One important cause of wrist pain including carpal tunnel syndrome, is sprain of the delicate ligaments holding the 12 wrist bones together. These 12 small bones connect the hand to the arm and have many tiny ligaments, which limit the…
One important cause of wrist pain including carpal tunnel syndrome, is sprain of the delicate ligaments holding the 12 wrist bones together. These 12 small bones connect the hand to the arm and have many tiny ligaments, which limit the…
Getting your health back after a spine injury can be problematic if you do not approach it holistically. What is meant by holism? In general it is caring for the person as a whole vs. individual parts, and using techniques…
In the mid 1980’s, a political event spurred a change regarding the medical community’s outward disrespect of chiropractors when the AMA (American Medical Association) was sued for anti-trust violations and the chiropractors won! For the first time, the public, open…
“Manual techniques” refers to massage, deep tissue mobilization and manipulation of joints. These procedures are performed by chiropractors as a mainstay of their treatment. Two recent scientific studies have shown that these techniques are helpful at reducing carpal tunnel symptoms.…
In the late 1990s, an article published on the safety of chiropractic treatment of children also revealed significant benefits for children who received chiropractic treatment. This article was written in response to safety concerns due to the increased utilization of…
The old expression “the straw that broke the camel’s back” is quite appropriate in human diseases. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a disease of a nerve usually caused by compression, a pinched nerve. if you will. The nerves to the hand…
Carpal tunnel symptoms typically come on slowly. Day after day, we are able to type at the computer with no problem and then one morning a little tingling in the fingers develops. We shake our hands, stretch the fingers, and…
Most patients with carpal tunnel syndrome will put up with their symptoms for days and weeks until they are troubling enough to bring to a doctor’s attention. The doctor should rule out certain causes for the hand pain, such as…
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