Beating Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Without Surgery
Steve Daisey MPT, CSCS

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is an entrapment neuropathy. The median nerve, which innervates many of the muscles and skin of the hand becomes entrapped in the tunnel of the wrist.

Conservative therapy WITHOUT surgery has in most studies resulted in BETTER results than surgery (1,2). For this reason, it is ciritical that you know THE conservative therapy that hand surgeons agree on.

Research has shown that the following exercises performed below in the manner described are more effective actually than surgery:

REFERENCES:
1.Akalin E, et al: Treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome with nerve and tendon gliding exercises. Am. j. phys. med. rehabil 2002, vol. 81, no2, pp. 108-113.
2. Rozmaryn LM, Dovelle S, Rothman ER, Gorman K, Olvey KM, Bartko JJ: Nerve and tendon gliding exercises and the conservative management of carpal tunnel syndrome. J Hand Ther. 1998 Jul-Sep;11(3):171-9.