Detroit Chiropractor Provides Carpal Tunnel & Neck Pain Relief

May 28, 2010 - PRLog -- You're working at your desk, trying to overlook the pain and numbness in your hand and wrist.  The you feel the sudden, piercing pain up your arm and unexpectedly your neck feels stiff and tight.  You note your grip becomes weak and you have been dropping things more frequently over the past few months.  If this sounds similar to you, you may possibly be suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).  Carpal tunnel syndrome is a familiar, progressive over-use injury of the wrist, in which the bones of the wrist misalign and place pressure on top of the median nerve.  Anti-inflammatories, exercises, resting the spot, and wearing splints do not work.  Your medical doctor might recommend surgery, in which the transverse carpal ligament is cut in order to release the stress on the median nerve.  After surgery you will have to put on a wrist splint for a number of weeks and the pain and numbness may possibly take several months to diminish, if at all.  It is not uncommon that surgical decompression fails.  One study discovered that a group of patients with chronic nerve compression at the wrist had a 93.2% failure rate after surgery and medical management.  Medical docs advise the problem is all in your head and inform you that you could have to live with severe pain for the rest of your life.
If you are suffering with carpal tunnel syndrome or you are living with the pain from surgical decompression failure, there is hope.  Research indicates the origin of carpal tunnel syndrome is not inside your wrist, but it may be coming from a problem within your neck recognized as double crush syndrome.  Research have shown that compression of the nerve often occurs at the wrist and in the neck.  Researchers found that 75% of patients studied who had carpal tunnel also had nerve root irritation or damage within the neck along with upper back.  As a result, accurate alignment is important at the wrist, elbow, and neck in order to avoid compression of the nerves that trigger the pain, numbness, tingling, and weakness associated with carpal tunnel syndrome.  
You do not have to suffer, chiropractic care may help.  Chiropractic adjustments provide rapid release without medicines or surgery.  Misalignments within the spine at the neck and upper back cause abnormal compression on the discs, joints, and nerves that  leads to arthritis, degeneration, pain, numbness, and weakness.  All of which are signs and symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome.  Over-use of the wrist and elbow, poor posture, and lack of spinal upkeep may start the process of spinal misalignment and nerve compression.  Positions like waitressing, cashiers, carpenters, computer operators, painters, and assembly line employees are all candidates for nerve compression and carpal tunnel syndrome.  Since most people do not know that proper spinal maintenance can put off nerve compression and the painful symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome, chiropractic care is frequently over looked.  McNeil Chiropractic can help.  Chiropractors are experts in diagnosing as well as correcting spinal misalignments and misalignments of joints as in wrists, elbows, shoulders, and knees.  These misalignments are the source of many spinal conditions like neck pain, back pain, headaches/migraines, sciatica, numbness, disc bulges, carpal tunnel, and even sinus troubles.  A simple chiropractic examination may clarify if your carpal tunnel is created by spinal misalignments.  Dr. McNeil will perform a thorough chiropractic examination for free.  He will then develop a course of care plan consisting of specific postural adjustments, postural exercises, and postural tractions to correct misalignments in the neck, upper back, and wrist.  With improved structure and function the painful symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome will diminish and eventually totally vanish.  McNeil Chiropractic helps patients reach relief without addictive drugs, hurtful side effects, or painful, high-priced surgery.  One study showed that 98% of patients with double crush syndrome and carpal tunnel syndrome were relieved of their discomforts with chiropractic adjustments alone.  Visit our site for more information about how McNeil Chiropractic can help.

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McNeil Chiropractic uses the unique system of Chiropractic Bio Physics (CBP) to achieve a normal spinal and postural position. Dr. McNeil is the first chiropractor in MI to certify in CBP and the only certified chiropractor in Macomb County.