| Help with carpal tunnel syndrome
Helpful tips for carpal tunnel syndrome:
Avoid repetitious activity with the fingers, hands, arms and neck.
Avoid heavy lifting and tightening the fists or arm muscles.
Avoid wearing hand/wrist splints during the daytime; they cause weakness in the wrists, and also can cause problems in the elbows, because the pressure is now shifted from the wrists to the elbows.
Avoid using the elbows in place of the wrists.
An elbow brace for epicondylitis, a type of inflammation disorder in the elbow.
The pain can also be shifted to the shoulder, neck and back.
Avoid eating salty foods.
Take frequent breaks from the computer, and do arm stretches and hand exercises at the desk. Learn the proper way to sit at the computer.
Avoid sleeping on your hands or arms. Sleeping on the back is supposed to be the best way to sleep orthopaedically.
Vitamins A, C and E or anti-oxidants.
Omega 3, 6, and 9.
Anti-inflammatory drugs or health food store kind such as turmeric.
Bromelain or pineapple enzymes are good following surgery or injury, if you are still having pain that might be caused by scar tissue. It breaks down scar tissue.
All sorts of nerve stretching exercises.
Read books on carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic pain, and inflammation sydrome.
Acupuncture.
Massage.
Ice packs if the pain is unbearable.
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation or TENS.
If the physical therapist tells you that you must suffer pain in order to get better, or "no pain, no gain," you need a better therapist. No pain-relief therapy should be painful.
Never push your limits. If your body tells you to stop an activity, stop.
Excercise is always good, and a natural endorphin-stimulating pain reliever.
Remember that the nerves begin in the neck and end at the finger tips, so the actual problem could be located anywhere along these areas, and not necessarily in the wrists themselves.
Last edited by tj707; 06-18-2009 at 06:54 PM.
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