Did you ever guess asthma or other breathing difficulties could cause your carpal tunnel symptoms? Sure it can.
How?
You have a muscle called the diaphragm which basically divides your body into two pieces. It is below your lungs and is used for breathing. Sometimes, for one reason or another, we stop using the diaphragm as much as we are designed to. When this happens, we start relying too much on the other muscles that help us breath: the scalenes.
The scalene muscles are on either side of your neck, left and right. They are tucked behind a much more visible muscle which runs from the notch of your collar bone to your skull behind your ears. The scalenes are used to assist with inhaling.
If you have difficulty breathing, the scalene muscles work harder than normal. This can happen from stress or emotional tension as well as asthma, a bad cough, or any other situation which makes your breathing labored. When this happens, the muscles in your neck can develop trigger points.
Trigger points cause–or trigger–pain somewhere else. For instance, trigger points in your scalene muscles will cause pain and symptoms in the area of your carpal tunnel.
If conventional medical treatment or massage doesn’t help your carpal tunnel symptoms, then most likely you have trigger points in these neck muscles. The scalene muscles are also a cause of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS.)
The good news is these muscles can be “treated” just like all muscles. They don’t require surgery. The trigger points can be relieved with finger pressure or massage. The Scalene Report will teach you how to treat these neck muscles. Click the link to learn more.
Also, since the muscles around your neck, chest and back get tight from working so hard when you have trouble breathing, massage is a great natural remedy to help them relax.
Tight rib muscles, front and back, can be helped to relax with skilled massage. Here’s how to find a massage practitioner who can help.
If you can get your asthma or breathing difficulty under control and release the scalene muscles (or have a skilled massage therapist do it for you) you can have natural carpal tunnel pain relief.