| There a lot of misconceptions about Carpal Tunnel | | | | you end up with months and months and years and |
| Syndrome (CTS) out there. There is a long held, deep | | | | decades of symptoms. That's no fun. |
| seated belief that Carpal Tunnel is a big problem. It can | | | | If you have tried all the usual methods that doctors and |
| certainly become one if it is not dealt with the right | | | | most internet sources provide, and still have pain and |
| way. | | | | problem, it is naturally to then really believe that CTS is |
| There are three common myths that help make CTS | | | | hard to fix. The good news is, you were just using the |
| more of a monster than it should be. | | | | wrong tools for the job. |
| A very small percentage of CTS cases actually | | | | Even if you have had pain and numbness for decades, |
| involve a structural problem with the actual tunnel in the | | | | you can help your body reverse the Downward Spiral |
| carpal bones and covering connective tissue. Most | | | | and get back to good working order. Pain free, or |
| people just have symptoms brought about by a | | | | close to it, in a week or two. |
| Downward Spiral of increasing tightness and pain. | | | | This isn't a miracle, it's just using the RIGHT tool for the |
| If there is a problem with the carpal tunnel, like genetic | | | | job, the right method that works with your body in the |
| deformity, tumor in the wrist, or actual damage from | | | | right way. You could poke your arm with a spoon all |
| an accident, then these myths do not apply. See your | | | | day long, and it won't help because it's not the right tool. |
| doctor to rule these factors out. | | | | Same thing with anti-inflammatories, splints and braces, |
| If the above scenarios don't apply to you, then it is | | | | corticosteroid shots, surgery, etc. |
| important to know the truth about the following | | | | Myth #3 Carpal Tunnel is something I'll have to live with |
| misconceptions. | | | | to some degree for the rest of my life. |
| Myth #1 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is an Injury | | | | This can be true, but it is not the whole truth. |
| Unless you have had a crushing injury or broken wrist | | | | If you don't do the right things to help your body and if |
| bones, CTS is not an injury. Just because it hurts, just | | | | you continue to use your hands like want to and need |
| because there is numbness, does not mean that you | | | | to, then it is predictable that you will have life long |
| are injured. | | | | problems. That's just the way the body works. People |
| If you step on a garden hose and the flow of water | | | | learn to live with this constant problem and manage |
| slows down, is the hose injured? No. You just take | | | | and sacrifice in various ways. |
| your foot off the hose and everything is good again. | | | | However. If you do the right things to help your body, |
| Same with CTS. | | | | you can use your hands as much as you want, and |
| Nobody steps on a hose, notices the flow of water | | | | either be pain free or close to it. |
| decrease, and declares that Hose Surgery is | | | | Carpal Tunnel problems can last a lifetime, but they are |
| necessary. (Well, a surgeon probably would.) | | | | only permanent if you fail to help your body in the right |
| It is common in Western culture to associate pain with | | | | way. Again with the hose analogy, if you step on a |
| injury. It is very possible to have pain for a variety of | | | | hose, the water flow gets less. It's only permanent until |
| reasons other than injury. | | | | you take your foot of. That is exactly how CTS |
| Myth #2 Carpal Tunnel is hard to fix | | | | works. |
| When you have the RIGHT information, CTS is simple | | | | It's time to make that Carpal Tunnel symptoms go |
| to get rid of. When you don't have the right information, | | | | away. |