Carpal Tunnel, What They Don't Tell You.
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carpaltunnelmas... The real reason you have carpal tunnel syndrome is muscle imbalance. The flexor muscles of the forearm become relatively stronger, tighter, thicker and shorter than the extensor muscles that perform the opposite action. This muscle imbalance bends the wrist forward, narrowing the carpal tunnel. The tendons that pass through the carpal tunnel also get thicker and shorter, this makes less room in the carpal tunnel. This irritates the tendons and further causes irritation and inflammation and pinching on the median nerve. To reverse carpal tunnel syndrome and not have carpal tunnel surgery it is necessary to balance the muscles. Stretching and exercises for carpal tunnel syndrome do not get as quick results as specific self massage techniques. You can get rid of the numbness in the hands, the tingling fingers, the pain in the forearm and tendinitis.
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Hilma's program has helped me out a ton; the number of problems I've solved in my left arm by watching all of her videos and "troubleshooting" as I watched was incredible. In fact, I never actually had carpal tunnel, but I did figure out what was going on in my arm through finding trigger points that were affecting different parts of my arm, back and neck from watching all of the videos was fantastic. This is an excellent route to go if you're wanting to explore options that might work for you without surgery (which in my opinion should be the very last option we choose). It might take time to find all of the spots leading to your issue, but I'm pretty sure you'll find them all if you watch all of the short videos in her program.
Thank you Todd, I appreciate it.
How long does it take carpal tunnel to heal without surgery
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How could anyone answer that question without a ton of information about your particular situation?
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Dear Hilma, CTS is not caused by muscle imbalance, it is mainly caused by friction and swelling of the flexor tendons at the wrist, usually in patients who repetitively use their hands. Massage is not a recognised or evidence based cure. However, around 20% of patients who have this diagnosed on clinical symptoms alone have a different cause to CTS (for which massage or taking things a bit easier for a while might in certain circumstances be helpful). Nerve conduction tests are very useful in making a correct diagnosis and predict response to the various treatment available. Wrist splints are not there to restore balance in the forearm muscles, rather they reduce hydraulic pressure of the inflamed tendons +/- fluid on the median nerve and slowly allow the tendons to heal themselves. They are very effective in very mild carpal tunnel syndrome through to mild-moderate CTS. Surgery is an excellent choice for suitable candidates (usually mild-moderate grades not responding to conservative treatments and higher) and you should not be discounting an excellent and effective decompression procedure (when properly performed) in order to promote a massage product. Your right that it takes hours to edit RUclips films (from personal experience) but the patients who are likely to benefit from your $47 course are equally likely to benefit from a $12-13 dollar wrist splint (from Amazon) which would help both those with tenosynovitis (the most common mimic of CTS) or very mild through to mild-moderate CTS.
Hormonal changes often cause edema, which is fluid retention. That causes swelling particularly noticeable in the feet, ankles and hands. The retention of fluids can create pressure of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel. You can often lessen the fluid retention by drinking plenty of water (your body hordes fluids if you don't get enough). Eat healthy, avoid junk food especially sugar and deep fried. Exercise as permitted by your health practitioner. The movement of muscles is a big factor in moving the fluid. Walking for swelling in the legs. Raise the arms up and gently open and close the hand to help with swelling in the hands. Arm exercises are good but not gripping weights - use an open hand if you use them. If there is no underlying carpal tunnel issue, the problem should resolve itself after child birth.
Surgery is an excellent choice? Slicing open your skin, cutting through your muscles and operating on them should be your LAST and worst case scenario option. A wrist splint will not heal almost anything. It just takes the work off of the inflamed muscles temporarily. If your symptoms happen to be so extremely mild that prolonged use of a splint reduces them, then you're lucky. If they don't come back after stopping use of the splint, it's a miracle.
Massage is not an evidence based cure?? I'm a licensed massage therapist. I have successfully stripped out many dozens of forearms, ENTIRELY reducing and clearing the symptoms of carpal tunnel. I use careful analysis of flexors, tendons and aponueroses, finding which are most swollen and which are being overused. That combined with an anti-inflammatory diet has worked wonders. No pills, no knives and no MD's with superiority complexes.
Forgive my bluntness, I'm sure you're well-intentioned; but I think we Americans have had enough of that narrow approach to our health and wellness. As wonderful as western medicine can be for our welfare, there are other ways to treat a problem. There is a difference between being an authority on health and claiming exclusive authority over the canons of health.
Don't lose hope folks, and don't go under the knife unless you have no other options left. Take responsibility for your health, get ambitious about it. Be courageous and try many avenues if you can. Dry needling. Cortisone injections. Cryotherapy. Keep watching YT videos and keep learning! It's empowering and it strengthens your mind and your resolve!
Whitestonehope you recommend cortisone injections? Seems opposite of what you are saying in your comment.
I'm 22 and just had my left hand operated on and my right hand in a few weeks. IMMEDIATE RELIEF!!!
I did constant braces, 2 rounds of occupational therapy and the corticosteroid injections only to be met with disappointment. Surgery was immediate!!!! My hands no longer tingle or anything!!! But obviously the incision area hurts but it's not even bad enough to take tylenol or aleeve for! So grateful
Whitestonehope mine was helped immediately and I had to find another doctor cause I'm 22 and "too young" but nerve tests and everything said I have CTS and surgery was immediate relief
I've had carpal tunnel for years and finally had the surgery done. No PT helped on the long run. Now I'm pain free and feel no more numbness or pain at all anymore. I have no regrets !
1 year on and how are you feeling after your surgery ? I have it in both hands and I'm thinking about the surgery.
@@itinerant3112 think about exercise, not surgery
@@itinerant3112I've had ct for 35 yrs the only thing that works is surgery
Thank you for ALL of the info. I came to RUclips a few minutes ago with really awful wrist/hand/arm pain that had been persisting for a month or more. I'd been wearing my carpal tunnel brace and stuff and didn't realize that it was essentially making it WORSE! Now after watching this and doing some stretches I feel SO MUCH BETTER. My hand doesn't really hurt and I can move it without wincing!
This is the best carpel tunnel advice you could possibly find I've been a car tyre fitter for 27 years using air tools I've had white finger for years a few month ago I developed carpal tunnel type syndrome mostly in my right hand on certain movements the pain on a scale of 1 to ten was around 7-8
I've been an athlete for over 35 years so massage and stretching has been a big part off my life
So as soon as I had the symptoms I started massaging my forearms and stretching 2 to 3 times a day including stretching the hand and forearms exactly as Hilma describes after a couple of weeks I am pain free and still using air tools and also punching punch bags so my hands get a lot of abuse
Stick with everything in this video and I know 100 percent your pain will reduce
I wonder how many failed operations could have been avoided if people took the time to do these simple excercises
Very helpful =) I am a future LMT and i am having wrist issues and numbness so this is amazing. I want to be doing this for the rest of my life and I dont want it to be stopped by this.
This lady right here giving professional advice for free, you're da real MVP. By far most helpful info I have found. I used to play PC games a lot + I am typing 8 hours straight every workday. After 5 moths I'm having pain in my wrist joints and some days my palm goes numb. For the last week I have been typing with one hand while resting the other for the day. I hope your treatment works on me. Thank you!
For free? It's an ad to sell products you dipshit.
Why shouldn't she get paid for showing people an alternative way to be healed. I cannot pay for it right now, but maybe later.
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my flexor muscles are as hard marble, been rolling them with lacrosse ball for hour a day and its helping so much, also exercising the extensors now, feeling results! 1 year of pain will soon be gone i hope, I don't get the dislikes, I think people think they know better
I have seen your videos for long, have taken your advice and have escaped my surgeon. I work hard in the house and garden. The exercises are good and my hand has improved. I sincerely thank you for your knowledge and wish you a happy new year.
Thank you.
If you are over the age of 60 and you have carpal tunnel symptoms and you have not started anything new (hobbies, exercises, work) that you think is the cause, please see your doctor and look into a disease called amyloidosis. Carpal tunnel can be an early symptom and it's a very serious disease. My father had carpal tunnel for months and they missed the amyloidosis until he started to have heart arrhythmia problems.
I want to share a history: I have a friend, she suffered from strong headaches which lead to medical investigation and discovering brain tumors. She was programed for surgery only if her condition turned worse since it is dangerous and she was only 15. One therapist noticed she stressed easly and figured out such tumors were originated by weakened blood vessels and suggested massage therapy. It worked; it is amazing what a GOOD therapist can do, from brain surgery to a massage room.
This was EXTREMELY helpful. I have had bad pain for two months. I have been doing a lot of manual labor. All of this labor required a lot of lifting and nothing else. My symptoms started within days of this manual labor. Locking thumbs numbness in arms and fingers which cause me to wake up every night. At one point in this period I had a spurt of working out for two weeks. I did a lot of push ups. During this time the pain and symptoms completely subsided. I believe this video is a great explanation for the resolution of my problem.
I had a physical therapist tell me this years ago. I spent thousands on PT with no results & put off CTS surgery so long my nerve is completely pinched off now & my surgeon says I waited too long to save my left hand but I'm having surgery in literally 2hrs from now hoping to fix my right. I would tell everyone seek advice from a surgeon & if they say you need it, get the surgery.
Thank you for this WONDERFUL information! I am trying to avoid surgery and I never considered this as a money maker for Dr.'s. What you said is true and I wish I had seen this first...My long time DR suggested the splints and chiropractor told me to visit 3 times a week (went 3 weeks with not much difference. Now I am going to go on my gut and do it myself with the help of people like you.
God bless you I'm a heavy duty truck mechanic I've changed jobs after 32 years and the tingling and numbness are scary and I absolutely don't want no surgery I've seen in not fix several of my friends
Hey, you still happen to have her program downloaded somewhere? The website is down and I can't seem to find it anywhere :/
Did the massage thing until it got so bad and then had endoscopic carpal tunnel surgery seven years ago. I'm a hairdresser so couldn't go to work only because I wasn't supposed to get the stitches wet so I took advantage of that and took a few days off but had I worn a rubber glove, could have worked just fine. It was a miracle, pain was gone didn't have to do any pain medication. An hour after the surgery, I stopped at the grocery store and then went home and played on my computer. My doctor said I could do anything that was comfortable for me. I had only a loose gauze bandage covering the stitches on the 2 small areas (wrist crease and palm line) which I can no longer see. Would I recommend the endoscopic surgery? Yes! Yes! Yes! At some point I'll have my left hand done but, it's controllable right now with a wrist brace some nights.
Was it expensive? I live in the USA and don't have very good healthcare.
I'm sure it was but, I had reached my $6500 deductible for needed knee surgery which I was making $100 monthly payments on so at that point the carpal surgery was paid for. It's wonderful to not have that pain and numbness anymore.
Hilma you have probably heard of my friend Gerard Hartmann from Ireland I've learnt so much from my visits to him over the past 14 year . I used the massage techniques and stretches he would have used on me to erase the carpal tunnel type symptoms . Your video and advice is second to none if only every person could see this it would help so many . I think the poor success rate of carpal surgery is not down to the surgeon or it being a tricky operation it is the fact that the patient goes back to the same routine over using the same tight forearm and hand muscles so there back to square one
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Great video. Lots of very practical infos. Thanks a lot !
Oh Hilma,
I watched loads of your clips thinking you were going to help me. I finally look at your web site and I find it will cost me loads to find out :( Shame as I thought each ten minute clip was going to give me some help
I was waiting for the exercise to help muscle imbalance and then she just kept rambling until video was done. Great information but she needs to follow up get points. I was left wanting answers
Thank you for this! I have broken both wrists and have a lot of scar tissue, especially on the one I did last year, with increasing pain and tightness in that wrist and pain in both wrists and forearms. I have been unable to hold a plank or any all fours position in the Pilates due to pain in my wrists and doing simple things like typing and massaging the knee I just had surgery on are very painful. My PT told me to start doing my weights for my wrist extensor muscles and now I see why! It's also important to hear that stretching alone will not solve CTS quickly, but a program of massage, balancing the muscles by strengthening, as well as stretching is most effective.
I hope your wrists feel way better! Another great way to strengthen the arches of the hands is to put a little (or a lot) of weight on your fingerpads. Make a "tent" with your hands, with the center of the palm lifted, and then claw the floor with as much weight as you can stand on your fingers. Give yourself a break, then keep going. I do downdogs, planks, and arm balances like this to help my wrists.
@@christineharrelson4831 Thank you!!
Hi everyone, I have had Carpal Tunnel for the past 3 months. I got it from starting two dish washing jobs immediatly as well as typing a lot for school combined with working out. What I just said above is basically my whole life, school, work, gym. I pay for school by working, and work out to keep me sane and happy. I havent been able to lift weights in months. I cannot rest my hand because I have to keep up with my job to pay for school.
Here on 2021. Thanks Hilma !
See my vid "False Carpal Tunnel from Pectoralis Minor". This muscle is used during presses and pushups (as well as other stuff in front of the body. Check out my stretches for those. The opposite muscles are the rhomboids in between the shoulders. Do exercises where you squeeze your shoulder blades towards each other - you can try that when you row - to strengthen those. Another common problem in weight lifters is muscle imbalance in the forearms from tightly gripping the weights.
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Thank you so much, I have constant problems and I have seen many specialists but I like your method best. Thanks.
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Carpal tunnel can actually start in the neck, as with a forward and bent head carriage. I have gotten that tingly feeling in my hands when not even typing or writing etc. just from keeping my neck in a bent forward position for too long.
Another thing that can help, when the problem is in fact due to using the hands, is to put a therapeutic magnet, north pole side touching the skin, where the carpal tunnel is. This is NOT in the wrist. It is about an inch and a half above where the wrist meets the palm of the hand, midline. You can secure the magnet to that area with something like Nexcare surgical tape when you are writing or doing art work or typing.
There are several places where tight muscles can impinge nerves. These are False Carpal Tunnel symptoms and can be just as serious. And the neck bent problems can create other symptoms (like headache, posture imbalances leading to more problems). Cell phones, tablets, and laptops have made this more and more common. False Carpal Tunnels do not cause carpal tunnel syndrome - although they can occur at the same time.
I put no stock into someone without modern medical training claiming to know more than a doctor. If you want to be sure you have CTS, have a nerve conduction test. (It's annoyingly painful but it won't kill you) if you have it, start with wearing braces at night. If you see improvement it's mostly likely a reduction in inflammation. If you can live with the braces, great. For me, one hand didn't improve enough using braces. I've now had both done and don't regret it for a second.
+Armus Skinofevil You did not do anything proactive before your surgery did you? In the city I live there are at least 15 doctors that do carpal tunnel surgery. There are three hand specific clinics. One is surgery oriented. Two have no physicians, just occupational therapists, physical therapists, and massage therapists (and it is not namby, pamby massage.) Here is one of them www.cdahandtherapy.com/ which unlike many doctors goes after the cause not the symptoms. I was friends with a physical therapist who used to be there and also knew a massage therapist that was there. Their success rate is extremely high without the potential risks of invasive surgery. I have lots of testimonials and over a period of 20 years I have done a lot of study and hands on experience. Surgery should always be a last resort unless you have let it go so far that well...
Do a google search for what clinics ask you to do for yourself after the surgery. If you spent even a fraction of that time working on yourself, surgery could be avoided.
FYI nerve conductivity tests can be false positive or false negative - check it out.
+Hilma Volk so what massage or exercise will I do to correct CTS? Can you tell me at least one please.
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Armus Skinofevil nerve conduction hurts like hell if u have CT
Good background info. But a waste of 10 minutes because she did not share the 'remedy.' She mostly droned on and on and promoted her website. Disappointed.
my pain has been with me for a year now and it just wont go away
Hi Hilma. I am so glad I found this video. I have an online business and have been playing guitar and bass guitar since 1986. There are nights when I wake up in the middle of the night and both of my hands are asleep. Currently, I have pain in my left wrist (6 on a scale of 1-10, but was an 8 two days ago) I also have constant numbness in my left pinky and the half of my ring finger closest to it. Initially I thought it was a symptom of diabetes as my family is easily prone to it, however, I tested negative for it and my aunt suggested that it is carpal tunnel. The symptoms certainly make sense. I have been wearing a brace since I aggravated my wrist last week. I am looking forward to seeing your other videos and I truly believe that I can resolve this without surgery. I am always open to any advice.
Hello Thom, You do not have carpal tunnel syndrome as that is a pinching of the median nerve. The numbness in the pinky and half of the ring finger are a symptom of ulnar nerve pinching. Generally this is caused by tight forearm muscles on which pull/ compress an area in the elbow known as the cubital tunnel.
You need to loosen up ther forearm muscles in general and especially alongthe bone on the little finger side from wrist to elbow. Can also help to stretch hand back and simultaneously sideways (reaching back on the little finger side). You can use your other hand to help - But never stretch to pain.
Also try to avoid movements or positions that cause wrist pain.
With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, the numbness is in the palm side of the thumb, first finger, second finger, and the inside half of the ring finger, plus part of the palm.
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im 23 and i used ot have numbness and my family told me it was parpal tunnel and i rested a while and it got better but i got back to what iwas doing but it isnt numbing anymore but its iskdk i suppose the muscles are inflared and too much makes m wrists seem like a little firey feeling but it not exatly painful and the vians pulse and so forth at times anyways that s carpal tunnel aint it
This is an ad precursor. I have searched carpal tunnel for years, and i think we all realize that everything that is, is on the internet, because people like to tell what they know, and they may earn monies per view on RUclips, so there are always people telling on multiple videos, the same info if it's legitimate. If it is, it will be comparable, and this is not. Since she is the only one claiming this procedure, whatever it is; she never gets to it, you have to assume she is the only one that knows it, which is highly unlikely, and MOST likely bogus. Even if she IS the only one that knows it, breakthroughs don't exist in a vacuum for long and copycats who have paid for her how to videos would've posted their own how to's in the years since this has been out, and i'm not seeing them.
Thanks for this! I've been uninformed my whole life. Now I can finally take effective steps to solving this problem.
Wow. Thank you. That explains the wrist/forearm pain from riding (my first) motorcycle.
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excellent advice.. my doctor basically just said the same thing but you've elaborated on it.
Well what are the techniques, actions, exercises?? For God's sake, show us already!!!
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Is it free? My hands are messed up now, and I need to get thme fixed back up, so I can even try and get a job.. meanwhile.. back at square 0!
It is a 47 dollar program.
Of course it's not free. She's a quack selling a $47 "program".
Well if she is "quackin" she better duck on out of here! No quacks allowed!
Thank you. My fourth doctor and PT JUST said all of this. They also recommended you. Thank you. Anything to help with this pain relief and trying to live a normal life again.
Thanks.
Awesome!! everything you explained shows that you know what you are talking about! Thank you Hilma!
God bless you my friend you are the answer to my prayers!!!
I play guitar for 12 years. I play everyday for at least one hour. Carpal Tunnel occurred 5 months ago. I play 10 minutes/day since then. It better now. But when I play for 30 minutes the pain starts to come back. And I will be a professional musician. Do you think its possible for me to play as I used to? Thank you
Hello Can, I hate to be an unabashed promoter of my CarpalTunnelMaster program. But I originally developed techniques for myself so I could continue doing massage - and I do so symptom free. But I wanted people to continue doing both what they needed to do and loved to do with things they could do for themselves.
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Hilma, I do not CT. I overused my 2nd and 3rd fingers on both hands about a year ago playing a game doing the same constant repetitive motions and holding down keys (on keyboard) and buttons (on mouse) with those specific fingers. Due to this, a year later, I still haven't recovered. I can't, for example, go for more than minutes of active clicking before my finger gives out. In addition to all this, at the same time, those two same fingers on both hands developed extreme hypersensitivity on their fingertips.
I've gone to an array of doctors and physical therapy and nobody has a clue. I tried everything from braces to supplements to trying stretches to steroids to various medications and more. Currently, my neurologist things I have neuropathy even though his EMG and nerve conduction studies show my nerves are fine. He just keeps increasing my dosage of Lyrica. I am now beyond the recommended max dosage for neuropathy and it does nothing. Nothing has. Nothing has helped. Do you have a clue?
Thank you.
First, question your high dosage of Lyrica, that seems insane to me. www.drugs.com/pro/lyrica.html
While no I don't know the answer, my suspicion is that it might be with your forearm muscles. Feel them with pressure from wrist to elbow for tenderness, and especially when you move those two fingers up and down.
Hi Hilma, thank you for responding! I will question it again, though I think one of the big reasons he keeps just increasing dosage for it is because he really doesn't know what else to say.
I did what you said, and there is, indeed areas where I have tenderness in the forearm if I apply firm pressure (with light pressure, I don't feel anything).
Do you think my hypersensitivity on the fingertips is related to it too?
I wonder if it really never was neuropathy. And if it, I keep hoping if it was caused by the RSI, that when the RSI can be healed, it will too.
In either case, both the repetitive stress injury in those fingers and the hypersensitivity each by themselves are crippling to my whole life -- career and otherwise.
I think your suspicions are correct. Do you know what I can do about it? Are there any solutions?
Thank you again for caring and replying! You've already diagnosed it better than anyone else after a year of visiting so many medical professionals.
I would suspect that that they are very related. You need to loosen those forearms. You can self-massage by placing your forearm on a padded surface like a folded towel and use your opposite elbow (not the pointy part, but the flat part next to it) and massage across all the forearm muscles with particular attention to the most tender places. You want a pressure that is firm. A "good hurt" is fine but a bad hurt or pain is not.
If you want a professional approach, call chiropractors in your area and ask if they are skilled with ultrasound therapy, and see if they would work on your forearms without having you sign up for multiple visit. Ultrasound should always feel warm an comfortable, if it burns or is painful stop it immediately - and never return (improperly used it can cook flesh). Applied right it is amazing and may take several days after one treatment to know how well it worked. One treatment may be all you need. However the self massage is very effective. Do it five minutes at the most on each arm 2 or preferably more times a day.
According to www.drugs.com/pro/lyrica.html you need to wean youself off Lyrica gradually because stopping can be very problematic.
Hilma, I can't thank you enough! I will try following your advice. By any chance, do you have a guess about how much time it might take for my repetitive injury and hypersensitivity to heal by doing just the self-massage as you described? Do you think I will be able to fully heal?
Also, should I do any special massages or stretches or is the self-massage enough you think? I saw this hand and forearm product on Amazon at smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00596VWHK/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Do you think I should try that too?
I will also make sure to heed your advice on weaning back gradually from Lyrica. Thank you again so much!!! If this works, it will be giving my life back to me!
That you must try and see. Report back in a week. Remember this is only what I suspect your problem is.
Awesome, the way you explain it it does all make sense. I ve been having this cts for years, and i just ignore it, and now i want to do something with it, but i need to know what it is.
Thanks so much for your explanation, straight forward and easy to understand.
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But the question is why do you have a compression in the median nerve. It is either muscle imbalance in the forearm pulling the carpal tunnel in or swelling in the tendons that run under the carpal tunnel or both. The swelling is caused by swelling in the tendon sheath caused by irritation - usually pieces of dead cells because the synovial fluid has dried up due to repetitive use. White blood cells are needed to remove the dead cells, this is encouraged by mechanically working across them.
The transverse carpal tunnel ligament (also has other names) is like a strap that keeps everything within the carpal tunnel in place without bulging out. The purpose is to provide leverage for the tendons. The forearm muscles control most of the movement in the fingers. The 9 different flexor tendons go from the forearm to their specific fingers. When the ligament is cut in surgery the leverage is reduced and that makes the grip weaker.
Hello there! that was very resourceful. Where can we get your programs for this? I can't find them online. Thank you for your help.
Thank you I learn a lot.
I'm confused. I sleep on my side. If the hand next to the bed is not braced, it flexes back & that causes pain the next day. If the flexing stretches my muscles it seems there would be less pain not more. Also I get pain & some swelling in my palms. Can this be caused by ct? Sometimes when my ct acts up I feel pain in my elbow too. Also sometimes when I grip & lift I get a pain in my thumb with a sharp pain on the wrist right below my thumb. Maybe several diff. problems?
Really logical and helpful. Thanks!
very good information.
I had surgery on both hands great relief
Best information I've come across regarding this set of issues, and given my activities (electrician, guitar, mountain biking, lots of driving, computer etc) it makes perfect sense.
Is there any kind of muscle work that should be done to build up the counter muscles or is massage an adequate response?
Hi Jasher, You want to get the flexor muscles loosed first as muscle fibers stuck together (knots) or muscle cells stuck in contraction (trigger points) not only are a major contributor (sometimes the contributor) to carpal tunnel problems, but they also make those muscles weaker. However strengthening the extensors will help but not as fast as specific massage. Use opposite action of squeezing a ball by extending hands, wrist and fingers against resistance. There are some products for that but you can also rig something up using rubber bands.
Hilma Volk Thanks for your follow up, the symptoms I am experiencing are not typical of carpal tunnel (I have never encountered numbness in my hands) however I have noticed a reduced range of flexor motion, weakened grip, tightness and pain in the flexors, and I have had a few hyper-extension injuries due to the reduced range of motion. Given all that I think following through with your treatment plan for carpal tunnel will address the issues I am experiencing. What is your opinion on this?
Very helpful, thank you Hilma!
Hilma, I have bruising (broken blood vessel) on the tip of my right ring finger along with small swelling on the same finger in the area where you would put a ring on. This finger is very sensitive to touch or picking even the lightest object up, I have the same issue with the left ring finger. Also over the weeks it's got worse as it's now in my middle finger and small finger of each hand. On my index finger a smallish dent as appeared and the other day the door was stiff at home, I pushed it with my thumb and now that is sensitive when I had no problems with it beforehand. I've had this for over 10 weeks now. I've seen the GP who didn't think it was carpal tunnel and I've seen a physio who wasn't sure what it was. He checked the central nervous system but it didn't correct the sensations in my fingers. It's not numb or a tingling feeling it's more a sensitivity which is from pressure I believe as I have bruising and swelling and at the bottom of the finger if I press that area i can feel a dull ache. I've had it over 10 weeks as I say, my job was admin on a computer and 2 weeks before the first pain I had in the hand I went rock climbing for an hour which was my first time and the week later I went rowing for an hour which was my first time...these were both of a weekend and then I was back in work in the week when the pain came at the end of that week. Do you know what it is and what to do to treat it ? Also when typing it can hurt in the wrist area otherwise it's okay and if I lean my elbows on a solid surface it's uncomfortable and if I rest my wrists the same on the same surface I feel they are compressed and that's with minimal pressure at all.
I cannot answer your problem. But I will address the last parts first. Do not rest your elbows on a solid surface. That can compress the ulnar nerve which innervates the little finger and the half of the ring finger next to it.
Do not rest your wrist while typing. I have a video that shows why -- ruclips.net/video/hcnahk-5YXE/видео.html
Bruising is not a sign of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Numbness or tingling in the thumb, first and second and the half of the ring finger next to the little finger is a sign of median nerve impingement (of which CTS is one cause).
My guess (and it is just that) is that you damaged both the small blood vesicles and the small nerves in the fingers while doing that rock climb (assuming you were on real rock and not in a gym). There are many things that can do that besides climbing on rocks -- as mundane as using a kitty litter scoop with a handle that is not round, using any of many types of unpadded tools - like garden trowels, scissors, pruning shears, carrying buckets with wire handles, carrying laundry baskets that have edges that dig into your fingers, etc.
Possibly a nerve in your thumb had only been damaged a little, but became worse when you pushed with it. Just like a fractured bone can become a broken bone without a lot of extra pressure).
Small nerves in the hands and fingers do grow back very slowly, even if severed, generally taking two months if not re-aggravated.
Again all of the above is only possible explanations of your problem. Again my opinion only.
@@DiscomfortFree Thank you Hilma, it was indoor rock climbing with some real rocks but nothing with sharp edges. Yes so what you think it could be does that explain why I don't feel any discomfort until I touch or pick something up with those fingers ? I tried lifting a glass up holding it between my thumb and each finger separately, index finger fine, middle finger I felt the sensitivity like it's a nerve issue and the ring finger even more so where it makes my finger give way and I have to remove it because of the ache and weakness I feel within it and the small finger is similar to the middle and this is now on both hands. What about the small swelling on the ring finger ? That appeared early on when I first had the initial ache in my finger and a burning feel and inflammation in my palm in the area just below my fingers where those natural bumps in the palm are below the fingers. That's mostly got better but the weakness and feeling that's it's s nerve that's making my fingers so sensitive when touching or picking something up persists. Im doing stretches for CTS and previously RSI but yes the fingers aren't tingling or other than the sensations of touching a nerve at the tips and when typing I can have a burning ache in my wrist.
@@deanVodkahouse I do not know.
@@DiscomfortFree Okay. I can't pick things up as the feeling is to strong from the nerve and it makes my head shudder when I put the object down. I've looked at things that can help perphieral nerve damage and I see Capsaicin cream applied to the area can help reduce the nerve pain. Capsaicin is the substance that makes chilli peppers hot. Do you have any knowledge of this?
@@deanVodkahouse The only way to tell in your unique situation is to try it. B vitamins are also good for the nervous system. There are supplements that have 100 mg of each, which may seem like a lot, but not, particularly for B-6 which some controversial studies have used 3000 mg for carpal tunnel (not that I would recommend that at all. FYI, I am not a doctor.
Thank you so much I did what you said.. and it works so well for me!!! thanks again...
wow I just learned something here. thanks!
Thank you! Very informative!
There is some good info here, thx for posting.
CTS is caused by excess free radical levels in nerves.
I've had problems with my right wrist last 10 years. first I was diagnosed with a ganglion on back of right wrist. I had to surgical procedure to remove this. it overall helped but not for long. about 18 months later was diagnosed with carpal tunnel 4 years ago. I tried splints and steriod injections which didn't help. I can't take ibuprofen as allergic. I had the carpal tunnel realise surgery. which helped somewhat but all symptoms came back. I now suffer with chronic pain in my right elbow and right side of my neck. I also suffer quite bad with cramps and weakness in my hand and my right is my dominate hand.
+Sessle Sykes There's a good possibility that carpal tunnel syndrome was not your main problem - especially if splints and shots didn't help. One possibility is the scalene muscles creating your problem. I suggest you get my free video series to help you locate your cause. carpaltunnelmaster.com/free-videos/
To the Amigaguru-when u have the numbness & tingling in both hands & feet u most likely have peripheral neuropathy, which is a disease (actually abt 100 different ones) of the nervous system. Ur Dr must have missed the entire neurology unit in med school! U need to see a board certified neurologist. The numbness usually spreads if left untreated. I am an RN, MSN, PhD with a type of peripheral neuropathy called CIDP, so I know that of which I speak.
Does this help with a combination or carpal and cubital tunnel syndrome? My forearm is always tight, using my phone or typing can cause the nerves in the front of my wrist to twitch. Also I'm having the same symptoms on my pinky from wrist to elbow. Sometimes my thumb will twitch and come towards my hand.
You are incorrect. The reason carpel tunnel syndrome occurs is because the tunnel that the nerve runs through is compressed. Massage may relieve symptoms temporarily, but the condition doesn't disappear. Surgery is needed to loosen the tunnel.
In Aug 2000, after my second bout with Acute lymphocytic Leukemia, Docs figured I needed a bone marrow transplant. As soon as that foreign substance hit my veins, my organs startd a race to see which one could shut down the fastest! I musta looked thirsty too b/c they started pouring bags & bags of fluids into every orifice they could find and if there wasn't one already, they'd make one. Somehow amid this mass mayhem, I developed a blood clot somewhere on the right side of my body...cont
Thank you very much you are very nice person for doing that
Wow, great video! Thank you
Great information thank you... distracted by the shadow of you in the background. Obviously not of any fault of yours...anyone else see this ? Looks kinda creepy. And by that I mean.....CREEPY.
One of the best if not the best video about the real cause of Carpal tunnel syndrome. I am an advocate of the notion that many injuries are due to muscle imbalance... Today I learned one more condition caused by muscle imbalance! I started having problems from gaming, so i guess gaming is over for me, because I have so many other more important things to do. I fix some muscle imbalance conditions with electro stimulation... Do you think that by applying EMS to the forearms extensor muscles to rebalance and condition them would help with the carpal tunnel condition?
+WAHB 50YY Electro stimulation might help. Haven't heard of it being used for that. Anything that loosens up the muscles should. I do not know one way or another if that helps loosen up "gunk" in the tendon sheaths that go through the carpal tunnel like ultrasound treatment, low level laser, or mechanical of specific massage do. Worth a try. Also include those tendons near the wrist when working on the forearms. And also include both flexor and extensor muscles.
thanks Hilma
Informative video.
Hi, I like your information. Very good, common sense stuff! I'm like Zora below, in that I broke my left wrist [almost 5 months ago]. (I'm 55, and it was a very bad ["distal-radial"] fracture.) It had healed quite nicely, thru the hard cast, splint, and a few months of physical therapy. I got most of my ROM back. However, last month I found myself wringing out 2 full-sized bath towels every day, due to a leaky hot water heater. Soon after that, I got carpal tunnel in the left wrist. I've seen various places that "wringing out" activities are a good cause of CTS, so I have to assume I got it from that. The question is, will this eventually go away on its own (I'm NOT doing anything to exacerbate it, but only stretching exercises at best and have quite the P/T, as well), or must I go thru w/ the surgery that my orthopedist is insisting on? I'm a violinist, and realize that surgery really should only be a last option, and also that once it's done, it can't be undone. Should I postpone the surgery and adopt a wait-and-see stance? Thanks! :-)
The missing piece that is so overlooked is tight forearm muscles pulling on the carpal tunnel. Go through the wringing motion without the towels and grip your forearm with the other hand -particularly on the sides up by the elbow. Will your problem go away by itself. Maybe since you are not aggravating it as much. But wait and see is not a good plan. Because you haven't learned anything. You can take action both to loosen up those forearms and doing so will help problems from occurring again. Because if waiting helps, you have just put the tight muscles loose enough so that they are under the radar. You are still using your hands. Again with wrist injuries three can be scar tissue, bone spurs, wrist bones out of place, but in your case a thing you did took you over the edge. Prevention and the reversal are the same methods. Prevention being the best.
Hilma Volk OK, thx! :-)
Thank you SOO MUCH for the video
Loved the info
My hands hurt i get a lot of pain i get the hand injections on both hands and this time i feel like i need it again this time earlier but i am lucky to have found your channel ... :) thank you very much for these great videos i am eager to see all of your videos now.
Betty, be careful with injections. Cortisone is very powerful and repeated use in the same place can permanently damage the tissues it contacts. It can damage tendons, muscles, even bone,
thank you for all your Re-plies :} and the great videos! God Bless you! Hilma
Great help thank you!!
Been a massage therapist for 20 years. You're right on. . We call them the fluff and puff massage therapist.
So what are the exercises that we need to do daily?
Can you tell us step by step
Please
i was diagnosed with carpal tunnel the other day. i did have a nerve conduction test to confirm. its really unfortunate because im 16 and it effects my daily routines. for now i just have to wear braces every night when i sleep and we'll see where we go from there
+Courtney Duncan The night splints help you sleep but do not cure anything. Nor do anti-inflammatory drugs which in the long run make your problem worse. You need to take a proactive approach. Just waiting won't help. I suggest you first look at my 5 part video series carpaltunnelmaster.com/free-videos/
thanks for the information, I'm in pain and I'm being seen at the VA but I still have no relief. some times the pain is so bad I feel like crying and pain medication don't even take the edge off. I willing to try anything now, thanks so much for the information.
That's what she's counting on to get your money.
Please excuse my ignorance! I have been diagnosed with Dupuytren's Contracture of my right hand and you Make more sense to me right now than anything ever! I'm not trying to dodge surgery. ...Well, Yessss, I kind of am. I have to believe that these Dr's are so darn eager to cut anymore that you have a whole lot of truth to your talk! I'm willing to admit that I believe that holding on to my cell phone day and night has caused me this problem. I have a Sleep disorder that is off the charts. This is the absolute worst faze I have ever been through. I believe you are so correct but have I crossed the line where I cannot escape surgery? I don't know how to do everything on my phone.
Hello D. Harvey, I personally cannot help you. But...
Before getting any kind of treatment I would make a note to myself exactly how I am before the treatment - range of motion, pain, size of nodules, etc. Because you want to compare.
Ultrasound treatment - can be done by some chiropractors, osteopaths, physical therapists, some hand specialists. But call around first to make sure they have used it specifically for your condition.
www.dupuytren-online.info/Forum_English/board/other-therapies/ultrasound-treatment-2_33.html
See his link: www.keep-healthy.com/dupuytrens.htm
Another treatment is an injection with an enzyme collagenase clostridium histolyticum with the brand name Xiaflex. Find out more about it on this link:
www.medicinenet.com/collagenase_clostridium_histolyticum/article.htm
Personally I would prefer such an injection by either a hand specialist or orthopedic physician rather that a general practitioner, even though they cost more. Again I would call the receptionist and ask if they have used the product on the problem.
Some doctors look at a problem from a narrow perspective. Those who have a financial interest in a surgical clinic are much more likely to recommend non-emergency surgery than those that do not. They are suppose to disclose this info if you ask.
I also read that recovery from surgery may take 6 months to a year. And my opinion should be a last resort if other methods don’t work.
I saw your face and listened to your voice! I knew that you were so much more knowledgeable regarding my condition than I could fathom. I will certainly take your word's to heart! I am quite scared! I am an artist! I am. .....many things! Please don't take away my hand's too! I thank you for your quick response!
Very useful thank you!
Loads? $47. for benefits that can last a lifetime. About the cost of a chiropractor visit, less than most single massages, about half the price of a physical therapy visit, less than one doctor visit and far less and non-invasive than surgery.
My wrist doesn't hurt as much. It is my middle finger all the way to my pinky that hurts when i add pressure on them. There are no pain in my thumb and index. I see no visible symptoms of inflammation nor swelling. It's been 7 days and i'm not but if it is carpal tunnel. I got it out of no where one night. Is it because i use the mouse too much playing games or?
I'm confused by your description. Do you mean your middle finder and your ring finger and your pinky are involved? What do you mean when you add pressure on them - how are you adding pressure? You do not have the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome, but you do have a problem, but I need more info.
By adding pressure i meant i can;t compressed my middle finger all the way to my pinky together or it'll hurt really bad. I tried wrapping them with a bandage so i won't be able to move it, but it hurts so i couldn't do that. My wrist doesn't hurt. It's just my fingers hurting inside. Like the way i hold chopsticks, or a pencil. i can't do that anymore because there's pain. I have no idea if its carpal because my thumb and index are completely fine. I'm not sure if it's because i hold the mouse incorrectly or anything else. I don't recall falling or injuring my right hand at all.
Nancy Tran Nancy, you do not have the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome, nor does it sound like any major nerve compression issue. From what I am interpreting you say is that it hurts to do much with your middle finger. I am unable to tell you why, whether you jammed it or did something else to it there is no way I could know from here. However I suggest you use it as little as possible and if in two weeks it has improved it will probably keep improving. If it stays the same or gets worse I suggest you see a professional particularly if there are any hand clinics in your area. Using ice may be something you may want to try.
thank you very much !
I'm experiencing this right now, but not that kind of pain like nancy's feeling..I've been spending too much time holding and clicking the mouse this past few days, which is impossible for me right now to spend less time on it, cause everything I do in my job involves a mouse and a pen tablet. :(
Excuse my ignorance, but how will massage actually address the muscle imbalance and strengthen the extensor muscles? Massage doesn't "strengthen" muscles?
When muscles are shortened either by muscle fibers stuck together, or by scar tissue, or by muscle cells stuck in contraction - then the muscles become weaker and the muscles are also imbalanced because each muscle has an antagonist which does the opposite motion. Specific directed massage more correctly helps remove the weakness. While massage cannot make healthy muscles stronger, removing weakness makes it stronger than the weakened condition.
great info.
what a waste of 10 minutes !! so whats the remedy lady !
If you are not going to sell the master's program you might want to take this down. What is the point of directing people to a program that is no longer available?
You can also get carpal tunnel from having many other conditions such as Diabetes or Autoimmune conditions. To tell people that the real reason they have carpal tunnel syndrome is definitely due to muscle imbalance without history taking or examination is misleading. Also, in terms of biomechanics, flexion of the fingers is the normal resting position of the hand, it is not because of muscle imbalance!
Sarah Osler Sarah, if you look at my disclaimer page there are a number of medical conditions that create numbness in the fingers including: This website does NOT address the following conditions: Diabetes, chronic renal failure, leukemia, lymphoma, lupus, amyloidosis, or any other medical condition which can be a cause of numbness or tingling in hands or feet; Causes of carpal tunnel syndrome that include hand trauma, Acromegaly, rheumatoid arthritis, amyloidosis, pregnancy, Paget’s disease, hypothyroidism, diabetes mellitus and tophaceous gout, or any non-mentioned disorders.; Nor does this website address brain injury, tumors or stroke; or any condition that has a sudden onset.
My program is for conditions caused by either repetitive use or cumulative trauma. Examples of cumulative trauma would be postures like holding the phone on one shoulder, having the head down or forward for continuous periods of time, a lot of gripping. A huge portion of the pain people have is muscle imbalance. Part of what that imbalance can do is pinch on the nerves that innervate fingers.
Muscle imbalance is one of the most overlooked cause of not only carpal tunnel syndrome but neck pain, back pain, knee pain, headaches and on and on. The trouble is that often medical and pharma follow the symptoms. Through media etc. people in our society are more likely to ask what should I take rather than what should I do.
Also if a person has something like diabetes any portion that might be caused by physical use is likely to be overlooked.
I understand that you have a disclaimer, I was referring to the fact that you have a statement in your video saying: "the real reason you have carpal tunnel is muscle imbalance". That is a very misleading statement.
Sarah Osler But contrary to what you say neuropathy from diabetes and autoimmune disorders is NOT carpal tunnel syndrome. If is neuropathy from those disorders.
Anything that causes narrowing of the carpal tunnel is carpal tunnel syndrome, so disorders such as diabetes, obesity, swelling of tissue from AI disease all cause narrowing of this space
Sarah Osler So treat the cause not the symptoms. I teach self-treatment of hand numbness. caused by either repetitive motion or cumulative trauma (muscle imbalance including poor posture. Anyone with a medical condition should find out as much as they can about what is affecting their one and only life. Foot neuropathy can be a bigger problem in diabetics. That is not carpal tunnel related. Again go after the cause and forget the semantics.
Hi Hilma, thanks for the video. I am right handed and use the computer mouse very often. I have mostly achy pain all the way from my palm, up my forearm (top and bottom), up the lateral tricep head, through my deltoids and up to my traps. I don't feel much tingling at all. Maybe a TINY bit... Do you think I have carpal tunnel?? And would I benefit from just strengthening my forearm extensor muscles? or anything else? thanks
Cale Elac, You need to loosen up the forearm muscles first. (Which will also prevent carpal tunnel). Extensor strengthening is great after you've loosened up the forearm. Regarding the upper arm - are you reaching forward with the upper arm. Your upper arm should hang straight down form the shoulder joint to avoid stress on those muscles and adjust your station or seating accordingly.
Thank you!
Hi Hilma,
Thanks a lot for the informative video.
It's really bothering me and I'm afraid if it might get worse to the extent that I need to stop training.
I have consulted a physio, but it wasn't helpful. The exercise that she asked me to do (put the wrist flat, palm facing down on a bench, rotate it to the extreme in direction of the pinky finger and bend the forearm towards the outer palm in direction of the fingers x 10 times for 3 sets) worsened the damage. Previously I used to get a mild pain on the pinky side of the wrist while doing heavy straight bar curls, but now I get it even while flexing the wrist towards the pinky side without any weights. Now I have totally stopped doing any kind of bicep curls; but whenever I attempt, I get a tingling pain and a feeling something like continuous dislocation of a vein.
Please help me with it, specifically how to fix it and avoid getting it back again.
Looking forward to your response.
+Pallav Panda You say pain, not numbness. is that right?
Hilma Volk yes that's right. Numbness is not yet there.
+Pallav Panda Seems to me what you have is a sprained wrist (which is the ligament between at least two of your wrist bones. My advise is to treat it like a sprain. No stretching and no doing any movements that hurt. Ice will be your friend as it is a natural anti-inflammatory and promotes healing. Anti-inflammatory drugs interfere with the healing process. (There are doctors who agree that this is so, but unfortunately they are in the minority). If you are doing anything that might aggravate the wrist you can help protect it with a wrist wrap for that period of time. But you really want to avoid doing anything that aggravates it until it heals. Depends on the severity but generally takes about 35 days. FYI you do not have symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome.
+Hilma Volk Wow, I really wish it is what you're saying it is. I'll surely follow your advice and get back to you after 35 days with the progress.
Thanks a lot for the help, you're amazing. Keep doing the great work.
Thanks Hilma. Had the op on my left already but my right is pending. Im gona try to massage it away first x
I use Computers and such quite a lot but i am in good health condition so its not bloodcirculation or whatever, i have been through many years of endless tests and crap and feel like a guniea pig.
i get 2 hours physiotherapy a week + do training on my own (walking,swimming etc) which makes it possible for me to live a "ok" life but i still have major spikes every now and then.
I play classical guitar and upright bass. Lately, it's been real bad. I can see quite clearly an indentation lengthwise in the underside of my left forearm. My hands go to sleep simply by raising them above horizontal. I've had carpal tunnel as far back as I can remember, either from guitar, piano, or more likely gymnastics (horizontal bar). Any suggestions?
Hi, a year and a half ago I started playing the piano, and i never had any numbness in the hand. But my hands would get sorta tired and hurt a little bit. But recently I started to feel numbness in the 4th and 5th fingers of the left hand, but I dont get that tiredness in the hand anymore. Also, I recently started going to the gym too, an Im always practicing the piano. What could it be? Is it the gym? Is it the piano practice? Or both? Is it ok to go to the gym and play piano? Tks!
The numbness in the 4th and 5th fingers are a pinching of the ulnar nerve and not a symptom of carpal tunnel syndrome. Probably caused by both the gym and piano. You want to loosen up your forearms, particularly on the little finger side, from your wrist to elbow. Firm massage techniques. Also, with your other hand, grab your whole thumb (including the part near your wrist) and stretch your thumb back and toward the side of the little finger. You should feel the stretch up to your elbow. Never do any stretch to cause pain). Also never rest your elbow on a hard surface.
Great info just not sure why it's called a free 5 part series but in the fine print you pay $47? How is that free? That's a pretty deceptive practice don't ya think? Then you have to agree to get spammed? Thanks but I think I'll stick to the Bob and Brad PT videos
The 5 Part Video series is free. The entire program which goes into great depth is $47.
What would cause hands to just feel exhausted. No pain, numbness or tingling, just weak. SO much so I have difficulty opening a new water bottle now. Im 38 do IT for living, guitar for fun, and lift weights regularly.
The most common thing would be tight forearm muscles. You can tell by squeezing different places on your upper forearm and feel if they are tight or tender. If so they need to get loosened up. Not quite as common is tight scalene muscles in the front of the neck impinging on the blood supply. An overlooked cause of muscle problems is medications - anything that has the word "liver" on the warning. Another possibility is a person's reactions to certain food or drink that are okay for other people - there can be a long list of those - including coffee, diet drinks, alcohol, food additives, tomatoes, potatoes. I've even heard of people having weird reactions to oranges and watermelon. But I'd explore the tight muscles first.
Hilma ten years ago I suffered multiple multiple fractures to the wrist/forearm in an rta I suffer terrible symptoms of cts my wrist was left somewhat disfigured, and the outer carpal bone is nobly, is it possible that the techniques you have on your website, which I'm about to go checkout, that will help, I'm loathed to have the op I've been offered, I've nearly had it 3times so far but always felt uncomfortable about it and canceled, some of the reasons have already been stated in earlier comments, as in the resultant weakness it can cause, plus my wrist is mashed up so badly they warned me that the risk of complications was higher than usual..
Hi bulldogzthirteen, With the complex of things going on, there is no way of knowing if it will help you or by how much. There is no way it could hurt trying however. But it may take more effort on your part than other people. There is a money back guarantee. I see you signed up for the free video series. Wishing you the best.