Carpal Tunnel (RSI - Repetitive Stress Injury)
How specific chiropractic care can help.
The major nerve controlling the thumb, index, and parts of the middle, and ring 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
wrists. Vibration and repetitive motions, when combined with spinal
problems and other joint dysfunction, can result in a condition known
as carpal tunnel syndrome.
Symptoms may include pain, numbness, tingling, weakness, or a loss of strength in the hands.
If placing your hands back to back produces an increase in numbness, tingling or pain, you could have a carpal tunnel problem.
Have someone try to pull your thumb and finger apart.
If your fingers seem weak, it could be related to a carpal tunnel problem.
Specific tests will be performed to see if spinal nerves are involved. Specific chiropractic adjustments can help return malfunctioning joints to a more normal motion and position.
Bonebrake, A., D.C., Fernandez, J., D.C., A Treatment for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Results of a Follow-up Study, Journal of Manipulative Physiological Therapeutics, 16:125-139, 1993.
Cailliet, R., M.D., Hand Pain and Impairment, 3rd edition, F.A. Davis Company, 1983.
Cailliet, R., M.D., Pain; Mechanisms and Management, F.A. Davis Company, 1993.
Kendall, F., McCreary, E., Muscle Testing and Function, 3rd edition, Williams and Wilkins, 1983.
Kirk, R., D. C., Lawrence, D., D. C., Valvo, N., D. C., States' Manual of Spinal, Pelvic and Extravertebral Technics, 3rd edition, National College of Chiropractic, 1991.
Norkin, C., P.T., Levrangie, P., P.T., Joint Structure and Function: A Comprehensive Analysis, 2nd edition, F. A. Davis Company, 1992.
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How specific chiropractic care can help.
The major nerve controlling the thumb, index, and parts of the middle, and ring 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
wrists. Vibration and repetitive motions, when combined with spinal
problems and other joint dysfunction, can result in a condition known
as carpal tunnel syndrome. Symptoms may include pain, numbness, tingling, weakness, or a loss of strength in the hands.
If placing your hands back to back produces an increase in numbness, tingling or pain, you could have a carpal tunnel problem.
Have someone try to pull your thumb and finger apart.
If your fingers seem weak, it could be related to a carpal tunnel problem.
Specific tests will be performed to see if spinal nerves are involved. Specific chiropractic adjustments can help return malfunctioning joints to a more normal motion and position.
REFERENCES:
Bonebrake, A., D.C., Fernandez, J., D.C., A Treatment for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Results of a Follow-up Study, Journal of Manipulative Physiological Therapeutics, 16:125-139, 1993.
Cailliet, R., M.D., Hand Pain and Impairment, 3rd edition, F.A. Davis Company, 1983.
Cailliet, R., M.D., Pain; Mechanisms and Management, F.A. Davis Company, 1993.
Kendall, F., McCreary, E., Muscle Testing and Function, 3rd edition, Williams and Wilkins, 1983.
Kirk, R., D. C., Lawrence, D., D. C., Valvo, N., D. C., States' Manual of Spinal, Pelvic and Extravertebral Technics, 3rd edition, National College of Chiropractic, 1991.
Norkin, C., P.T., Levrangie, P., P.T., Joint Structure and Function: A Comprehensive Analysis, 2nd edition, F. A. Davis Company, 1992.
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