Does massage help carpal tunnel pain? You bet it does! How?
Massage therapy helps normalize tissues. If your soft tissues (that means not bones) are “too tight” or “too loose-overstretched” massage helps get them back into neutral position.
Therapeutic massage lifts, warms, pinches, presses, rubs, and moves your soft tissues in many directions. If you go to a skilled professional massage therapist (see the “Massage” Category here to find an article about how to find one) that therapist can make
a world of difference for you.
If you do your own massage (if you are able to, directions are in the “Massage” Category) that also can help. It’s sometimes a bit harder to access all parts of your arms and your own back, but it can be done if necessary.
Massage is a very good first step in getting rid of carpal tunnel symptoms.
Stretching is also good but, tell you the truth–massage is better. Stretching shortened muscles helps and strengthening muscles that are a little too much stretched is helpful in getting back into muscular balance.
I have had lots of readers tell me they are feeling better by doing their own self-massage OR going to a massage therapist OR doing stretching exercises that they have learned from me. Look around–check all of the Categories.
And if you have questions, you can ask them in the Comments box, below. In fact, I’d love to hear from you!
There are a lot of articles here that can help get you on the road to no more carpal tunnel pain! 🙂