Have you ever felt numbness, tingling, and pain in your wrist and palm? Be careful! You might have the carpal tunnel syndrome! Do you know about capral tunnel syndrome? Or have you ever heard about the carpal tunnel syndrome? Let us tell you more about the carpal tunnel syndrome. In the last years, there are a lot people have this kind of disorder. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common disorder that affects your nerves in the wrist. This disorder makes your nervus medianus compressed when the nerve passes through the tunnel in your wrist (called carpal tunnel, that’s why this disorder is called carpal tunnel syndrome). Women have narrower carpal tunnel than men, that’s why women have higher risk of this disorder.
There are some factors that may cause the carpal tunnel syndrome. Genetics and environment are two factors that may cause the carpal tunnel syndrome. The other factors are repetitive movements, pregnancy, acromegali (abnormal growth of hand or feet, caused by overproduction of growth hormone), rheumatoid arthritis (chronic progressive disease causing inflammation in fingers, wrist, feet, and ankles), mucopolysaccharidosis (group of metabolic disorder), and hipothyroidismo (thyroid glands can’t make enough thyroid hormone to keep the body running normally).
There are some treatment to help you if you have this disorder. The first treatment is having the Non-Steroid Anti-Inflammatory drugs (NSAID) to decrease the pain in your wrist. You can also have your wrist injected by the hydrocortisone (it is injected to your carpal tunnel in your wirst).
In severe case, doctor may suggests the surgery to release the compressed nerve. There are two kind of surgery. The first one is a conventional open release surgery (doctor makes an incision up to 2 inches to cut the ligament and enlarge the carpal tunnel). The second one is and endoscopic surgery (doctor uses a thin, flexible tube with camera attached to helps doctor perform surgery without making a long incision).
From the problems we've describe above, we would likely create an exercise prototype to help you prevent this disorder. We named it ATTRACTS (Automatic Treatment for Hand Carpal Tunnel Syndrome). We don't just make it an exercise tool. It fits your desire of mobile activity. Feelin' excited? Stay tuned!
