Surgery for Carpal Tunnel Pain–What’s the Worst That Can Happen

People with carpal tunnel pain can get desperate.  They want so much to feel better and many doctors will encourage them to have surgery. If you read more here at Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief, you will understand that sometimes surgery just isn’t the “cure” that’s needed. I’m going to share an article with you about… Continue reading Surgery for Carpal Tunnel Pain–What’s the Worst That Can Happen

Carpal Tunnel Symptoms–What Causes Pain, Numbness or Tingling in Your Hand

What causes the pain of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? There is a nerve that passes through your wrist.  It’s called the median nerve.  Nerves hate it when anything presses on them.  They hate it! There is a narrow passage in your wrist (the “carpal tunnel”) and the median nerve passes through this tunnel.  If space becomes… Continue reading Carpal Tunnel Symptoms–What Causes Pain, Numbness or Tingling in Your Hand

Why Do You Have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

Who gets Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and why?  Many people think it is due to repetitive work–doing the same movement over and over.  Sometimes that is true but more often it is due to doing the repetitive work incorrectly or in an incorrect posture. Sometimes when we learn a new job or hobby we learn to… Continue reading Why Do You Have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome & Muscles Around Your Neck That Cause CTS

What does it mean when your carpal tunnel symptoms won’t go away with therapy or with every self-help technique that you can think of?  That could mean the cause is something that you or your therapist haven’t thought of:  the muscles around your neck. Wait a minute.  How do the muscles around your neck cause… Continue reading Carpal Tunnel Syndrome & Muscles Around Your Neck That Cause CTS

Vitamin B6 and Other Supplements for Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief

It’s easy to have a vitamin deficiency or insufficiency (not enough).  Vitamins and minerals are very tiny but very powerful.  When you do not have enough of one or more, it’s possible to have symptoms of that deficiency. Scurvy and rickets are examples of symptoms that people used to get when they had certain vitamin… Continue reading Vitamin B6 and Other Supplements for Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief

Is Carpal Tunnel Pain Caused By The Way You Sit?

Carpal tunnel symptoms can happen when your neck muscles aren’t happy.  What makes them unhappy?  Lots of times it’s the way you sit. When you’re sitting at your computer, are you sitting nice and straight?  Or, do you slouch?  Do you twist your legs under your chair? Are you tilting your chin down or up… Continue reading Is Carpal Tunnel Pain Caused By The Way You Sit?

Five Natural Steps to Get Rid of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

You have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?  Yet you have a very smart body.  So how come you have pain, numbness or tingling in your hand, wrist and arm? Well, your hand is attached to the rest of your body.  When you take care of one part of your body, you are actually taking care of ALL… Continue reading Five Natural Steps to Get Rid of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Does Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Cause Hand AND Foot Pain?

Do you have numbness or pain in your hands and also in your feet?  Could that all be Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? It could be two totally different things going on or it could all be part of one body-wide condition.  That’s why it would be a good idea to see your doctor so he or… Continue reading Does Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Cause Hand AND Foot Pain?

Acupuncture and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Acupuncture is a method of “freeing up” or opening the channels of energy in a body.  I remember reading years ago that an American engineer was able to trace these energy channels.  He said they do, in fact, occur.  He was able to document them electronically or electrically. By opening energetic channels or passageways in… Continue reading Acupuncture and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief Naturally

If you have carpal tunnel pain, relief can be yours.  Naturally! There are lots of reasons for carpal tunnel pain, and figuring out which reasons are causing your symptoms will help you know what to do to get rid of it without surgery or drugs.  (Although you may need some medication to help you along… Continue reading Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief Naturally