Hand pain from Car Accident, repetitive motion, double crush syndrome, or cervical disc bulge. 

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a medical condition that affects many people in Sunrise and Downtown Miami, Fl, and around the world. It is often a work-related injury affecting adults that perform repetitive tasks with their hands. This includes people that work on computers for long periods of time and assembly line workers in various industries. CPT is a common injury that a Chiropractor treats, especially when conventional medicine has failed to provide help.

What Is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) refers to compression of the median nerve that runs from your forearm into your hand. The nerve gets compressed in a narrow tunnel in your wrist, known as the carpal tunnel. This tunnel consists of soft tissues, bones, tendons, nerves, ligaments and blood vessels.

Symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

When you have CTS, common symptoms include pain and weakness in the hand and wrist area that often results in numbness or tingling radiating up to the forearm. More specifically, the palm of your hand, thumb, middle fingers and index fingers feel the bulk of the discomfort. Many CTS sufferers feel as though their hands and fingers are swollen and puffy, even though no swelling is evident.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can make it difficult to form a fist, affect grip strength and cause muscle wasting at the base of the thumb. Some Carpal Tunnel Syndrome sufferers lose sensation in their hands and are no longer able to distinguish between hot and cold.

Diagnosing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Some people have a higher likelihood of developing CTS because they have smaller carpal tunnels in their wrists than others. Smaller tunnels increase the likelihood of nerve compression, increasing the risk of CTS. When diagnosing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, your Downtown Miami/Sunrise FL chiropractor will give you a physical examination to see if your symptoms fall in line with the injury. You’ll be asked to perform some rudimentary wrist exercises and they may try some specific pressure and compression tests to test the sensitivity of the nerve. You might also be required to have an x-ray or other imaging tests to rule out other wrist injuries or conditions.

Getting Treatment In Downtown Miami, FL

Once the CTS diagnosis has been established, you’ll have to rest the affected hand and wrist and possibly immobilize your wrist to prevent further damage. Applying ice to the area to reduce swelling may also be part of the treatment, depending on the severity of the condition. Joint adjustments and light stretching and strengthening exercises will likely be part of your chiropractic treatment. Studies show most CTS will respond extremely will to cervical spine adjustments as releasing all related areas of nerve impingement will give most Carpal Tunnel Syndrome sufferers significant relief. Most people have significant relief in just a couple weeks.

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