Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can have several causes but most often the cause is muscles. Tight overstretched muscles in your back. Tight shortened muscles in the front of your body. Muscles can be the primary cause of your symptoms. Strengthening helps and so does stretching but it’s helpful to know WHICH muscles to strengthen and WHICH… Continue reading Stretching for Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief
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Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief – Steps for Simple Movements to Reduce Your Carpal Tunnel Symptoms
Carpal tunnel pain? Relief can be yours, often with simple movements. Many doctors and therapists look at the area of pain and that’s the area they treat. But carpal tunnel syndrome is often a whole body issue so treatment should be geared to your whole body. (That’s all covered in my Carpal Tunnel Tool Kit.)… Continue reading Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief – Steps for Simple Movements to Reduce Your Carpal Tunnel Symptoms
Should You Have Surgery for Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief?
Sometimes Carpal Tunnel surgery is necessary. However, since your muscles are so often the cause of your carpal tunnel symptoms, it makes sense to me to always to try the least invasive thing first. None of the natural methods of symptom relief like massaging your muscles, stretching, strengthening your back or yoga cause unwanted permanent… Continue reading Should You Have Surgery for Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief?
Should You Wear a Wrist Brace for Wrist Pain or Correct Your Working Position?
Wrist and hand pain can be caused by holding your hands and arms in stressful positions when you work. If you tend to flex your wrists up or down while you are working or playing, it can cause pain in your hand or in your carpal tunnel area. If so, you might feel that wearing… Continue reading Should You Wear a Wrist Brace for Wrist Pain or Correct Your Working Position?
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
4 Movement Tips For Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief With The Pain Relief Coach
If you want carpal tunnel pain relief, you need to start doing some things differently. Change only happens when we…well, change. 🙂 It’s important to make sure you have all the nutrients your body needs, plenty of water and enough sleep but it’s also important to take care of your muscles. Moving in different ways… Continue reading 4 Movement Tips For Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief With The Pain Relief Coach
What Causes Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
There are several causes for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Some causes are more common than others but all of them (except for a broken wrist) involve your whole body. What makes me say this? Because every part of your body is attached to every other part. If you wiggle your toes or your ankle, it’s attached… Continue reading What Causes Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Can Be Helped With Yoga
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Yoga? I interviewed a Registered Nurse (RN) who is also a Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher. She said, Yes! Yoga can help get rid of the symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. (And I already knew that!) According to a study by the National Institutes of Health, yoga helps (but they didn’t know… Continue reading Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Can Be Helped With Yoga
Can Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Happen In Only One Hand?
If your carpal tunnel symptoms are only in one hand it is called “unilateral” Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Unilateral means on one side. I would guess that most often one-sided symptoms might happen from an accident or from stretching to reach a mouse or tool (which strains arm muscles and causes hand pain.) But something else… Continue reading Can Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Happen In Only One Hand?
Thumb and Finger Pain – Could It Be Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Pain in your thumb and finger pain may be part of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome but it can also be caused by muscles in your upper chest (between your breastbone and arm), on your ribs (under your arm pit), near your elbow in your lower arm (on the palm side) or in your hand. There’s such… Continue reading Thumb and Finger Pain – Could It Be Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?