Denver Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Health Center

Patients who suffer with carpal tunnel syndrome want results, not theory. They demand to know what they can do to get relief. Here’s a list of things to do that work;

x Take breaks regularly, especially at the computer terminal, cash register, etc…
x Apply ice directly over the palm and delicate skin of the wrist for 5-20 minutes, three times a day.
x Ask for help when moving objects.
x Call Dr. Visentin, D.C. and set up a free ergonomic workshop at your place of business, (303) 394-CARE (2273).
x Do gentle range of motion exercises throughout the day. Move your wrists up and down and side to side. Avoid forcing these movements.
x Call our center to determine the exact cause of your carpal tunnel problem.
x Ask your family to help you while you recover.
x Meditate, pray, or visualize white healing light healing your hands and wrists three times a day.
x Sleep with a pillow that restores the curve in your neck. Carpal tunnel symptoms are often caused or aggravated by bones out of place in the
spine.
x Change hands frequently with activities involving the wrist.
x At the computer, avoid twisting your wrist or awkward wrist positions when using the mouse. Relax your hands and wrists.
x Drink lots of water. Take a multi-vitamin, and an extra supplement of B complex that includes vitamin B-6 (or pyroxidine).
x Call our center for a free carpal tunnel consultation. Without care your problems may get worse, and waiting is dangerous.

Let’s find out what’s causing your problem and do something about it.

Dr. Visentin, D.C.
Care Chiropractic
Denver, CO
©2010

The best way to avoid carpal tunnel syndrome is to not stress the wrist. Repeated movements, poor work place habits, computer terminals, and keyboards, can create problems with this delicate area of the body and over time create carpal tunnel syndrome, or C.T.S.

Here is a short list of things to do:

- Keep Your Wrists Straight. Bending your wrist creates pressure on the median nerve that runs through the structures that make up the “carpal tunnel” in the wrist.
- Avoid Activities That Force The Wrist To Bend Repeatedly. Activities such as painting, sewing, and crocheting put pressure on the delicate and sensitive median nerve, that lets us feel things with our hands.
- Don’t Do Push-Ups. Push ups are the worst exercise for carpal tunnel sufferers. This prolonged and forceful wrist extension with pressure compresses the nerve involved with this all too common syndrome.
- Use Ice. Massaging the thin skin of the wrist with a piece of ice for 5-20 minutes can offer great relief for C.T.S. patients.
- See Your Chiropractor. The science of chiropractic focuses on removing interference with the nerves involved with carpal tunnel syndrome.
There is a lot more you can do to help yourself avoid carpal tunnel syndrome. If you’d like, we can set a time to review the most common causes of carpal tunnel problems and reveal what you can do about them. To set an appointment or to schedule a presentation for your co-workers, call (303) 394-CARE (2273). These services are FREE, when you mention this article.

Dr. Visentin, D.C.
Care Chiropractic
Denver, CO 80220
©2010

At our Denver Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Health Center we get a lot of questions about this syndrome. As we become more sedentary in our life and work we tend to become more focused on using tools like our cell phone to text, the computer and video games. With this repetitive motion for prolonged periods of time carpal tunnel syndrome has become more and more prevalent. Here are some answers about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome that we often get asked about in our clinic.

Q: What is causing my carpal tunnel syndrome?

A: There is a nerve that originates in your neck, travels the length of your arms, goes through your carpal tunnel at your wrists, and (more…)

Why are carpal tunnel syndrome patients visiting doctors of chiropractic? Aren’t chiropractors spine doctors? What does the spine have to do with tingly hands?

The article sited below is scientific proof of how carpal tunnel syndrome sufferers may benefit from our care. We remove pressure from the nerves that go to the wrists. The nerves that supply the wrist come from the neck. The nerve that is irritated when someone has carpal tunnel syndrome may be irritated by neck bones or wrist bones out of place. When the neck and wrist pinch the nerves that go to the hand, scientists call it a “double crush syndrome”.

Double crush syndrome: chiropractic care of an entrapment neuropathy. Mariano KA; Mcdougle MA; Tanksley Gw. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological therapeutics, 1991 May, 14(4) : 262-5.
Discusses the relationship between double crush syndrome and chiropractic care.

People with healthy spines have fewer health problems and much less chance of suffering carpal tunnel syndrome. We help reduce nerve interference from both the neck and the wrist.

If you suspect you may have carpal tunnel syndrome call (303) 394-CARE (2273) now.

Dr. Visentin, D.C.
Care Chiropractic
Denver, CO ©2010