Category Archives: wrist

Numb hands from weights.

And what you can do about it. If you use weights or exercise machines where you are gripping weights or handles, you may needlessly be overusing the flexor muscles of the forearm (those muscles which close your fingers). These tight … Continue reading

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Pectoralis Minor Stretches

As I mentioned in False Carpal Tunnel from Tight Pectoralis Minor – if that muscle is tight it can cause the shoulders to round forward and create pain between the shoulder blades.  If very tight, it can cause numbness or tingling … Continue reading

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It Probably Isn’t Carpal Tunnel

Did You Know? Only 15% or less of Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI) are actually Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. About one third of Carpal Tunnel Surgeries are successful. About one third have mixed success. Another third fail because of damage caused by … Continue reading

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Self-Help Techniques for Hand, Wrist, and Forearm Part 2

This short video is part 2.  Please see the previous post for part 1.  This video shows a self-massage (with the elbow of the opposite arm) of the carpal tunnel ligament.  Plus a stretch for the carpal tunnel ligament and … Continue reading

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Self-Help Techniques for hand, wrist and forearm. Part 1

This video shows excellent self-help techniques that will help prevent, releive and carpal tunnel syndrome, false carpal tunnel syndrome, tendinitis, tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow (you don’t have to play tennis or golf to get them), and numbness in fingers in hands.

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