Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

[Adrianna Q]

I have a friend with carpal tunnel syndrome REALLY bad.  She was a waitress for 20+ years.  That'll do it!  Do any of you have recommendations for a good dvd that will help me to help her?  Thanks in advance!

 

[Stevie]

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

CTS is often the result of tight shoulder area muscles (don't know the names). Try loosening them up. Also, do a search here for carpal tunnel syndrome. You might find some information.

 

[uhh...]

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

The major muscles involved in CTS are the upper lats, subscapularis, scalenes, infraspinatus and the forearm flexors. The median nerve becomes compressed in some or all of those muscles and that is what usually causes the pain. I have found that people with problems with carpel tunnel, (especially waiter/waitresses) have the most problem in the forearm flexors. They tend to be very tender. People who are at the computer a lot using the keyboard also have the problem at times due to not keeping the wrists straight while typing. One of the best ways I have found to relieve the flexors is to strengthen the extensors by placing a rubber band around the outside of the fingers and stretching it for about thirty seconds.

 

[Richard]

I have CTS issues myself, although the dr. said it wasn't cts but tendonitis, either way it hurts like crap.   I would work and work on my wrist and forearm and it wasn't doing any good.  My hand was going to sleep at night as well.  Finally one of my instructors got tired of hearing me fuss about it and she told me to lay on the floor.  Using her sock feet she compressed my pecs just medially of the shoulder/armpit then with my feet dorsiflexed she had me drag my arm parallel to the floor with the palm pronated up to 90 degrees, then repeated with the palm supinated and then with the pinky dragging the floor.  It hurt like hell!  BUT for the first time in years I had feeling in my fingers and my hand hasn't gone to sleep at night since.  It's a friggin miracle as far as I'm concerned..  The method is called Rossiter.  I think the spelling is right. Palpate the pecs around the clavicle/sternum and rotator cuff.  I bet your friend will find out that he/she is very tender there.   I'll see if I can't find a link to the technique.

 

[Sushi McPenguin]

Here is a link to Rossiter.  Just follow the links to find a therapist.   I'm not even out of school yet (late May) and already I'm a believer.  He is doing a CEUs at the school that I'm attending and while I won't get credit for it yet it is a technique that I think could help so many people.  I hope to specialize in repetitive motion injuries, and this is a technique that works. http://www.rossiter.com/

 

[katie h]

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

A friend of mine took a weekend workshop with Rossiter. I also watched one of his videos. Strange stuff - fascial work he says. He teaches it to workers in factories and they do it on one another.The median nerve and the rest of the brachial plexus can get irritated between scalenes anterior and medius; and get compressed deep to the clavicle, and deep to pec minor. Work and stretch pec minor, pec major and the scalenes. The median - all alone now- passes through the belly of pronator teres, where it can also get compressed.As stated, the wrist and hand flexors need to be worked thoroughly. In addition, Most trigger points in the flexors refer pain into hand and wrist.The tendons of the flexors can be gently frictioned (caution- median nerve) just proximal to the carpal tunnel. Chronic "inflammation" in their tendon sheaths (which is what you friction), at this site, is a major cause of true carpal tunnel syndrome.No matter where the compression occurs its smart to work all possible locations. A phenomenon called double crush syndrome is often present. This means - when a nerve gets compressed in one place, that same nerve is likely to develop a compression at another site. Some doctors believe one must have a double crush in order to expeirence nerve symptoms

 

[Haayls]

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Don McCann's book and video will do the treatment.www.structuralenergetictherapy.com

 

[Maggiegirl]

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Don McCann's SET protocols are the best treatments. You can get people out of pain much faster than other techniques. You have to attend a seminar to feel and watch people come out of pain. It blew mind when I experienced it. This will change your life and many others in such a positive way. If you have any questions feel free to contact me.Greg

 

[paultopg]

Hi, I wanted  to let you know that you may want to check out the site: activerelease.com.I know as a therapist in this technique myself, it has I beleive a 90% recovery rate i carpel tunnel syndrome.