Physical Therapy for Carpal Tunnel - How It Can Help

Carpal Tunnel is a musculoskeletal condition causing compression of nerves, tendons, arteries, and veins at the wrist. Symptoms can include pain at the wrist and hand and numbness/tingling into the hand and fingers. Physical Therapy can help to decrease symptoms and improve function:

·       Wrist Flexibility and Mobility

·       Decrease compression of nerves

·       Improve joint mobility

·       Strengthen wrist and forearm for functional activities

·       Improve ergonomics at work station

·       Activity modification for proper body mechanics and positioning

Carpal Tunnel can be misdiagnosed secondary to the possibility that compression and tightness can occur at another location in the upper extremity. Physical Therapy is an excellent way to differentially diagnosis the cause of typical symptoms of carpal tunnel with the ability to return an individual back to prior level of function and avoid other treatment such as surgery.