Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Apopka Fl Chiropractic Care Helps Relieve Carpel Tunnel Pain Safely Without Surgery

By Bob Albert Lewis


People suffering from back or neck problems often visit a chiropractic clinic to find relief. However, many do not know that chiropractic can help with other conditions. Therapy from chiropractors can improve one's quality of life while reducing pain that the individual suffers. An Apopka FL chiropractor offers noninvasive therapy for carpal tunnel syndrome.

There are seven small bones in the wrist known as the carpals. They, along with other tissues surround the median nerve. This nerve allows communication between the fingers, thumb and brain. If irritated, it can cause pain, numbness and weakness.

Carpal tunnel syndrome causes many different symptoms including pain, numbness and weakness that affects the hand, fingers and thumb. Symptoms usually grow increasingly worse, especially if changes are not made. With conventional medicine, patients are often advised to undergo surgery in which the surgeon clips a tendon to relieve the pressure.

Chiropractic offers a less invasive means of encouraging healing of the median nerve. The doctor of chiropractic may provide an adjustment of the wrist, elbow and upper spine to relieve the pressure from the nerve. In addition, patients are advised to rest the affected limb, use ice appropriately to reduce inflammation, and immobilize the area with a splint or brace.

The chiropractic doctor may also make use of ultrasound therapy. Ultrasound makes use of sound waves outside the human hearing range to penetrate tissues of the wrist. The energy from these waves helps muscles to relax, inflammation to be reduced and pain to be alleviated.

If you are facing surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome, a second opinion from an Apopka FL chiropractor may be in order. For many people the conservative therapy offered offers a nonsurgical option. In addition, one may find help for many other issues affecting the body through chiropractic.




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