The symptoms that go along with carpal tunnel syndrome – the burning, inability to grip objects, numbness, and tingling – can really disrupt your daily life. Living with these symptoms can be frustrating and make you feel like you depend on others to perform basic tasks. Don’t be discouraged because it is possible to end these symptoms and find relief and independence again! Read on to find out how many have found relief from their carpal tunnel symptoms with an all-natural and drug-free treatment.

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Traditional Carpal Tunnel Treatment Options

Most of the traditional approaches used to treat carpal tunnel symptoms are not entirely safe or effective in treating your symptoms. When you visit a doctor and your symptoms are diagnosed as carpal tunnel syndrome, they are most likely going to suggest one, or more than one, of the following treatment options:

• Exercises to strengthen the muscles in the wrist
• Corticosteroid injections or pills
• Pain relieving medication that can be found over-the-counter
• Splints and braces for your writs
• Surgery that releases the pressure on the carpal tunnel nerve

Each treatment listed above can have harmful side effects and the longevity of the relief that can be found is limited. None of these treatments address the cause of your pain, they merely address the pain that appears in your symptoms.

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What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

Carpal tunnel syndrome happens in your wrist and hand. In the wrist there is a nerve called the median nerve which begins in your wrist and moves down into you hand, specifically your first two fingers and your thumb. The nerve can is very small and can easily become constricted and irritated. When the median nerve is bothered the burning and numbness happens.

In order for your median nerve to be irritated something must have been disrupted in your body, otherwise everyone would have carpal tunnel syndrome all of the time. Traditional treatments for carpal tunnel syndrome worked to treat your pain, not the cause of your pain. That is why your symptoms return after a short time when you try traditional treatments. There is a treatment out there that treats the cause of the symptoms, not just the symptoms themselves.

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Anatomy of the Wrist

The wrist joint is made up of a system of ligaments that help to support the hand and arm. There is a very narrow space that exists between the wrist joint and the ligaments that is referred to as the carpal tunnel. A nerve that is commonly called the median nerve which exists from the beginning tunnel and travels through the thumb and the first three fingers. When the group of ligaments experiences trauma, stress, or anything that causes the ligaments to swell, the space throughout the tunnel is constricted and pressure is placed on the median nerve. The pressure causes pain which may burn, tingle, or shoot throughout the hand and arm. If the condition is not treated for an extended period of time the muscles within the hand an arm may begin to deteriorate permanently and disrupt your daily life.

Much like the spine, the wrist is comprised of several bones that must fit together. If any one of these bones fall out of alignment it can cause issues within the wrist and make the ligaments within the wrist swell. A misalignment within the spine or another part of the body can cause a chain reaction within the body and may push the wrist bones out of alignment.

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Give Chiropractic Care a Try

If you are interested in an all-natural way of treating the symptoms of carpal tunnel, try visiting a chiropractor. Chiropractors don’t only treat backs, they treat the entire body as a whole. Within the spine in the back exists the nervous system. The nervous system is made up of blood vessels, muscles, and nerves that all work together to transmit messages from your brain to the rest of your body. If part of this message way is disrupted parts of the body can be negatively affected. The spine protecting this delicate system is made up of numerous bones that have spaces and joints between them. When even just one of these bones falls out of alignment it can pinch or hinder part of this system causing other problems in the body. A chiropractor can help to restore the body’s natural functioning by finding any misalignments that may exist within the spine and help the body to heal itself.

If you think that chiropractic care may be right in treating your carpal tunnel syndrome, call one of our Top Rated Chiropractors today. Relief from your symptoms is possible!