Carpal Tunnel Relief in Capac, MI

What carpal tunnel actually is

Carpal tunnel syndrome is what happens when the median nerve gets squeezed as it passes through a narrow channel in your wrist. You feel it as numbness, tingling, or a pins-and-needles buzz in the thumb and first few fingers, often worst at night or when you are gripping something.

It builds up from the repetitive stuff: gripping tools, running equipment, working a line, typing, all the small motions that add up over a workday and a career.

Why we look past the wrist

Here is what a lot of people do not realize: that same nerve runs all the way up from the neck, through the shoulder and forearm, before it ever reaches the wrist. If it is being pinched or irritated anywhere along that path, you can feel it in the hand. Treating only the wrist can miss the real source.

Dr. Todd checks the whole nerve path, neck, shoulder, elbow, and wrist, to find where it is actually getting bound up.

How Dr. Todd treats it

• Adjusting. Restoring motion in the neck, wrist, and the joints in between, by hand or with gentle instrument adjusting.
• Soft tissue work. Certified Graston Technique and vibration therapy to release the tight forearm and wrist tissue crowding the nerve.
• Pain-relieving therapies. Ultrasound, cold laser, and electrotherapy to calm the irritation.

Caught early, carpal tunnel often responds well without surgery. If your case needs more, Dr. Todd will tell you straight.