulnar nerve) and typically complain of numbness in the small finger and sometimes the ring finger\u201d, according to OrthoInfo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">Travis said: \u201cI wanted to get ahead of it and get it over with so that I can keep playing the way I play for a long long time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cShould be good in a few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">Referring to the picture of himself and Kardashian, the All the Small Things hitmaker joked: \u201cNot sure why my wife looks so happy about this\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">On Wednesday, Barker shared a shot of himself in hospital on his Instagram Stories, with Alabama pouting on a chair and on the phone beside him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">He captioned the selfie: \u201cMy baby girl came with me\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">He followed it with a photo of Barker kissing Kardashian as the rocker sat up in bed, a blood pressure cuff on his arm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">He captioned the upload: \u201cAnd my beautiful wife by my side\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">In February 2023, Barker had surgery to repair his injured finger and gave his Instagram followers a glimpse at his recovery, including physical therapy and a finger brace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">He wrote on the social media platform: \u201cSurgery tomorrow\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">Kardashian replied to the post with a series of prayer hands and heart emojis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">Barker injured the finger this month while rehearsing with his band for Blink-182\u2019s reunion tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">He wrote on X: \u201cI was playing the drums at rehearsals yesterday and I smashed my finger so hard I dislocated it and tore the ligaments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">In June 2024, Kardashian needed emergency foetal surgery because their son Rocky had \u201cfluid in his lungs\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">On an episode of The Kardashians, she said: \u201cWe had a terrifying scare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt\u2019s super rare \u2013 the condition that he had \u2013 but it\u2019s also super rare and lucky that we caught it. Thank you, God, for a successful surgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI\u2019m honestly just so grateful, I have no words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">The operation was a success, but Kardashian was \u201cfilled with fear\u201d in the aftermath and even more so when the symptoms returned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">She said: \u201cThe fluid in his lungs actually did start coming back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThen I watched this documentary called Heal that was all about the power of positive thinking and how our thinking can really affect our health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">Kardashian\u2019s outlook changed as she decided to remain positive for the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">She said: \u201cI started talking to the baby every day, saying my prayers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAfter I had that mindset shift, the fluid was completely gone, and we had not one single problem after.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">Barker has Alabama and son Landon, 22, with his 51-year-old ex-wife, actor Shanna Moakler, and is stepdad to her 27-year-old daughter, Atiana De La Hoya, with boxer Oscar De La Hoya, 53.<\/p>\n<p class=\"INdwqXkrxOG\" style=\"display:none\">Kardashian, meanwhile, has sons Mason, 16, Penelope, 14, and Reign, 11, with her 43-year-old former partner, media personality Scott Disick.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI did a nerve test Monday after my show and turns out I needed a cubital tunnel release&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[74,241262,306823,430,306824,156,6540,28750,111,139,306825,69,12860,1517,6290,4942,36199],"class_list":["post-624251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-after","tag-barker","tag-blink182s","tag-celebrities","tag-cubital","tag-entertainment","tag-hand","tag-hospitalised","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-numbness","tag-nz","tag-revealed","tag-reveals","tag-surgery","tag-travis","tag-tunnel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}