Treat Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Yourself
Available in DVD or VHS
This DVD/Video is designed to teach both untrained sufferers and massage therapists in the treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
For many years there has been a sense of mystery regarding the proper treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS). Many specialists differ in their opinions as to the most effective treatment of the disorder. However, most will agree that the majority of cases have no known cause. Many doctors start the treatment of CTS with anti-inflammatory drugs. If the patient does not gain relief from those drugs, then cortisone injections are given. The next step is often physical therapy, where strengthening of the muscles is stressed. A number of specialists assert that it may be necessary to perform Carpal Tunnel Release surgery for patients who lack relief from these non-surgical measures. Patients are warned that they must change what they have been doing, or the symptoms will return, even after this invasive surgical procedure is completed.
These specialists contend that anything that causes swelling, thickening or irritation to the synovial membranes around the tendons in the carpal tunnel, can result in pressure on the median nerve. This is often the explanation of the cause of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. I believe that one must look for the real reason behind the swelling of these tendons in order to determine the real cause of CTS. On the basis of the way drugs are used to treat this problem, it seems as though the specialists assume that the cause of CTS is a drug deficiency in the arm or wrist. My clients who suffer with this disorder tell me the first thing their doctors do is to prescribe drugs or inject drugs into the arm.
Massage therapy is virtually never considered by these specialists to be an alternative solution for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Could this big mystery be as simple as the tightening of the muscles in the forearm, restricting the circulation to the tendons, thus causing swelling and inflammation? Won't the specialists even consider the possibility of this being the real cause of CTS? I assume this is not considered as physical therapy is often prescribed. When therapists want to strengthen these already strong, tight muscles, I believe they are missing the complete picture.
As any competent, trained massage therapist is aware, when a muscle contracts, it tightens up or shortens, thus cutting off circulation. Circulation is the healing force within the body. Without circulation, no healing will ever take place. The blood flow is responsible for supplying vitamins, minerals, oxygen, nutrients, etc., to every cell in the body. This is necessary to sustain life and allow the cells to reproduce. The lymphatic system is a very important part of the circulatory system. The lymph serves as a unique transport function, returning fats, proteins, tissue fluid and other substances to the general circulation system. The lymph system also filters the lymph fluid by removing cancer cells, bacteria, soot, etc.
If one has sustained an injury to a muscle, or if a muscle is overused for many years, the result is the same. The resting length of the muscle is shortened, or tightened, cutting off the circulation. Lack of circulation will cause cell death, inflammation and swelling, resulting in PAIN. When the muscles are tight, for whatever reason, the toxins that are being produced by cell death, and lack of circulation, can not be removed. This results in more inflammation and swelling. When the membranes around the tendons swell, pressure is placed on the median nerve, causing numbness and tingling in the hands. This is what doctors refer to as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
If the muscles in the forearm are overused for many years, the resting length of the muscle will get shorter and shorter, or tighter and tighter. This results in increasingly less circulation, more swelling and more pain for the patient. Since Carpal Tunnel Syndrome has never been caused by a lack of drugs in the body, drug therapy will never be a successful treatment. It acts only as a stop-gap measure to alleviate pain for the patient. The general public is becoming more and more aware that all these different drugs are not good for the human body.
The common sense treatment for all these problems, and more, is to apply the Muscle Release TechniqueSM to the affected area. This work breaks up adhesions and scar tissue in the muscle as well as lengthening the muscle. Thus the body can heal itself without drugs, and without invasive surgical methods.