How We Help Carpal Tunnel

We can help you with Carpal Tunnel at our Chagrin Falls clinic.

Hand or Finger Numbness

Signs or Symptoms

Tingling or numbness in hand or in all fingers except the little finger.
Pain radiating or extending from your wrist up the front of your arm.
Weakness in your hands.
Tendency to drop objects and difficulty opening jars.
Loss of feeling in some fingers.

Description

Carpal tunnel syndrome is caused by pressure on the median nerved at the wrist. The median nerve provides sensation to your thumb, index, middle and ring fingers and controls some of the thumb muscles. Pressure on the nerve can stem from anything that reduces the space for it in the carpal tunnel. Causes might include anything from bone spurs to swelling or thickening of the outermost layer of the tendons in your carpal tunnel or the most common cause, which is a chronic strain/sprain overuse injury with localized swelling.

Causes

Repetitive stress: caused by overuse of the hands while in a poor mechanical position. Examples could include: crawling around on the floor on your hands or excessive typing.
Trauma: could have occurred as one incident or be the end result of many minor traumas.
Imbalances in the neck, shoulder or elbow causing “pinched nerves.”
An undetected thyroid condition can cause pain and swelling of the wrist joints. Our holistic approach can resolve the problem.

Our Holistic Approach

The treatment begins by assessing what muscles, tendons and ligaments have been damaged and returning them to normal functioning. The positions of the bones of the wrist are evaluated and manipulation is used to realign them if they are found out of place.
Many times, testing will show that this nerve is pinched at other locations that need treatment. There are at least 5 other locations that this nerve can be pinched.
Testing is used to determine if there are basic nutritional imbalances that are limiting your body‘s ability to produce natural anti-inflammatory agents to effectively speed the recovery.
Other lifestyle modifications are used to prevent or minimize exacerbating the condition. A specific program for your needs is created.

Before resorting to drugs or surgery, try our natural approach that has worked for many others. 440.893.0348