subject: A Helpful Chiropractor Can Help Carpal Tunnel Syndrome [print this page] A chiropractor can provide help for people with the condition of carpal tunnel syndrome. One of the risk factors to be aware of for getting carpal tunnel syndrome is if you spend a lot of time at a keyboard and do not use it properly.
You might have this condition already. Do you feel numbness in your finger tips or do you find yourself dropping items when you go to pick them up? These are symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome. You can also test yourself for this condition. Place the back of your hands together and press in. Go easy though so you do not hurt yourself. If you feel numbness in your finger tips, you probably have carpal tunnel syndrome or you are in the early stages of this condition.
Many people decide to have surgery. But this should be the last option. A chiropractor can help your condition by helping the areas in your wrist open up. The reason people develop this syndrome is because the nerves in the back of the wrists are deprived of oxygen. The reason they do not get the oxygen they need to function is because the blood flow is cut off.
Sitting at a keyboard all day long is not a natural position for your wrists and the arteries that bring blood to that area of your body are being blocked. You can keep the problem at bay by keeping your hands level with the keyboard. There are several keyboards on the market that help you keep your fingers and wrists at the same angle. You do not want your fingers to be above your wrists when using the keyboard.
If you have this problem already, you can go to a chiropractor who will massage and manipulate your wrists to free the pressure on your arteries so blood will again circulate correctly in your hands and fingers. This alleviates the blockage and blood will flow freely again.
However, the problem might not be in your wrists. The problem could be from a neck alignment issue. The nerves in your neck could affect the nerves in your hands and fingers. The chiropractor will help relieve your neck problem which could alleviate any problem in your hands and fingers.
The chiropractor will perform a full body exam to find out why you are having a problem with carpal tunnel syndrome. There could be multiple problems that are affecting your hands.
Before going through surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome, see a chiropractor. Surgery is a big decision. If you can safely avoid it, then you should. You might only need to have your wrists or neck aligned correctly. A chiropractor will be able to handle this for you.
Contact you insurance provider to find out if chiropractor visits are covered under your plan. More and more health insurance carriers are seeing the benefits of alternative medicine and are therefore paying for chiropractor visits. Call your insurance company today. Then make an appointment with a chiropractor.
