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What's The Best Exercise For Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief

What's the best exercise for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?  Hmmm.  That must be a trick question. 

The best exercise after you already have symptoms is the same as before you have symptoms.  In other words, you can prevent carpal tunnel pain.

And, you also can heal it.  Naturally!

Yoga is one excellent natural carpal tunnel remedy.  You can listen to an interview I did with a yoga expert here to find out why.

Any movements that use ALL of your muscles will help. 

You see, the problem is

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

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

Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief and Stretching

Does stretching help Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

The answer seems to be, "It depends."  Stretching in general is good, especially stretching the muscles that we hold in short positions for most of our day.  Keeping the muscles in the front of your body stretched can help prevent carpal tunnel symptoms in the first place.  It can also help you have better posture and lots less pain all over.

So, when is stretching not so good for your carpal tunnel?

Tendons are the ends of muscles that attach to bones.  The tendons for your finger muscles attach way up toward

4 Movement Tips For Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief With The Pain Relief Coach

If you want carpal tunnel pain relief, you need to start doing some things differently.  It's important to make sure you have all the nutrients your body needs, plenty of water and enough sleep but it's also important to take care of your muscles.  Moving in different ways can make a huge difference, especially if you couple it with massage (which you can do yourself.)

Tip 1.  Throw a soft ball or toss rocks into a lake.  Underhand may be the most comfortable for you.  This movement uses your whole arm and relaxes your shoulders.

Tip 2.  Wring your hands.  Oh dear, oh dear--you might look anxious but

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Can Be Helped With Yoga

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Yoga?  I interviewed a Registered Nurse (RN) who is also a Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher.  She said, Yes!  Yoga can help get rid of the symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

According to a study by the National Institutes of Health, yoga helps (but they didn't know why.)  Well, the reason is because your whole body is attached to your carpal tunnel.  If you get your body more in "balance" lots of complaints and symptoms will go away.

My guest also quoted a medical research study which compared patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome who studied yoga to patients who wore a wrist brace.  Guess which had the most benefit?  :-)  The yoga group!

You see, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a whole body issue and yoga is a whole body "treatment." That's why yoga helps.

Yoga has many benefits for your whole body and relieving your carpal tunnel symptoms is just one of them.  You can learn to do yoga in classes in your community or in the privacy of your home.  Online classes are available at http://YogaConfidence.com.

Stretching Your Chest To Relieve Your Carpal Tunnel Symptoms

Stretching your chest muscles is a very good way to begin relieving your carpal tunnel symptoms.  When you stretch and relax your chest and allow your shoulders to drop back, you will experience a lot of other health benefits, too.  "Opening" your chest muscles takes can take pressure of the parts of your body that cause your carpal tunnel symptoms.

Watch the whole video before you begin this movement.  You will discover how to come out of this position at the end.

You can use a rolled up towel as a "roll" and folded towels or small pillows for your head support. 

You may have to start with a smaller roll than the instructor uses.  That's easy to do with a towel:  Simply don't roll the whole towel.