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Shoulder Movements For Carpal Tunnel Pain

When you have carpal tunnel pain or pain in your hands and arm, it's a good bet that your upper body muscles are involved.  Why?

Because the muscles in your chest, upper arms, neck and back can all cause hand pain.

I found some movements that you can do in the privacy of your home with no special equipment.  The goal of these movements is to warm the muscles of your shoulders and upper body. 

When you were little, you used all of your muscles all of the time.  You didn't need a "break to move" or a "stretch break."  But now you do and these movements seem to be beneficial to warm and help relax your upper body and shoulders and neck.

As always, pay attention as you do these movements.  Listen to your body wisdom.  Go slowly and thoughtfully.  And when you are done, see how your body feels.

A little more circulation?  A bit warmer?  All good.  Here's the video:

Muscles That Cause Pain In Your Fingers

Finger pain can be caused by different areas of muscles.

Did you know that your finger muscles are actually located in your lower arm up near your elbow?  The muscle tendons attach to your finger bones and allow movement.  Tendons are the tough tissue at the end of muscles that attach to bones. 

If you firmly circle your arm a couple of inches below your elbow and wiggle your fingers you will feel the movement of the finger muscles in your arm.

When you have pain in your fingers or hand, explore all of the muscles in

Pain In The Palm Of Your Hand - Is It Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

"I have pain in the palm of my hand.  Is it Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?" 

Here's the answer:

There is a muscle called the palmaris longus.  Maybe you have one (on either side) or maybe you don't.  Some people just don't.  The belly (muscular part) of this muscle is on the palm side of the upper part of your lower arm, toward the baby finger side.  The tendon part of the muscle (the tough attachment tissue) extends into your palm almost to your fingers.

If this is the muscle causing the discomfort in your palm you might also have difficulty handling tools.  You may have tender places (nodules) in your palm that making holding tools and working too uncomfortable.

What causes it?  Using garden tools, household tools, using a cane or playing tennis can all activate this pain in the palm of your hand.

If you have a painful

Meditation For Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief

Can you get rid of the pain in your hands by meditating?  I'm thinking probably not.  Unless...

There is a form of meditation that involves breathing.  When you inhale and exhale, your ribs move.  There are muscles between and around your ribs.

Most hand, wrist and arm pain is caused by muscles.  Those muscles can be in your arms, chest, back and neck.  And guess what?  They are all attached to your ribs!

Actually, all of the muscles in your whole body are attached to each other either directly or indirectly.  You aren't just a "part here" and a "part there"--you are all one unit.  That's why treating the whole body works better than just "fixing" or "cutting" the wrist.

When you lay down and pay attention to your deep breaths as they move in and out of your lungs, you are meditating.  When you do this laying down, you do not have to support your body weight and this helps your muscles to relax.

Try it.  I think you'll like it. :-)

So, when you meditate with your breath, and move the muscles around your ribs, you are also benefiting the muscles that can cause carpal tunnel symptoms.

Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief - 10 Tips

Got carpal tunnel pain?  Here are 10 tips to help you get rid of the uncomfortable symptoms in your hands.

1.  Use LARGE muscles whenever possible.  They are much stronger than the small finger and hand muscles.  Turn things with your arms rather than your fingers.

2.  When you use your arms to twist or turn something, keep your wrists straight. 

3.  Use your arm like a lever:  Move your elbow toward your waist when you twist or open something.  (Straight wrist, remember?)

4.  Use gripper gloves (they have little sticky bumps on the palms) when you carry heavy items.  They make it much easier on your muscles.

5.  Use

Simple Self-Massage To Relieve Carpal Tunnel Pain

Do you have carpal tunnel pain or numbness in your hands?  Here's something you can do for yourself to help get better naturally.

In your day to day life, you use your hands for almost everything you do.  It's easy to forget how important your hands are to you until you find yourself unable to perform even simple daily tasks because of pain or numbness.

That's why one of the most important things you can do for your hands is self-massage. 

1.  Massaging your hands and arms will help make your muscles happy.  It can reduce

Surgery for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome--What's the Worst That Can Happen

If you have a diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome your doctor may have offered surgery.  Some doctors go with a more conservative route first.  In my mind, that's much better.  Conservative + natural = better for your body.

Every surgery has the potential to have undesirable side effects afterward.  And once you have been cut, your structure is changed forever. 

I do have to admit that I am very fond of surgeons and surgery.  Because of them, I am here with you today.  But...

Lots of times

Does Your Wrist Hurt When You Exercise? How To Get Rid Of Wrist Pain Naturally

Yoga is an excellent exercise for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.  But if you have pain in your wrist or hand you must make some alterations to some of the positions.

For example, if it causes pain when you place your hand flat on the floor with a bent wrist, you can change the way you hold your hand.

Rather than having your palm flat on the floor, make a fist and place the back sides of your bent fingers on the floor.  Support yourself on the back sides of your fingers while you keep your wrists straight.

• Straight wrist.
• Hand in a fist.
• Position yourself on the back of your folded fingers instead of your palm.

Here is the replay of an interview (<--click here) I did with a Yoga instructor.  Very informative!

Also, there are muscles all

Do You Have The Ability To Heal From Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Naturally

When you have pain in your wrist and hand, or numbness or tingling, it can really get to you.  You may feel discouraged.  You may wonder whether you can ever get rid of that pain.  Here's the answer:

You can heal.  You can get rid of your carpal tunnel symptoms.  You can do this naturally!

I found an article written by a physical therapist named "The Trainer." 

Here is what The Trainer says at the end of his article:

"As a physical therapist I firmly believe that CTS (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome) can be reversed. It just takes time and determination.  I would recommend that all who

Pain In Your Index Finger--Is It Broken

Do you have pain in your index (first or pointer) finger?  I did. 

I couldn't figure out quite what I did but I was pretty sure it must have been dislocated.  It wasn't swelling so I knew it wasn't broken but it hurt to move.  It hurt to use it or even to apply a tiny bit of pressure.

I massaged the finger.  I pulled on it.  I massaged some more.

But the pain stayed.

Well, did I ever mention that I LOVE

Is There A Trigger Point To Massage For Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Is there a trigger point to massage for carpal tunnel pain?  What a great question and the answer is YES! 

But not just one--there are lots of trigger points.  All kinds of possibilities exist for pressure on a nerve as it travels from your neck to your hand. 

1.  Here's one cause of carpal tunnel pain:  Nerves hate pressure no matter whether it is from a muscle or a bone.  So what do your muscles do?  They give you pain, numbness or tingling in your hand.  That is how they are telling you to "get that pressure off me!"

2.  Here's another cause:  There is also the possibility of trigger points causing

Can Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Cause Pain In The Armpit

Can your Carpal Tunnel Syndrome cause pain in your armpit?  Here's a switch; I mean really a switch. 

Your wrist and hand symptoms can be caused by the muscles under your arm.  Under your armpit you have muscles that attach from ribs to arm and shoulder.  You have muscles in your chest that also attach to your arm.

When these muscles get tight, they can traction down on the nerves that pass through your arm to your hand.  The nerves hate being pressed on and so they cause discomfort in your hand.

Although short muscles don't usually complain, the ones under your armpit can be

Pain On The Outside Of Your Wrist

Do you have pain on the outside of your wrist?  Or do you have pain when you try to rotate or turn your hand?  Here's a natural cure to try:

There are muscles all around your lower arm and hand. 

1.  Rotate your hand so your palm faces the ceiling (your thumb will be pointing away from you.) 

2.  Pinch the outer edge of your hand (baby finger edge.)  Any tenderness there?  If so, keep pinching up and down your hand--from wrist to little finger.

3.  Pinch the outer edge of your arm.  Start close to your wrist and work your way toward your elbow.  Lift the muscle rather than only pinch the skin.  You want to make contact with the trouble-maker--the muscle.

If you have tender areas along the outer edge of your lower arm,

Stretching For Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief

Stretching and carpal tunnel symptoms go "hand in hand."  Stretching is good for your body.  Your muscles actually like to stretch even though they may have "forgotten" exactly how to do it  When you were very young you used to stretch all the time.  Do you remember?

Hanging from trees or monkey bars or jungle gyms.  Swinging (stretch those legs!)  Playing.  You were always moving and stretching and strengthening your muscles.  You didn't have hand or wrist pain then.

So how about we get back to stretching?

An article I just read showed many

Carpal Tunnel Surgery or a Natural Carpal Tunnel Remedy

The pain, tingling and numbness in your hands can really get to you!  Any type of chronic pain causes worry and stress.  And you'd like relief, right?  The sooner the better!  That's natural.

I'm not a doctor but my suggestion is to consider surgery only as a last resort.  Once your wrist has been cut and altered (or any other part of your body) it is never the same.  There can always be unwanted effects during the surgery or afterward.

Sometimes surgery is actually, really, truly required in the cases or emergencies or accidents.  But way too often, surgery is offered as a cure-all when it's not. 

Here are some natural therapies that can help your carpal tunnel pain. 

1.  Some

Let's Get Carpal Tunnel Relief Naturally

Is there a natural remedy for carpal tunnel pain?

1.  The pain, numbness or tingling in your hand is a message from your body to you:  "I'm not happy."  :(  Work and play in positions which do not strain your muscles because that will cause pain in your hand.  Get back to the condition you were when you did not have carpal tunnel pain.  (Do you remember?)

2.  The most common cause of hand and wrist pain is

Natural Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief Remedy--The Feldenkrais Method

Are you interested in a natural carpal tunnel pain remedy?  Here's one:  Feldenkrais.

I LOVE the Feldenkrais method!  So much so that I have hired Feldenkrais instructors to come and teach in my clinic in the past.  Moshe Feldenkrais was an engineer who (as I recall the story) did not want surgery for his painful knees.  Being structurally oriented, he used his engineering background to cure his knee pain.  The method was born!

How does this tie in with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Movement--What is the Best to Relieve Hand and Wrist Pain

You didn't have pain in your hands when you were a child, did you?  That would be pretty rare.  Here's why:

Little kids are moving all the time.  They don't have pain in their hands because they use ALL of their muscles all of the time.  They run, climb, jump, slide, swing, hop, and do all of those fun movements.  And they do them NATURALLY.  They KNOW that is what feels good to them--that's what their muscles like.

And so they have balanced muscles.  The muscles from front to back or side to side are all in use and all strong.  None are weaker or stronger than others.

But then, we go

Five Simple Movements to Get Rid Of Your Carpal Tunnel Symptoms

Maybe you have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or Repetitive Stress Injury or just plain old pain in your hands.  Regardless of what it is called, these movements can help you feel better because the cure is basically the same for most hand pain.  Why?

Because the cause is the same: soft tissue irritation and muscle imbalance.  Some people might say "soft tissue damage," but I don't want you to think in any way that you are "damaged." 

You're not!

Soft tissue is everything which is not bone.  Muscles, skin, nerves and everything else which is not bone is soft tissue. 

The good news is

Maybe you have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or Repetitive Stress Injury or just plain old pain in your hands.  Regardless of what it is called, these movements can help you feel better because the cure is basically the same for most hand pain.  Why?

Because the cause is the same: soft tissue irritation and muscle imbalance.  Some people might say "soft tissue damage," but I don't want you to think in any way that you are "damaged." 

You're not!

Soft tissue is everything which is not bone.  Muscles, skin, nerves and everything else which is not bone is soft tissue. 

The good news is

What Does Double Crush Mean To Carpal Tunnel Sufferers

Your carpal tunnel symptoms can have many causes.  It is usually NOT caused by something directly in your wrist.  Yes, there may be swelling there that is giving you symptoms but why?

The "why" is the cause of your pain, tingling or numbness.  Those are called symptoms.  Get rid of the "why" and your symptoms will go away.

Nerves hate to be pressed on.  If you have bones OR muscles causing pressure on a nerve that runs into your hand, you

How To Tell If Pain In Your Hands Comes From Your Spine

There are many reasons for hand and wrist pain.  Most of them involve your muscles. 

Sometimes the pain in your hands comes from a whole body disorder; it could be hypo-thyroidism or rheumatoid arthritis.  If this is your situation, you should be under the care of a doctor.  Even so, you may find that taking natural steps to relieve your hand and wrist symptoms will help (at least some.)

And sometimes the pain, numbness and tingling in your hands comes from your neck bones (vertebrae or spinal bones in your cervical spine.)

Your neck bones stack up one over the other and nerves

How To Stretch Your Hands To Relieve Your Carpal Tunnel Pain

Are your hands stiff?  Do you have carpal tunnel pain?  Maybe your doctor said you have arthritis.  That's what they usually say when they don't know why you have pain.  Or, sometimes, they just say, "You are getting old."  Thanks, doctor!

Here's the thing:  Most of the day we use our hands in a curled position.  For most of us, it's a palm-down fingers-curled position.

You were built with over 600 muscles.  You are supposed to use them all.  You used to.

What happened?

Once we

Guitar Players--Hand And Finger Movements To Prevent Hand & Wrist Pain

Musicians can get a lot of pain in their hands and arms because they hold their muscles in the same position for long periods of time.

This video by GuitarLessons365.com does a great job of showing movements for musicians (and other living folks) to counteract all of that "closed hand" muscle activity. 

When you use ALL of your muscles, you are not likely to get pain of any type!  That's the trick to staying pain-free.  When you were a little child, you used all of your muscles.  You ran and jumped, climbed and slid, crawled and tumbled.  You were never still!

But now?

That's why this video is valuable.  It shows many ways to move and stretch your hands to avoid and help correct muscle strain and pain from playing musical instruments.

Pay attention to his hands even as the man in the video begins talking.  He doesn't hold his hands "palm down."  That's the position musicians use the most (and the rest of us, too.)  By holding your hands palm up, you are using different muscles right off the bat!

Are you wondering whether it is possible to stretch TOO much?  Yes, it is.  I have done it myself.  So always pay attention to your body.  If you begin to have new pain in your hand joints, back off on the stretch a bit (don't stretch so far) or stretch less often. 

On with the show!

What's The Difference Between Stretching For Carpal Tunnel Pain and Massage For Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief

Is it better to stretch for carpal tunnel pain relief?  Or is it better to have massage therapy?  And why?

Stretching is good for bodies.  Muscles love to stretch and move.  But when you have muscle spasms or "knots" the parts of the muscles that are in spasm (or contraction) don't stretch.  They cannot.  Only the parts of the muscle that are not in spasm can stretch.

And that's okay.  Stretching is still good.  You may notice that it FEELS good.  That's your body saying, "Hey!  I rather like this stuff!"  (If stretching doesn't feel good to you, keep reading.)

Massage (on the other hand) can get

What Causes Repetive Strain Injury

It might seem logical that repetitive strain injury (RSI) is caused by doing the same things over and over.  But that's not the whole story.

Because it's not just the repetitive movement--it's repetitive movement done incorrectly. 

Sometimes poor working positions are unavoidable.  For example, a plumber who works on his back under sinks and does a lot of those installations.  Insulating crawl spaces where you barely have room to move.  Mothers holding babies all day long.  Stuff like that.

Sometimes you can create