There are two types of treatment for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: conventional medical treatment, which is what most doctors offer; and natural treatment, which does not include medicine or surgery. Conventional and natural treatments are sometimes used together. Natural treatments include massage, ice, heat, vitamin supplements and correcting posture and other habits (like how you watch [...]
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One of my clients, Kay, sometimes complained to me about carpal tunnel area pain. I gave her a copy of my tips booklet for carpal tunnel pain relief (soon to be available for you.) After a few weeks, Kay told me, “I probably don’t remember 95 out of the 99 tips provided. But I do recall and [...]
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Here are four more simple carpal tunnel pain relief tips for you. Do a whole body movement, like walking, at least 3 or 4 times each week. Do it for 20-30 minutes each time. Walking while you “pump” your arms uses all of your arm and shoulder muscles. It gets your blood and lymph fluids flowing [...]
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Is carpal tunnel syndrome reaching epidemic proportions? Or, are we just a little misguided here? Could it be, perhaps, that most of the pain we experience in our wrists, hands and arms is not truly carpal tunnel syndrome? Well, sure. I’ve told you that already. Definitely you have pain in the carpal tunnel area. But [...]
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Do you wonder what causes your carpal tunnel discomfort? Well, in a perfect world, we would all be in perfect physical balance. We wouldn’t have any pain, because most pain is caused by out-of-balance muscles. About 90% of all pain is muscular in origin, including most carpal tunnel pain. There are a few people who actually [...]
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She said to me, “I don’t remember a lot of the stuff in your Carpal Tunnel Tips Booklet, but I remember the part about sleeping on your back to keep your chest open, and I do that. And my wrists do hurt less!” When we sleep on our sides, our shoulders usually get squashed forward. [...]
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Posted in carpal tunnel pain syndrome on Feb 3rd, 2008
Most of us don’t know anything about medical terminology (the language that doctors use.) Even though they don’t teach this in school, it is a very useful thing to know. A “syndrome” or “pain syndrome” means a collection of “symptoms.” Symptoms are the complaints we have. A syndrome is a whole bunch of symptoms. Symptoms [...]
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Did you know that you can relieve your carpal tunnel pain? Except for the very few of us who truly have a physical reason [anatomically too small carpal tunnel space (which is rare), pregnant, or diabetic] there is a lot most of us can do to feel better. Through awareness, we can change the ways we work and [...]
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Have you ever wondered about the cause for your carpal tunnel pain? What do think the real reason is? Do you think that carpal tunnel syndrome could be just “old age?” Or, is it from repetitive movement? Actually, it is not just because you’re getting older. It’s also not caused by repetitive movement. Yes, I [...]
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