A reader asked me about pain in her pinky fingers (baby finger.) Here is her question: “I have noticed for the past week that both pinky fingers have been numb. The numbness extends up to each elbow and is aggravated by almost anything I do. I work on a computer and I try to have… Continue reading Pain In Your Pinky Finger or Baby Finger
Category: Triggers & Trigger Points
Does Your Carpal Tunnel Pain Come From Your Neck? Here’s A Test for CTS Caused By Neck Muscles
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome often has a “hidden” cause. There are muscles in your neck that are called the scalenes. There is a set on each side of your neck–left and right. These muscles are commonly overlooked as a cause of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. In fact, when conventional or alternative treatments for CTS don’t relieve your… Continue reading Does Your Carpal Tunnel Pain Come From Your Neck? Here’s A Test for CTS Caused By Neck Muscles
Carpal Tunnel Pain Following Shoulder Surgery
A reader asked me about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome that started after she had damage to and surgery on a shoulder. She wondered whether her CTS is related to the accidental injury to her shoulder since she didn’t have any symptoms prior to the injury. I did some research and below is part of my response… Continue reading Carpal Tunnel Pain Following Shoulder Surgery
Pain on the Outside of Your Hand–Is it Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Pam was having pain on the outside (baby finger side or ulnar side) of her hand and wondered whether it was carpal tunnel syndrome. She contacted me because she was afraid her massage career was going to be over. Trigger points are areas in muscles (or other soft tissues) that trigger, or refer, pain or… Continue reading Pain on the Outside of Your Hand–Is it Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
When Carpal Tunnel Pain Won’t Go Away, Check Trigger Points In Muscles
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is very often caused by trigger points in your muscles. What ARE trigger points? Trigger points are hyperirritable (crabby) areas of muscle or other soft tissues (or myofascia). Trigger points can be found in any soft tissues. Soft tissues are everything except bone. What do trigger points do? They cause pain and… Continue reading When Carpal Tunnel Pain Won’t Go Away, Check Trigger Points In Muscles
Trigger Points and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
What are trigger points and how do they cause Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Conventional allopathic medicine (that means your medical doctor) sometimes recognizes trigger points. Some doctors do truly understand trigger points–what they are, how they work–but others think that every tender place is a trigger point. That’s not true. When doctors treat trigger points, it… Continue reading Trigger Points and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
When Carpal Tunnel Pain Is Caused By Nerve Compression
Sometimes people eliminate things they have to do, or enjoy and want to do, to get some carpal tunnel pain relief. They work at figuring out what aggravates their carpal tunnel issues and try to avoid those things. That seems to help because they often have fewer symptoms. However, eliminating the actual causes of your… Continue reading When Carpal Tunnel Pain Is Caused By Nerve Compression
Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief with Trigger Point Therapy
Would you like carpal tunnel pain relief? Do you know that muscles are the most common cause of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Hmmm…let’s talk about trigger points and how muscles cause carpal tunnel symptoms. Trigger points are hyper-irritable (crabby) areas in your muscles or soft tissues that cause pain elsewhere. Trigger points can definitely cause pain,… Continue reading Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief with Trigger Point Therapy
Is Your Carpal Tunnel Pain All “In Your Head?” – Or In Your Neck?
Today’s show at Carpal Tunnel Radio was about those pesky muscles on your neck that cause Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The same muscles also cause pain in the back and front of your upper body, your shoulders, the back and front of your upper arms, and those nasty knots in your back between your shoulder blade… Continue reading Is Your Carpal Tunnel Pain All “In Your Head?” – Or In Your Neck?
Carpal Tunnel Triggers
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is very often caused by trigger points in your muscles so the recent episode at Carpal Tunnel Radio answered the following questions: * What ARE trigger points? * What do they do? * What CAUSES trigger points? When I was making my notes for today’s show, I noticed a relationship between Carpal Tunnel… Continue reading Carpal Tunnel Triggers