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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Prevention |
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Since carpal tunnel
syndrome is usually caused by multiple factors, including health conditions
and activities, the most important step in preventing it is to take good
care of your general health. This is done by placing importance on the
wellness of your whole being. Carpal tunnel syndrome prevention includes
maintaining a desirable weight, clean lifestyle and regular exercise.
Below are other carpal tunnel syndrome prevention tips that you might want
to know:
* Keep your arm, hand, or finger muscles strong and flexible. It is better
to stop any activity that you think may be causing arm, hand or finger
numbness or pain. Do not wait for the condition to get worse or it might get
too late.
* Use hand and wrist movements that spread the pressure and motion evenly
throughout your hand and wrist. Do some simple exercises before jumping
immediately to your work. In between breaks, stand up and stretch those
muscles.
* Use the correct posture. Remember that when you get your body used to
slouching, it is difficult to train your bones back into the right form.
Drink milk if you can to improve the intake of calcium in your body.
* Wear a wrist splint to keep your wrist in a neutral position and relieves
stress on the median nerve. This reduces the stress on your fingers, hand,
or wrist at times when you cannot control your wrist motion, such as while
sleeping.
* If you feel that certain work activities are causing finger, hand, or
wrist numbness or pain, talk to your human resources department for
information about different ways of doing your job, changes in your
equipment, other job assignments, or the possibility of an ergonomics
evaluation of your work space and procedures.
* In daily routines at home or while doing hobbies, consider changing
activities in which you make repeated finger, hand, or wrist movements.
Train yourself to use other positions or techniques that will not stress
your hand or wrist.
If you have mild symptoms, such as occasional tingling, numbness, weakness,
or pain in your fingers or hand, follow these carpal tunnel syndrome
prevention tips to avoid inflammation.
* Rest your fingers, hand, and wrist. Stop activities that you suspect are
causing numbness and pain.
* Ice your wrist for 10 to 15 minutes at a time, as often as once or twice
an hour. Take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to relieve pain
and reduce swelling. Although studies have not shown NSAIDs to be effective
for carpal tunnel syndrome prevention, they may help to relieve symptoms.
This list of carpal tunnel syndrome prevention will only be of great benefit
when you also decide to take utmost discipline. Words are not just enough to
remedy the disorder, there needs to be a concrete response on your part. |
| This article
is provided courtesy of Roxanne Courtmanch. Please visit
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Carpal Tunnel Articles
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and activities, the most important step
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Symptoms
Jonathan Cluett, an
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Carpal Tunnel Treatment
The goal of carpal
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routine activities. This is also to address
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Carpal Tunnel Wrist Brace
A
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fingerless glove. It stabilizes your wrist in a straight and sometimes
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Carpal Tunnel Yoga
In the Cochrane review
issued in January 2003, yoga ranks as one of the effective non- surgical
treatments for carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Dr. Nortin Hadler
A rheumatologist and
professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina, Dr. Nortin Hadler
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Simple Carpal Tunnel Exercises
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Two Kinds Of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Surgery
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Varied Kinds of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Treatments
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invasive techniques if the symptoms of
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What You Should Know About Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Day
in and day out from 8am up to 5pm, you are right in front of your computer,
tapping your fingers on the keyboard as fast as you can just
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