Posts Tagged ‘wrists’

What To Do For Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Monday, November 8th, 2010

Care ChiropracticPatients 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

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Q & A

Sunday, August 1st, 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…)

Hidden Cause Of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Why are carpal tunnel syndrome patients visiting our clinic? Isn’t Dr. Visentin, D.C. a spine doctor? What does the spine have to do with tingly hands?

The article sited below is more scientific proof that shows how carpal tunnel syndrome sufferers may benefit from our care. We remove pressure from the nerves that go to the wrists, from the neck.

People with healthy spines have fewer health problems and much less chance of suffering carpal tunnel syndrome.

Spinal Manipulation, 5th edition by Bourdillon JE, Day EA, Bookhout MR: Oxford, England, Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 1992:
“Faulty innervation caused by spinal joint lesions is one of the main factors in the production of carpal tunnel syndrome.” P. 207.

If you suspect you may have carpal tunnel syndrome, call (303) 394-CARE (2273) now. We’ll examine your wrists and your spine, to see if it’s contributing to your pain. This special carpal tunnel exam is FREE when you mention this article on your first visit.

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

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Symptoms

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

In our Denver Carpal Tunnel Health Center we see patients with carpal tunnel symptoms which affect their daily activities at work, recreation, and even sleeping. Usually carpal tunnel syndrome produces pain, numbness, and tingling into the first three fingers on the palmer surface of your hand. The cause is irritation or entrapment of your median nerve at the carpal tunnel of your wrist.

Carpal tunnel diagnosis

To diagnose carpal tunnel syndrome, your doctor will take you through a series of sensory, motor, reflex, and orthopedic tests to determine exactly where the median nerve irritation is happening. Carpal tunnel-like symptoms can also come from entrapment of the median nerve somewhere other than the carpal tunnel. Other places that it can be trapped are closer to the elbow and the shoulder. Other causes may be irritation of a spinal nerve originating from your neck and ending in the same fingers innervated by (more…)