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So many people come in to see me complaining of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.\u00a0 Some actually have it and some technically\u00a0don’t.\u00a0 Either way we can help you treat it or find relief.<\/p>\n
Carpal tunnel syndrome is caused when the Meidan nerve gets entrapped (or squished) at the wrist – at a place called the carpal tunnel.\u00a0 It is literally a little tunnel formed of bone (the 9 carpal bones that make up the wrist) an the tough layer of tissue that makes its roof.\u00a0 9 tendons and a big nerve and a bunch of blood vessels run through this tunnel so if anything annoying, say a little bit of inflammation, causes anything to get a teeny weeny bit bigger in this area everything goes SQUISH!<\/p>\n
Nerves hate squish.\u00a0 They HATE squish a lot.<\/p>\n
When nerves get squished they do things like cause the nerve host (aka person) to feel a tingly sensation or maybe pain, pins and needles, burning, hot or cold.\u00a0 In general, don’t piss off a nerve. They don’t like it and they will make you regret it.<\/p>\n
Ok so what do you do?\u00a0 The medical community sends you for testing and possibly to a hand surgeon for surgery.\u00a0 Sometimes the surgery is successful and sometimes it isn’t.\u00a0 In the surgery they release the tough roof of the carpal tunnel so that the stuff inside has more room – More room = less squish so why do some of the surgeries not work?<\/p>\n
In my chiropractic opinion it is because some carpal tunnel syndrome isn’t carpal tunnel syndrome at all – or at least it isn’t ONLY carpal tunnel syndrome.\u00a0 Sometimes patients have symptoms and go for testing (nerve conduction) and the test says they are fine. So what gives?\u00a0 They aren’t likely making up the tingling sensation…. what would they gain from that?\u00a0 Some of these cases are a problem with what I and some of the chiropractic community like to call ‘triple crush’ syndrome.\u00a0 The nerve is getting squished a little bit at the carpal tunnel but not enough to mess up nerve conduction.\u00a0 BUT it is also getting a little bit squished at the elbow and in the upper back near the ribs or the shoulder.\u00a0 All of these little bits add up to enough hateful SQUISH to piss off the nerve.<\/p>\n
What we can do about it – Generally I like to do muscle treatment, adjustments, exercise and anything else I can think of to take pressure off the nerve at all of these locations.\u00a0 The end result is often symptom relief and I have even had a few patients be able to avoid surgery indefinitely\u00a0because of this. If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to contact us and ask!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So many people come in to see me complaining of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.\u00a0 Some actually have it and some technically\u00a0don’t.\u00a0 Either way we can help you treat it or find relief. Carpal tunnel syndrome is caused when the Meidan nerve gets entrapped (or squished) at the wrist – at a place called the carpal tunnel.\u00a0 … <\/p>\n