Causes, Symptoms, And Treatment Options For Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

I found this interesting article on using chiropractors for carpal tunnel pain relief and wanted to include it in my blog.


Do you feel numbness and tingling in your hand? This could be one of the symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS).The carpal tunnel is a narrow passageway located on the palm side of your wrist. This tunnel protects a main nerve to your hand and nine tendons that bend your fingers. Pressure placed on the nerve produces the numbness, pain, and eventually hand weakness that characterize carpal tunnel syndrome.
Some of the most common symptoms seen with CTS are: numbness and tingling in your palm, pain radiating to your upper extremity or down into your palms, weakness in your hands, and a tendency to drop objects. If you have been experiencing the symptoms of carpal tunnel and you have a job that does repetitive motion, such as computer operators, typists, packers, or assembly line workers, you should seek care as early as possible so that the condition can be corrected quickly.
Your chiropractic doctor has several approaches that can treat the many causes of numbness and tingling in your wrists. Such treatment could include physiotherapy, strengthening exercises and adjustments. Physiotherapy treatment is usually based towards restoring strength and improving blood flow. Adjustments are helpful if the misalignment of bones are causing nerve impingement.
Some of the recommended things you can do to reduce the numbness in your wrists include: taking a 15 second break every 5 minutes when you are doing repetitive task, taking medication to reduce the swelling, and using the Powerball Gyroscope, a device that takes your wrist through all the ranges of motion while adding resistance. Massaging and stretching the forearm flexor muscles will also help reduce the painful joints.
Symptoms of numbness in your palms can be early signal of developing the CTS. If you continue to experience pain, numbness and tingling to the wrist, despite wearing a wrist brace at night, stretching the forearm muscles, perhaps it is time to consult with a chiropractic doctor who specializes in soft tissue treatment. It is a good idea to find a non-invasive treatment option to heal your carpal tunnel syndrome before considering surgery. For relief of your carpal tunnel syndrome in San Diego, CA call the doctors at New Century Spine Centers at (619)630-9153 so you can get back to living a pain-free, vibrant, healthy lifestyle right away.

by Michael Pritsker on June 28, 2011 in Exercise