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 have used the tip to sleep on my back. All I know is since I’ve started doing this, my wrists rarely hurt now.”
So how could sleeping on your back help your carpal tunnel pain?
Well, like all pain, carpal tunnel syndrome has a cause. In fact, it often has several causes.
When you sleep on your side, it tends to squash or jam your shoulders forward. This can cause arm and wrist pain because it compresses or squeezes the muscles, blood vessels and nerves in your neck and shoulders.
Side-sleeping also causes the muscles on the front of your arms and chest to shorten. And short chest, neck and shoulder muscles are another cause of arm and wrist pain.
When you sleep on your back, your shoulders fall back to the mattress. This takes pressure off your shoulders and neck.
It’s also important to prop your neck and head only the minimum that you need for comfort. Pressing your head too far forward with a pillow that is too fat isn’t good for your arms, either.
Use a pillow that supports the small curve in your neck. Your pillow should allow your head and neck to feel comfortable and relaxed.
If you can also sleep with your arms at your sides, rather than curled up to your chest or neck, it will further help relax and stretch your muscles.
Your muscles need a break after working hard all day.
For almost all of the day, your arms and head were in front of your body, even while you relaxed. Give them the chance to open up and stretch.
Sleeping on your back can help get rid of your carpal tunnel pain. It eliminates one of the causes of arm, wrist and hand pain.
The more causes you can eliminate, the less carpal tunnel pain you will have.
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