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I think it's a muscle habit. Even if it is carpal tunnel, muscles could be the cause I think. We easily get into bad habits with how we sit, stand, move, unfortunately.
Doing yoga every day helps a lot. Also being aware of your muscles, instead of just letting everything happen automatically.
I have read about Alexander technique, but never took any classes. I think it makes a lot of sense as one way to become more aware and prevent all these very common problems.
But there are lots of different approaches to preventing and fixing bad muscle habits.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome has nothing to do with muscles....
Carpal tunnel syndrome also has nothing to do with how we move sit or stand....Yoga won't help carpal tunnel syndrome in fact many of the patients I see with carpal tunnel syndrome come in because Yoga often worsens the condition.
OP you should consider seeing a hand specialist or neurologist for your concerns.
You have some of the hallmark symptoms including night time symptoms and symptoms when driving.
As other posters have noted the median nerve which is what is compressed in carpal tunnel syndrome is involved with sensation of the thumb, index, middle and thumb side of the ring finger.
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a compression neuropathy....the median nerve is being compressed typically at the wrist.
Night splinting with wrist neutral can sometimes help with the night time symptoms....NSAIDS may provide some relief along with nerve glide exercises which you can look up.
If symptoms do not improve with conservative care surgery is the best and sometimes only option to physically decompress the nerve. Untreated carpal tunnel syndrome can lead to muscle atrophy of the hand which is irreversible....
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome has nothing to do with muscles....
Carpal tunnel syndrome also has nothing to do with how we move sit or stand....Yoga won't help carpal tunnel syndrome in fact many of the patients I see with carpal tunnel syndrome come in because Yoga often worsens the condition.
OP you should consider seeing a hand specialist or neurologist for your concerns.
You have some of the hallmark symptoms including night time symptoms and symptoms when driving.
As other posters have noted the median nerve which is what is compressed in carpal tunnel syndrome is involved with sensation of the thumb, index, middle and thumb side of the ring finger.
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a compression neuropathy....the median nerve is being compressed typically at the wrist.
Night splinting with wrist neutral can sometimes help with the night time symptoms....NSAIDS may provide some relief along with nerve glide exercises which you can look up.
If symptoms do not improve with conservative care surgery is the best and sometimes only option to physically decompress the nerve. Untreated carpal tunnel syndrome can lead to muscle atrophy of the hand which is irreversible....
I don't think you are any kind of a doctor. This came up at the very top of my search for carpal tunnel syndrome and yoga:
"Yoga exercises can help reduce the pain of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1998 concluded that participants who practiced yoga over an eight-week period showed improvement in their condition compared to those who did not do yoga."
And there are hundreds of thousands of hits on that search.
Carpal tunnel syndrome is related to posture and the alignment of joints. This is well known, and it's unimaginable that a health professional would be so oblivious.
And there are hundreds of thousands of hits on that search.
Carpal tunnel syndrome is related to posture and the alignment of joints. This is well known, and it's unimaginable that a health professional would be so oblivious.
Carpal tunnel syndrome has absolutely nothing to do with posture or alignment of joints and it is clear you know absolutely nothing about the condition
Someone asked age, 62. Never had this before and am doing nothing different. I have been trying to be more cognizant of sleep positions and sleeping with my right arm straight (its mostly my right hand). Doesn't seem to be helping.
Its a controversial term but I am "pre diabetic" aka FAT
What's the pressure thing about? Pressing on the steering wheel, was pressing grommets together and my right thumb when numb and stayed numb for awhile. Why now? Why getting worse?
Carpal tunnel syndrome has absolutely nothing to do with posture or alignment of joints and it is clear you know absolutely nothing about the condition
"Researchers have suggested risk factors like repetitive trauma to the carpal tunnel, poor wrist alignment when using your keyboard or bicycle brakes, water retention, diabetes and obesity."
There are many articles saying yoga can prevent carpal tunnel. This one is just warning that you have to be careful when doing yoga.
"poor wrist alignment" results from incorrect posture. This is well known, not controversial, and obvious.
Someone asked age, 62. Never had this before and am doing nothing different. I have been trying to be more cognizant of sleep positions and sleeping with my right arm straight (its mostly my right hand). Doesn't seem to be helping.
Its a controversial term but I am "pre diabetic" aka FAT
What's the pressure thing about? Pressing on the steering wheel, was pressing grommets together and my right thumb when numb and stayed numb for awhile. Why now? Why getting worse?
So some of the things we know about carpal tunnel syndrome (again assuming that's what you have)
-It is more common as we get older some of this has to do with carpal arthritis and inflammation within the tunnel
-It is more common in women than in men
-There is definitely an association between diabetes and obesity among other medical conditions with development of carpal tunnel syndrome
Driving is typically associated with increased pressure on the median nerve so very common for folks with carpal tunnel syndrome to have worsening symptoms with driving and repetitive tasks
Diagnosis is typically made through combination of history, physical exam and often nerve testing/EMG for definitive diagnosis to rule out other causes such as cervical radiculopathy (pinched nerve in neck) or metabolic causes of neuropathy such as diabetes
Could be a pinched nerve at the neck. Does it include the arm?
Absolutely could be cause of hand/finger numbness.....with or without arm symptoms. Depending on the level of involvement dermatomes involved may completely skip the arm...
OP: No one knows what it is and everyone is guessing. I never had issues with my hands but arthritis did set into my right thumb area over 30 yrs ago...I remember it well.
With aging everything changes and since the advanced tech world hands are worse. People who used their hands a lot in their professions, hairdressers as an example, ended up with issues.
Be more aware when sleeping the placement of hands, arms. WOrks in my body at almost 81.
I remember my mom was always opening and closing her hands as she had OA and years of making guilts did more damage...all the repetitive work.
Make changes, be aware.
Last edited by jaminhealth; 04-09-2019 at 04:09 PM..
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