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Types of Massage for Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can benefit a LOT from therapeutic massage.  There are many types of massage and some will help relieve Carpal Tunnel Syndrome more than others.  Here's some background on massage:

• Massage is old and powerful medicine.  
• Massage is all-natural and has no side effects (although you might have some tenderness following the first session or two).
• Massage costs much less than surgery and many drugs.
• It works well and can make a big difference in pain and dysfunction.
• Almost anyone can give massage with just a little training.
• Little is known about it by doctors who have gone to medical schools which promote the use of medicines and surgery rather than natural therapies like hands-on massage. (That would be most medical schools.)

Massage helps your muscles get back into their original condition, supple and movable, as they are supposed to be.  It relieves the tension in muscles from overuse.  It helps weakened muscles regain tone.  It also boosts your immune system and this has been documented with honest-to-goodness medical research.  Someone with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome almost always benefits from

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can benefit a LOT from therapeutic massage.  There are many types of massage and some will help relieve Carpal Tunnel Syndrome more than others.  Here's some background on massage:

• Massage is old and powerful medicine.  
• Massage is all-natural and has no side effects (although you might have some tenderness following the first session or two).
• Massage costs much less than surgery and many drugs.
• It works well and can make a big difference in pain and dysfunction.
• Almost anyone can give massage with just a little training.
• Little is known about it by doctors who have gone to medical schools which promote the use of medicines and surgery rather than natural therapies like hands-on massage. (That would be most medical schools.)

Massage helps your muscles get back into their original condition, supple and movable, as they are supposed to be.  It relieves the tension in muscles from overuse.  It helps weakened muscles regain tone.  It also boosts your immune system and this has been documented with honest-to-goodness medical research.  Someone with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome almost always benefits from

Does Your Doctor Believe in Natural Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief

Doctors often treat the symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome  rather than the cause.  That's why conventional medical treatment often fails.  It looks at the symptom rather than at the cause of the problem.

But you're here, so I know you are looking for natural help.  And I wonder whether your doctor is supportive of you in  your quest for natural carpal tunnel pain relief?

I hope he or she is, but if not, I'll tell you why that could be.

Sometimes doctors have a negative outlook about the power of natural healing.

1.  Part of the reason may be because they don't believe we will actually take the steps to make ourselves better.  They have seen lots of people who just want the "magic pill." 

2.  Another part may simply be that your doctor doesn't know much about the causes for your carpal tunnel symptoms.  Most doctors know very little

Causes of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - How You Can Get Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief By Stretching

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is most often caused by muscles.  Which muscles?  Typically, the ones in the front of your body.

Short, tight muscles in the front of your body can cause lots of pain--headaches, backaches--in places other than your wrist and hand.  Your whole body works together.  It's all one unit.  That explains why Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a whole body issue.

Your hand, your arm or wrist is not separate from the rest of your body.  It's all attached!

If you know how muscles work, it makes sense that what is happening in your hand or wrist is usually not caused by your carpal tunnel structure.  If the muscles in the front of your body are short and tight, they can definitely be a cause for

What Doctors Look For When Diagnosing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

There are some causes for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome that doctors look for when they make a diagnosis.  One of these is diabetes.  One is a genetically (means you were born with it) small carpal  tunnel space (which is rare.)

And, there are a few more which are related to medical problems like either type of arthritis or pregnancy.

But, in my mind (and please remember, I am not a doctor-- I am a neuromuscular pain relief
specialist) if you take care of your muscles, give them what they need, release the tight muscles that are causing symptoms and work in the most correct, neutral positions that you can, then you have a good chance to get rid of your carpal tunnel symptoms even if...

Who Gets Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

Why do you have carpal tunnel pain?  Who gets Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?  More importantly, how can you get rid of your symptoms?

"Symptoms" = pain, numbness, tingling, headaches, etc.
"Syndromes" = a collection or bunch of symptoms.

Apparently, occupations that require a lot of certain hand, arm or body positions suffer the most.  Those jobs include:

Plumbers
Computer repair people
Carpenters
Line workers in factories
Farm workers
Moms
Gardeners
And more!

Jobs that jar or jam the hand or use vibrating tools or require holding arms or hands in one position for long periods can aggravate the muscles around the wrist and cause symptoms in the carpal tunnel area.  Doing

Splinting Your Wrist for Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief

Should you wear a wrist splint if you have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? 

Well, resting your muscles may be one of the best things for getting rid of your symptoms.  And wearing a splint or wrist brace can "force" you to rest your muscles.  A brace can be part of a whole program to "get your body back in order" but I don't suspect it's usually the whole answer.

I read the article of a doctor who said that wearing a brace all of the time would be better than using it only at night.  I know you're hurting but that's kind of like wearing a girdle all of the time.  Whenever you wear something that prevents normal or full movement your muscles can weaken.

You have a wonderful body!  It was built to move.  And bodies heal all the time!

But sometimes during sleep, we do things that our bodies just don't like.  And then our muscles

The Role of Muscles and Trigger Points in Carpal Tunnel Pain

Did you know muscles are involved in most of our pain and pain syndromes including Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?  Muscles can develop "trigger points" which "fire" or "trigger" pain into other parts of our bodies, sometimes at a far distance.

Along with a few other things, poor posture contributes to unhappy muscles and soft tissues that develop trigger points. A tight and tender area is not a trigger point: it must also trigger a symptom elsewhere. (Symptoms are things like pain, weakness, tingling, burning, etc.)

This is important: WHEN CARPAL TUNNEL THERAPY FAILS, it is most often because the muscles in your

Massage and Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief

Therapeutic massage can be a terrific "tool" to help you get rid of your Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.  Why?  Because the most common causes of carpal tunnel pain, numbness and tingling are pressure on nerves caused by muscles, trigger points or muscle strain.  You can see they are all muscle related!

You can learn and use do-it-yourself massage or you can discover how to find a massage therapist to help you get rid of your carpal tunnel symptoms. You can scroll over to the Categories here at http://CarpalTunnelPainReliefNow.com to learn how to interview a therapist who can help with carpal tunnel symptoms--they do NOT all do the same types of massage therapy.  Just go to the Massage Category.

Some massage professionals do very gentle, light massage and some do correctional and deep. There are all kinds of variations in between.  You want a massage therapist who can make a difference.

Massage therapy can make a HUGE difference for people with carpal tunnel or hand/wrist/arm pain: Get a knowledgeable therapist (my first choice) or learn how to do your own massage (my second choice) and you may be on your way to carpal tunnel pain relief!

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) and Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) have lots of things in common. One thing is they are both syndromes. A syndrome is a bunch of symptoms.  Symptoms are things like numbness or pain or headaches.

Some of the symptoms of CTS & TOS are similar. In fact, TOS is often mistaken and misdiagnosed as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.  Some of the treatment is also similar because they can have closely related causes.

So, TOS is often misdiagnosed as CTS, and