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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

 

Do you often feel a numbness or tingling in your hands, especially at night, or when doing repetitive grasping with your hands? Perhaps you experience clumsiness in handling objects and sometimes you feel a pain that goes up the arm to as high as your shoulder. These may be the symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

The median nerve travels from the forearm into your hand through a "tunnel" in your wrist. The bottom and sides of this tunnel are formed by the wrist bones and the top of the tunnel is covered by a strong band of connective tissue called the carpal ligament. This tunnel also contains nine tendons that connect muscles and bones to bend your fingers and thumb. These tendons may enlarge and swell under some circumstances. When the swelling is sufficient, it may cause the median nerve to be pressed against the strong ligament. This sometimes results in numbness, tingling in the hand, clumsiness or pain, as described above.

 

An Alternative Permanent Solution

 

First, DRUGS DO NOT HEAL. The body heals itself. In most cases, drugs only mask the problem. In addition, some drugs have dangerous side effects. Drugs will never treat carpal tunnel syndrome successfully because the problem is not a deficiency of drugs in the body. Second, surgery is not a successful option either. When doctors do surgery, they are merely treating the symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. In most cases, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome returns within two to three years after surgical intervention. This is due to the fact that scar tissue takes the place of the cut in the carpal ligament, again putting pressure on the median nerve.

Why is there such a big mystery around Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Could the problem be as simple as the muscles in the forearm tightening up, thereby cutting off circulation to the median nerve and tendons, causing the tendons to swell?

I am here to say that this is exactly the cause of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Therefore, the drugs that doctors give patients will only alleviate the pain temporarily. Surgery will make the muscles tighten up even more.

By using a massage technique called the Muscle Release TechniqueTM, the therapist is able to work towards breaking down the scar tissue. The muscles are lengthened and circulation is increased. This, in turn, cuts down on the inflammation so permanent healing can take place.

90% of the clients I've seen who suffer from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, also suffer from Tendinitis. This Tendinitis is caused by overworked muscles in the forearm. The muscles lose their ability to relax. When there is a constant pulling on the attachment site of the muscle, Tendinitis is the result.

Again, no big mystery at all. When the muscles are lengthened and the Muscle Release TechniqueTM is done, muscle memory is restored and the muscles are able to regain their flexibility. As a result, the Tendinitis disappears.

Once a person learns how to do the Muscle Release TechniqueTM and can properly lengthen the affected muscles, the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome disappear.

I am very excited with the results of the Muscle Release TechniqueTM. I am eager to help more people learn how to avoid the pain and misery of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Tendinitis.

Any trained massage therapist can teach a person the necessary techniques to rid themselves of these problems . They need only learn to give instruction in the Muscle Release TechniqueTM. In most cases, clients can be taught how to treat their Carpal Tunnel Syndrome problems in two hours (one on one basis).

What Your Doctors Don't Want You to Know About Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Tendinitis

 

There seems to be a mystery around Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The mystery revolves around the causes of the problem as well as the proper treatment.

I recently received a brochure from a doctor concerning Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. In this brochure, the doctor listed a number of causes for the affliction. The causes he listed are as follows:

(1) Repetitive and forceful grasping with the hands

(2) Repetitive bending of the wrist

(3) Broken or dislocated bones in the wrist

(4) Arthritis

(5) Thyroid gland imbalance

(6) Diabetes

(7) Menopause

(8) Pregnancy

After the list of causes he says, "Although any of the above may be present, most cases have no known cause."

To the best of my knowledge, people have had broken and dislocated bones in the wrist, arthritis, thyroid imbalance, menopause and pregnancy long before anyone ever developed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Why would a doctor even list these "so called" causes just because some may be present with people who have CTS? I imagine if studies were done, some people with CTS also have runny noses but that has nothing to do with the cause.

It continues to amaze me how some doctors react when they do not know the cause of a particular affliction or illness. Some doctors won't say "I don't know, " instead they will come up with a name and guess as to the cause of the problem. We are all human and there is no shame in not knowing something. It amazes me even more that many people listen to these doctors, believing each word to be gospel.

Is there really a big mystery around the causes of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Or could it possibly be that some specialists would lose out on a fee of $4,000 to perform surgery on one wrist, if they simply told their patients that the problem is simply a muscle problem? Massage therapy is virtually never considered, by these so called specialists, to be an alternative solution for CTS. Could this big mystery be as simple as the muscles in the forearm tightening up and cutting off circulation to the median nerve, and tendons causing them to swell?

I am here to say that this is exactly what causes CTS. I attended a workshop by a rehabilitation therapist from Europe in June of 1996. By using techniques derived from this work, I have been able to help a number of people who suffer from this affliction.

Many so-called specialists have told my clients that nothing can be done for sciatica problems, but I've helped hundreds of clients with sciatica. In most cases, sciatica is simply caused by the piriformis muscle contracting around the sciatic nerve. If one relaxes and stretches the muscle, the symptoms of sciatica will disappear. Treating such problems, and many other muscle problems, is no big mystery at all. The name of the condition means nothing. This work has proven this to me.

Some doctors treat Carpal Tunnel Syndrome with anti-inflammatory drugs. If this does not relieve the pain, some inject corticosteroids into the wrist. If this does not help, surgery is often suggested. When doctors do this, they are just treating the symptoms of the disease. Drugs do not and will not heal CTS. Even most surgery will not. In most cases, the symptoms return in 2 to 3 years, due to the fact that scar tissue builds up to take the place of the carpal ligament. Do the doctors believe that people with CTS have a steroid deficiency? More and more clients tell me that their doctors give them steroid injections for this problem.

When circulation is cut off to a particular area, of course there will be inflammation. The lack of circulation that is caused by CTS causes the muscles to lose their ability to relax. The muscle length is shortened and this creates a nerve compression. When circulation is stopped for any reason, all healing is stopped and inflammation is increased.

When circulation is decreased by contracting muscles, the answer is not drug therapy. The answer is to relax and lengthen the muscles so that the circulation can be restored. When this is done the symptoms disappear.

Virtually every client I've seen who suffers from CTS, also suffers from tendinitis on the medial epicondyle and/or the lateral epicondyle (humerus). This tendinitis is caused by overworked muscles in the forearm. The muscles lose their ability to relax. When there is constant pulling on the attachment site, tendinitis is the result.

Again, no big mystery at all. If the muscles are stretched and the Muscle Release TechniqueTM is done, the muscles are able to regain their flexibility. As a result, the tendinitis disappears.

I have personally experienced drug and ice therapy as treatment for tendinitis. After 18 months of treatment with no relief, I experienced the Muscle Release Technique TM. Within three weeks, my tendinitis was gone. Now I know what to do to ensure that I will never have that problem again.

After learning about this phenomenal treatment for CTS and tendinitis, I wrote to my family doctor and the specialist I was seeing for my problem. I explained that I had learned how to treat the problem. I never received so much as a phone call from either doctor concerning the matter. Perhaps they were both afraid of losing some of their extravagant salary. So much so that they aren't even interested in hearing, from a massage therapist, about this very simple treatment.

I explain to my clients exactly what causes Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and tendinitis. Then I explain how to treat the problem without surgery or drugs. In most cases all I need is one appointment, about two hours of their time. In that time, the client learns what to do at home. If the client follows through the program of stretching the muscles twice a day, the results are fantastic. Mystery? No, common sense.