Exercises | Physiotherapy for carpal tunnel syndrome

Exercises

In order to support the affected structures in the wrist in carpal tunnel syndrome, there are a number of different exercises that can provide relief if performed regularly. 1) Stretching Further stretching exercises for the hand and the forearm can be found here: Stretching exercises 2) Strengthening Form a fist with your hand and press firmly for 5-10 seconds. Release and then repeat 2 more times.

3) Mobilisaton Bend and stretch each finger of the hand one after the other during this exercise. Then repeat the whole process with all fingers at the same time. Finally, with each bending movement the wrist is folded down and bent up when stretching.

You want to learn more about mobilization exercises? In general, you will find more exercises for carpal tunnel syndrome in this article. Generally more exercises for carpal tunnel syndrome can be found in this article.

  1. Stand on your quadruped and turn your hands outwards so that your fingertips are pointing towards your legs. Now apply pressure to your hands for 5-10 seconds as if you wanted to press them into the ground. Then release the pressure for 10 seconds, then repeat.
  2. Place your palms together at chest level in front of your body, with your fingertips facing the ceiling.

    The elbows are at shoulder level. Now lower your hands from this position until you feel a stretch. Hold this for 20 seconds.

Symptoms

The symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome usually develop gradually. The affected persons notice the first symptoms in the form of tingling or falling asleep fingers (usually only thumb, index and middle finger are affected), but these symptoms disappear after some time, especially through movement.Symptoms can also occur more frequently in one-sided activities where the wrist remains immobile in a certain position, such as cycling, telephoning or sleeping at night, and can sometimes radiate into the arm. If carpal tunnel syndrome is more advanced, the symptoms are usually permanent and pain can also occur during gripping movements. In the late stages, there may be loss of sensation in the fingers, problems with fine motor skills, loss of muscle tone and weakness in flexion and spreading. These articles, which deal with a similar topic, may also be of interest to you:

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