How Can You Tell If The Muscles In Your Neck Are Causing Your Carpal Tunnel Symptoms?

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can be caused by the muscles in your neck.  Something is causing your symptoms and if they aren't responding to conventional therapies, these muscles may be the culprit. 

Bodies are very logical and we get pain for reasons.  We just have to figure out what the reason or cause is and get rid of it.  Then your symptoms will go away.

Here are two things:

1.  Go to http://www.carpaltunnelpainreliefnow.com/videos/

Look for the video called Scalene Muscle Video for Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief.
You will see the areas to be massaged as well as a technique.

2.  Here is the test to determine whether your scalene muscles are causing your carpal tunnel symptoms:

On your affected side,

lift your arm so the back side of your lower arm is against your forehead.  Does that relieve your numbness or symptoms?  If not, keep your forearm against your forehead and lift your shoulder slightly while you move it forward.  Does that relieve your symptoms?  If so, that is a positive test that the scalene muscles in your neck are involved.

What's the next step? 

1.  Either go to a neuromuscular or other massage therapist who can release your scalene muscles like the therapist in the video (check out the Category for Massage here at Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief.)

2.  Buy a copy of the blue self-help trigger point book that is in the right hand column on this page.  Not only will you learn how to release your own scalene muscles, you will learn so much about trigger points and how to get rid of them for pain relief all over your body.  It's worth its' weight in gold and costs less than $20.

If your symptoms are being caused by the muscles in your neck, which of these two steps will you take today to get carpal tunnel pain relief?

Comments

[Kristina von Rosenvinge]

Kathryn - this is indeed very helpful information for anyone suffering with carpel tunnel syndrome who has not had relief to begin suspecting neck muscle involvement. The self test is easy and the suggestions for how to treat neck muscle involvement are very straight forward.