Schumacher Chiropractic Clinics

      
Every day, assembly line workers, keyboard operators, grocery store clerks and many others, receive micro-traumas to their hands and wrists. Vibration and repetitive motions, when combined with spinal problems and other joint dysfunction, can result in a condition known as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
                                                                                                                                    
The major nerve controlling the thumb, index, and parts of the middle, and ring finger is called the median nerve. From the tips of your fingers, it travels through the bones of your wrist , past your elbow, up your arm, through your shoulder and neck, to your spinal cord.
       
The carpal "tunnel" is formed by the bones in the wrist. The median nerve, tendons and blood vessels pass through this opening. If one or more of these bones forming this tunnel become misaligned and collapse this tunnel, inflammation, nerve pressure, and painful symptoms can result. Carpal tunnel like symptoms can also be caused by misalignments of the neck vertebrae which irritate the median nerve and cause problems in the hand or wrist. Traumatic injuries, like car accidents or slips and falls can subluxate (misalign) the tiny bones in your wrist  or neck vertebrae triggering  neck, arm, wrist and hand pain.

                      

At our clinics, the doctors will evaluate the median nerve from your neck to the tips of your fingers in order to determine exactly what bones and joints are causing your pain. Specific chiropractic adjustments can help restore malfunctioning joints to a more normal position which can decrease or eliminate your pain. 

If you or someone you know suffers from carpal tunnel, rest assured,  Schumacher Chiropractic Clinics can help.