Carpel Tunnel Syndrome

How Can Chiropractic Help Carpel Tunnel?

CTS should be diagnosed and treated early. A standard physical examination of the hands, arms, shoulders, and neck can help determine if your symptoms are related to daily activities or to an underlying disorder.

Your chiropractic care Doctor can use tests to try to produce the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome.

Such as...

A Pressure-provocative test - A cuff is placed at the front of the carpal tunnel is inflated, followed by direct pressure on the median nerve.

Carpal compression test - Where Moderate pressure is applied directly on the carpal tunnel & underlying median nerve at the transverse carpal ligament.

Carpel tunnel, as well as any other local entrapment neuropathies, is a type of condition that chiropractic can treat very effectively.

Carpel tunnel can be complicated because it often results from multiple causes, rarely just an impingement at the carpel tunnel. To solve the issue it is necessary to trace the nerve back up into the neck because you can have multiple levels of entrapment, and if you have only fixed one, you have only fixed part of the problem. 

The treatment is often at the wrist, the elbow, shoulder, neck or somewhere in between.

Chiropractic joint manipulation and mobilization techniques of the wrist and hand, yoga exercises, and acupuncture can help and possibly prevent this disorder. Getting to the true cause and correcting it without surgery is what chiropractic is all about.

For more information about how we can help you with your condition or to schedule an appointment, contact Pure Health Chiropractic at (859) 647-7730.