Did you know muscles are involved in most of our pain and pain syndromes including Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Muscles can develop “trigger points” which “fire” or “trigger” pain into
other parts of our bodies, sometimes at a far distance.
Along with a few other things, poor posture contributes to unhappy muscles and soft tissues that develop trigger points. A tight and tender area is not a trigger point: it must also trigger a symptom elsewhere.
(Symptoms are things like pain, weakness, tingling, burning, etc.)
This is important: WHEN CARPAL TUNNEL THERAPY FAILS, it is most often because the muscles in your
neck were not treated. They could be pressing on nerves which cause carpal tunnel symptoms. The muscles in your neck can be massaged or pressed into to cause a “release” or relaxation. Those muscles are frequently overlooked as a cause of carpal tunnel pain (and they cause a LOT of pain and symptoms in upper body, shoulders, arms and hands.)
If you are wondering how your medical team could have overlooked the muscles in your neck as a possible cause of yoursymptoms, well, here’s the answer: Most doctors know very little about the roles of muscles and soft tissues in pain syndromes (collections of symptoms.) It’s just not something that is taught in most medical schools.
But by taking action and doing what you need to do, you will be on the road to carpal tunnel pain relief and you will feel better all over!