Many of our
patients have been diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Remember
this: the nervous system controls and coordinates all functions
in the human body. We have seen quite a few people cancel their
scheduled carpal tunnel surgeries following chiropractic treatments.
We correct
the misalignments (subluxations) in the spine, shoulder, elbow
or hand. To help you understand this, visualize an electrical
system in a house. The breaker box divides electrical current
to all the different areas in your house. If there is dysfunction
at the breaker box or anywhere along the wires that take the current
to its final destination, there will be dysfunction at the final
destination. At each segment of the spine, a spinal nerve exits
the spinal column to deliver its vital life force to its designated
areas of nerve supply. In your body the nerves that send sensory
and motor information to the hand exit the spine at the neck and
then pass under the collarbone, through the shoulder and elbow,
then on to your hand and fingers. The function of all the joints
along this nerve path need to be checked by a chiropractor before
any surgery is done.
Carpal
Tunnel Syndrome according to Dorland's Medical Dictionary is "a
complex of symptoms resulting from compression of the median nerve
in the carpal tunnel, with pain and burning or tingling parathesias
(sensations) in the fingers and hand, sometimes extending to the
elbow."
An important
note to this definition is that the symptoms occur
primarily in the area of the thumb and pointer
finger. Therefore, if you are having abnormal
sensations, pain or change in strength in the
ring finger or smallest finger it is a problem
with a completely different nerve, and is not
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
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