Posted by tom_traubert on April 29, 2005, at 10:29:07
In reply to Re: Does anyone know anything about carpal tunnel?, posted by chili on April 25, 2005, at 16:01:02
Hi.
I've had repetetive stress injury /chronic pain in both hands and my right shoulder for years. I went to every type of practitioner you can think of. They couldn't figure it out, yet they still wanted to operate. Not me. I knew that somewhere the problem lay in my posture; specifically how my head and shoulders are aligned. There is an area of the body, on both sides of the neck where it attaches to the shoulder and chest called the Thoracic Outlet. This is where nerves and such travel from the spine to the arms. Compression in this area causes lots of problems, like stepping on a hose prevents water from flowing. This site has a lot of info
or just google "thoracic outlet". Check this out too "The Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Helpbook". There is a series of nerve sliding techniques that really work. My biggest piece of advice to you is to stop using a mouse immediately. They're killers, really. Opt instead for an external touchpad mouse (like the ones on laptops where you just touch your finger down to click).
So etc. etc. etc. I thought eventually it was all in my head since no doctor could help until I saw an amazing physical therapist. Right off the bat, he saw that so many aspects of my body were out of alignment and that certain muscel groups were so weak that I couldn't possibly give myself the proper support to ensure good posture. So we worked on strengthening and being more aware of posture and it's really been working. No medication, no surgery.
Hope this helped.
tt
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