How Do You Get Rid Of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Imagine a large tunnel running through a very busy metropolis. During rush hour, the tunnel is filled to the brim with several lanes of cars and trucks of all sizes, all aiming to get into the single tunnel. Such a setup often makes your head ache and you know how much of a pain it is trying to get through it. The analogy may not be dead on, but your wrist has a similar opening or canal that separates a sheath of tendons and the bones that make up the wrist and the hands (collectively known as the carpal bones). The canal, called the carpal tunnel, is the passageway for nine tendons—called the flexor tendons—and one main nerve called the median nerve. The median nerve gives nerve sensations to the skin of the thumb, the index finger, the middle finger and half of the ring finger; it also controls their movements. The problem starts when too much continuous pressure is applied to the median nerve. The median nerve is usually compressed whenever there is a decrease in the size of the can