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Massage Treatment for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome to Treat Carpal Tunnel without surgery

Many people around the world are suffering from Carpal Tunnel whether from overuse or injury carpal tunnel syndrome is simply compression of the median nerve resulting in a loss of sensation or pain and tingling in several fingers of the hand. If you think you have carpal tunnel syndrome, be sure to check the full list of carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms below to rule out a possible case of Thoracic Outlet syndrome.

 

What does Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Feel like?

  • Numbness/ tingling in the fingers (think pins and needles)

  • Weakness in the fingers or grip

  • Pain in the fingers

  • Symptoms in only the thumb, index finger, middle finger, and the lateral half of the ring finger

  • Your pinky finger should feel fine (it’s nerve is not usually affected by Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, if all your fingers are affected check out Thoracic Outlet Syndrome)

 

Why do we get Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

The carpal tunnel is the opening in the wrist between the carpal bones and the flexor retinaculum, a band of connective tissue that keeps the tendons from pulling away from your body when you flex your wrist. Many of the tendons, nerves, and blood vessels that allow your hands to function run through this tunnel, unfortunately the tunnel is not very large.
When the muscles of the hand and forearm get to tight, from either repetitive motions, a lack of stretching, or a strength imbalance they begin to become inflamed and swell taking up the small amount of “extra” space and choke the nerve. Normally allows the tendons to slide freely. The nerves to send signals properly, and the blood flow is insufficient to move at the proper level. This inflammation can cause pain, swelling, and ultimately cause an entrapment of the Median Nerve causing numbness in the wrists or hands.

 

How does massage help recover from Carpal Tunnel?

The first step in successfully relieving carpal tunnel is to loosen up and relax the muscles of the forearm, we do this because these are the muscles which largely control the movement of the hand and wrist and when it is in a tight place it put a tremendous pressure on the wrist and the carpal tunnel.
Second we will loosen it up and relax the muscles of the hand, concentrating mostly on two muscles, opponens pollicis and abductor pollicis brevis which together pull the thumb closer to the mid-line of the hand. Chronic over use from typing, texting, holding the steering wheel, book or pen makes the muscles in the front of the hand and arm much stronger and tighter than the muscles on the back side. This imbalance causes the hand to stay in a semi-clenched state allowing the transverse carpel ligament to gradually shorten in on itself effectively shrinking your “carpel tunnel” and causing irritation when the tendons lacking sufficient space begin to rub against other structures and become inflamed. Add a little time and you’ve got a case of carpel tunnel syndrome.
Once massage is used to open and stretch the wrist flexors and hand muscles a simple regimen of stretching the forearm and hand flexors and strengthening the extensors will be needed for continued relief from Carpal Tunnel syndrome symptoms.

 

How to prevent carpal tunnel?

  • Change typing/working habits and use a neutral wrist position

  • Stretch forearm, hand, and shoulder muscles

  • Strengthen wrist and finger Extensors

  • Stretches and exercises for Carpal Tunnel Prevention

 

 

 

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Disclaimer: The content of all article is informational only, cannot be substitute for medical advice. For proper diagnosis, you should seek a medical Doctor or Specialist. Let your doctor know you’re trying massage, exercises or doing cleanse for your body, and be sure to follow any doctors standard treatment plans you may have.

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