Rediscover Life Without Pain

By Mohamed Hassan, DC

Hassan Chiropractic and Functional Medicine

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Rediscover Life Without Pain

What Is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a pain, tingling, numbness and other problems in your hand because of pressure on the nerve from stressed tight muscles, soft tissue swelling or anything that makes the carpal tunnel smaller.

What Are the Causes Of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

Pressure on the nerve which controls movement and feeling in your thumb and first three fingers (not your little finger).

Making repeated motions, especially if the wrist is bent. Like computer work, needling, carpentry work, and gardening.

Wrist injuries and bone spurs (in degenerative bone diseases or osteo-arthritis).

Illnesses, such as arthritis and nutritional deficiencies.

Pregnancy.

Obesity.

Smoking, and alcohol abuse as it can reduce blood flow to the nerve.

What Are the Symptoms Of Carpal Tunnel?

You may first notice symptoms at night. You may get relief by shaking your hand.

Carpal tunnel syndrome can cause tingling, numbness, weakness, or pain in the fingers, in the thumb, index finger, middle finger, and half of the ring finger or hand.

Some people may have pain in their arm between their hand and their elbow.

If you have problems with your little finger this may not be carpal because a different nerve gives feeling to the little finger.

How We Treat It/Pain Management?

The sooner you start treatment of the carpal tunnel the better your chances of stopping symptoms and preventing long-term damage to the nerve. It is beneficial to consider all factors involved through a whole person approach by addressing the physical, nutritional, hormonal, emotional aspects by

Removing the pressure on

the nerve.

Treating the root cause of the problem, based on the testing and evaluation.

Specific rehabilitation wrist and finger exercises.

Other procedures based on a case by case evaluation.