Tingling And Pain Of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome May Have Nothing To Do With Your Wrist
by Michael Pritsker
Carpal tunnel syndrome may be one of the most misunderstood and mistreated conditions in modern medicine. It's a shame because numerous carpal tunnel victims could end their pain and suffering almost overnight if they only knew what local San Diego chiropractors and carpal tunnel syndrome experts revealed to the public. If you've been diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome, what you're about to discover can literally give you your life back. If you know anyone suffering with carpal tunnel syndrome, have them read this article to help them. You may be accountable for changing their life for the better.
Here are the astonishing facts in regard to carpal tunnel syndrome. Only 25% of all Carpal Tunnel Syndrome patients were able to return to their previous professions following surgery. Up to 36% of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome patients require unlimited medical treatment. Surgery for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is the second most common type of surgery, with well over 230,000 procedures performed annually. The U.S. Department of Labor has concluded that carpal tunnel syndrome is the "chief occupational hazard of the 90's - disabling workers in epidemic proportions." Carpal Tunnel Syndrome affects over 8 million Americans. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is the #1 reported medical problem, accounting for about 50% of all work related injuries.
I don't know about you, but reading those statistics tells me something is radically wrong with the "accepted" methods of treating Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. It doesn't take a genius to figure out surgery is not the way to go when 230,000 are being performed each year and only 25% are able to return to their previous jobs. And returning to work does not mean pain-free. I wonder how many of that 25% were actually pain-free.
Also consider the inherent risks of all surgeries like the ones that go dreadfully wrong and your choice of going under the knife starts looking like a distant final resort. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome has conventionally been defined as an snare of the median nerve inside the carpal tunnel of your wrist. The base of the carpal tunnel is made of eight carpal bones known as wrist bones. They are strange shaped and fit jointly kind of like a puzzle. Ligaments which are like fishing line assist holding the bones together.
The roof of the tunnel is a ligament. It is known as the transverse carpal ligament. It stretches from one side of the tunnel to the other. The space that is formed between the carpal bones and the transverse carpal ligament is about the size of your pinky. A bunch of "things" pass through that small space. These include nine flexor tendons (tendons attach muscle to bone), blood vessels and one nerve. This is the median nerve, which is the primary nerve to your hand. The traditional definition of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is compression of the median nerve as it passes through the tunnel.
Nerves are like tiny wires that transmit electrical impulses from your brain and spinal cord to the rest of your body via impulses. Every time you want to move your hand, the brain sends electrical impulses down the median nerve to the muscles in your hand. This causes them to contract. Nerves are very sensitive. They can easily get pinched. If the median nerve gets compressed as it passes through the carpal tunnel, it causes Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and lots of wrist pain. It was thought that an injury or repetitive stress to the wrist can cause such an injury.
Here's the problem with all that. There is another condition that causes the exact same symptoms as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome that has little or nothing to do with the wrist! This condition is called Double Crush Syndrome and here's how it works. There are many sites that can compress a nerve as it goes from your brain and spinal cord to your wrist. Simply put, Double Crush Syndrome occurs when you have multiple compression sites. More importantly, a compression site closer to the spinal cord and brain makes it much easier for a nerve to be compressed elsewhere. Other areas include the wrist. You most likely would not have Carpal Tunnel Symptoms if you only had compression in your wrist. It is usually the combination of the compression sites that cause the problem.
So in most cases, if you remove the entrapment or compression that is closer to the spine or neck, many, if not all, of your symptoms will go away without ever touching the wrist where you may think it is coming from. The most common sites of compression or entrapment are a muscle in your forearm called the pronator teres. Other areas are the thoracic outlet by your shoulder and your neck. The most common place seems to be as the nerve exits your spine in your neck to the rest of your body.
By gently restoring function of your neck via chiropractic care, compression on the nerve can be relieved. That's why specific chiropractic care can work wonders for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome when all else has failed. It will eliminate the Double Crush Syndrome and fix the true cause of your Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
A complete Chiropractic evaluation can also detect if your carpal tunnel symptoms are coming from one of the other compression/entrapment sites like your forearm, shoulder or wrist and work on those areas as well. The important thing to remember is you must be evaluated by a doctor that understands Double Crush Syndrome and evaluate you for all the possible compression sites and fix them properly. A hand specialist may completely overlook the real cause of your problem which may be the Double Crush Syndrome.
To find out more on how to get rid of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome forever, victims can look for for Dr. Michael Pritsker, D.C. in San Diego. He has treated thousands of carpal tunnel ache sufferers with advanced spinal decompression and chiropractic care.
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Title: Tingling And Pain Of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome May Have Nothing To Do With Your Wrist
Author: Michael Pritsker
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Keywords: wrist pain, work injury, auto injury, neck pain, Mike Pritsker, San Diego, disc bulge, carpal tunnel syndrome, chiropractor
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