How a Specialist in Pain Care Can Help Your Carpal Tunnel: A Guide

Carpal tunnel syndrome affects over 8 million Americans annually.

Have you lost track of how long it’s been since you got a full night of rest? Falling asleep and staying asleep is no easy feat when your wrists are in pain, aching, numb, and tingling.

Sleep is only one area in which carpal tunnel affects lives. If you’ve been dealing with this for a while, you know that carpal tunnel interferes with your work, social life, and even your finances. If you are new to this condition, you’re starting in the right place!

You need guidance from a reliable, experienced specialist in pain care. If you are in the area, schedule an appointment at our pain clinic in Utah.

Keep reading to learn about the safe solution we offer that doesn’t require needles, surgery, or prescription medication, as well as tips you can implement at home or on the go.

Pain management is often associated with addictive prescription medication, frequent steroid injections, and constant office visits that eventually result in surgery. Many people suffer silently and choose not to seek care at a pain clinic in an effort to stay away from drugs and surgery.

At One Wellness, we are giving pain management a makeover. Our approach as pain pro specialists is to address and eliminate the root of pain rather than just putting a Band-Aid on symptoms when they appear. Our goal is to help you restore the normal use of your hands.

If you are in Utah, pain relief starts here! Acousana is a safe treatment therapy we offer those suffering from carpal tunnel and other ailments.

Benefits and features:

• Non-invasive
• Natural
• Non-addictive
• Over 86% success rate for treatment of mild-to-severe carpal tunnel
• SoftWave® Technology stimulates the body’s ability to heal by increasing blood flow and eliminating inflammation
• No known side effects
• Many other applications
• May resume normal activity immediately after a session

We believe in this technology so much that we offer it to target many other conditions. Love science, too? Check out the research behind the FDA-cleared technology.

Although pain may prevent certain activities, remain as active as possible without further injury to your wrist while listening to your body.

Here are a few recommendations for exercises when dealing with chronic or acute pain from the carpal tunnel:

• Stretch your hands
• Rotate your wrists
• Give your hands a break by doing exercises that don’t require you to hold on tight with your hands
• Minimize routines that require your hands to be weight-bearing
• Practice proper posture to decrease stress on hands

If you enjoy natural self-care remedies, you may absolutely continue if these prove to be comforting for you.

Here are common self-care practices that some find useful:

• Applying ice to the affected area for about ten minutes at a time
• Wearing a splint, especially at night
• Applying heat as needed to decrease stiffness due to a cold environment
• Keeping wrists straight when at rest or sleeping
• Maintaining a healthy weight

We can’t cover every scenario that you will encounter while experiencing discomfort due to carpal tunnel, but we can keep one principle in mind: pay attention to the signals your body sends you throughout the day. If you notice pain tends to increase during certain activities, you may want to take a break from that activity to give your body time to heal.

The following are activities during which your carpal tunnel symptoms may flare up:

• Using a cell phone
• Typing on a computer
• Playing sports
• Working on a car

As you take note of how you are feeling during various activities throughout the day, you do well to consider if there are areas in which you can make some lifestyle changes. Breaking a bad habit, like sleeping on your hands, can be very soothing for hands that are accustomed to being in an unnatural state.

Changes to your work setup can significantly impact the condition you are in if you can switch from struggling to sit in the right posture all day to have the flexibility of switching to a standing position periodically.

Typically, the pain associated with carpal tunnel has several causes involved.  Removing one stressor may not seem to alleviate your discomfort, but avoiding several movements or situations can keep symptoms at bay or prevent flareups, such as:

• Repetitive finger and hand movements
• Awkward hand motions
• Gripping things tightly
• Lifting heavy objects

How can you select the right provider for chronic pain in Utah? One Wellness is a pain clinic offering the most comprehensive regenerative medicine in Utah. We stay up to date on the latest breakthroughs in medicine in order to offer our clients innovative, safe treatment options to target and eliminate discomfort.

Hear first hand from our clients about their experiences.

Unlike other pain management providers, we seek to help you function comfortably without having to rely on constant visits, drugs, or procedures. We help you to get well and stay well.

Carpal tunnel is just one of the conditions we have been able to treat effectively with our holistic approach. We offer treatment for various types of inflammation, such as:

• Arthritis back pain
• Bursitis
• Joint pain

We can also provide pain relief if you are experiencing:

• Knee pain
• Neck pain
• Shoulder pain
• Muscle sprains
• Neuropathy
• Plantar fasciitis
• Sciatica

Can’t make it to see us yet? Check out our blog to learn more about how a specialist in pain care manages various types of pain the natural way.

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