Carpal Tunnel and Chiropractic

Carpal Tunnel

I got the carpal tunnel! My wrists! They’re killing me! It’s going all the up my arms, there’s tingling in my hands. I’m typing, I’m typing, I can’t type any more, what am I going to do? They say I got carpal tunnel!

What does that mean, carpal tunnel? Can I get rid of it? You got to cut it out? You got to add something? Nobody knows?! Your chiropractor knows. Carpal tunnel is inflammation of all those tendons and ligaments in your wrists that enable you to move your hands back and forth, back and forth.

It’s from your posture, from you sitting at the computer too long. From you typing wrong, from you writing wrong. Essentially, you’ve been taught the wrong things and your body is breaking down a little bit, but that’s okay. There is hope.

Your chiropractor can help. You see your chiropractor and they can help adjust the areas of your spine and extremities that have lost proper dynamics. Once proper movement is restored to these areas then the body will begin to relax and your pain and discomfort will reside. It’s been years of abuse and misuse that got you here, so go easy on yourself and let your healing take time too.

All these thing have to work in a perfect harmony for health and wellness to exist in your body. That’s a very specific chiropractic philosophy. That’s a very specific chiropractic approach. The whole body approach. The idea that everything is interconnected, because as you know, in nature and in life, everything is connected.

So you got problems with your wrists? You got pain in your wrists. There’s always a point where you need medical care such as surgery and drugs. Those can be a remedy for those in pain and to help you handle that suffering that you’re going through, but it’s not a solution.

How do we address the cause of these things? Chiropractic addresses the cause. So if you have carpal tunnel, don’t just think it’s in the wrists. You could have elbow dysfunction. You could have shoulder dysfunction. You could have cervical/neck dysfunction. All that dysfunction comes trickling down from your neck preventing your wrists from working right.

If you go to the mechanic in your car, he’s going to align all four of your tires. He doesn’t just align one tire. You gotta check them all. Your body is the same and your chiropractor knows that. So visit your chiropractor especially if you’re starting to get any symptoms in the wrists. If you’re working long hours and you’re working at the computer. They can help you with your posture. They can help you with your ergonomics.

Overall, they can help you remove misalignment from your spine that might be causing these types of chronic conditions such as carpal tunnel.

So be proactive, take care of you and those that you love. Remember to take care of your spine and it will take care of your health. Chiropractic saves lives. I’ll see you at the Joshua Tree. Call us at 510-710-5453

 

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