Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Treatment Options
Over the last three years, many Americans have moved from a traditional office setting to a home office. While there are many perks of working from home like eating lunch in your own kitchen or taking your dog for a quick walk on a break, there are also some trade offs. Many ho. mes were not built for a true office workspace, so you may have needed to be creative to set up your home office. As a result, you may not have proper posture as you work, putting stress on your wrists and hands.
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a painful condition, most often felt in the hands, caused by compression of the median nerve. The median nerve runs from the forearm into the back of the hand. The carpal tunnel, a rigid pathway that protects the median nerve, can narrow with the onset of inflammation of soft tissue. When the median nerve is under pressure, pain increases. If the pressure, or squeezing, is severe enough, the pain can become excruciating and even debilitating. It is possible for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome to be made worse by your ergonomic conditions. For example, if you place your computer 
Fortunately, the percentage of people who have received vaccinations for Covid-19 means that most schools are once again able to open. For many students and teachers, learning has taken place remotely for about a year and a half, and for most students and teachers, little to no attention was paid to the ergonomics of the remote learning environment. Makeshift offices and desks have made for challenging conditions in which to teach and learn. As most students and teachers struggled to adapt to the new learning environment 
The many advancements that we have witnessed in technology, education, communication, and transportation have ushered in significant changes to our workplaces as far back as the 1970s. Certainly over the past two decades, advancements in the workplace have made things safer and more convenient. Many of us now have the ability to work in comfort without having to move more than a few feet to change tasks. Of course, all work environments pose health challenges, and one consequence of our convenient workplace is that we may become too sedentary. 2020 paved the way for working from home on your computer. And while we have the ability to talk into our phones and have the phone type for us, it has yet to be used for replacing the typing we do day in and day out on or computers. 
It is very common for chiropractors to see cases of carpal tunnel syndrome in our practices. Before the pandemic, our society had been moving for decades toward activities that invite the kinds of problems associated with carpal tunnel syndrome. Chief among those activities is working endless hours at a computer, which most of us are doing even more of these days because of changes to our work and school schedules. In 2020, we have been spending more time on and at a computer. In addition to working from home we are helping are children on the computer for school. 
At Caron Chiropractic in St. Paul, MN, we frequently treat patients for carpal tunnel syndrome. While many come in for common carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms, most are unsure of what it actually is and why they are having numbness, tingling and even pain in their hands and wrist. At Caron Chiropractic, we always want to put our patients first. The sooner we can begin treatment on carpal tunnel syndrome, the more success we typically have. Phalen’s Test, also referred to as the carpal tunnel syndrome test is a simple way you can test yourself at home. If you test positive during this test or you just have general concerns, Caron Chiropractic in St. Paul, MN is only a phone call away. 
