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If
placing your hands back to back produces an increase in
numbness, tingling or pain, you could have a carpal
tunnel problem. |
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Specific tests will be performed to see if spinal nerves
are involved. |
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Specific chiropractic adjustment can help return
malfunctioning joints to a more normal motion and
positions. |
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Carpal tunnel syndrome can be caused by the cumulative
damage of repetitive writs and hand motions. |
The major nerve controlling the
thumb, | index, and parts of the middle, and ring I finger is called
the median nerve. From the tip of your fingers, it travels through
the bones in your wrist, past your elbow, up your arm, through your
shoulder and neck, and finally to your spinal cord. Problems can
develop in one or more of these areas.
The carpal
"tunnel" is formed by bones in the wrist. The median nerve, tendons,
and blood vessels pass through this opening. If one or more of the
bones forming this tunnel should "collapse", inflammation, nerve
pressure, and painful symptoms can result.
The median
nerve connects to the spinal cord through openings between several
bones in the lower neck. When these spinal bones lose their normal
motion or position, they can cause problems in the fingers and
wrist.
After a thorough examination, your chiropractic
doctor will perform specific adjustments where needed, to help
normalize structure and reduce nerve irritation. When given time,
conservative, chiropractic care has produced excellent results with
carpal tunnel problems—without drugs or surgery.
Repetitive hand and wrist
motion.
Every day,
assembly line workers, keyboard operators, grocery store clerks, and
many others, receive micro-traumas to their hands and writs.
Vibration and repetitive motions, when combined with spinal problems
and other joint dysfunction, can result in a condition know a carpel
tunnel syndrome.
Symptoms
may include pain, numbness, tingling, weakness, or a loss of
strength in the hands.
