Carpal Tunnel Pain – What Causes Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and How Can I Get Rid of It?
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) gets lots of attention, and most of us are familiar with the idea of what it means. Maybe you had a diagnosis by a doctor or perhaps you are suspicious that you have carpal tunnel syndrome. Regardless of whether you truly do or not, the fact is that you do have pain, numbness or tingling sensations in your arms, wrists and/or hands. The carpal tunnel, by the way, is the internal tunnel, or passageway, inside the wrist through which nerves and blood vessels pass. If these get compressed, uncomfortable sensations result. Compression can result from movements which aggravate the wrist or arm, or from swelling of the tissues. Swelling and compression are most often the result of incorrect and repetitive usage of the hands, arm and body. This may be referred to as Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI) or Repetitive Movement Disorder. We move incorrectly when we move differently than the way we were built to move. Whether you actually have CTS, RSI, or something else, t
