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An Alternative Treatment For Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

12/18/2015

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Signs and Symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome:
  • Tingling, numbness, and/or burning sensations in the thumb, index finger, middle finger, and sometime the sensations radial to your ring finger.
  • Some people also may feel pain in the wrists, tingling sensations in the palm, and loss of grip strength.
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 Causes:
  • Could be work related, due to repetitive motion at work.
  • More commonly, it is due to repetitive motion.
Other illness may lead to CTS:
  • Any disease that may cause inflammation in the flexor tendons of the forearm such as rheumatoid arthritis.
  • Hypothyroidism may cause compression in the median nerve and the tendons passing through the carpal tunnel.
  • Hormonal changes during pregnancy, women may experience CTS.
  • Obesity could increase the risk of CTS.
Misdiagnosis:
  • Some people might misdiagnosis CTS as Thoracic Outlet Syndrome or Pronator Syndrome.
  • So, if you are experiencing numbness, tingling, and/or a burning sensation in your fingers and pain on your wrist, you should go to see your doctor for a medical diagnosis.
  • Medical diagnosis tools includes: Electrodiagnostic testing, Clinical assessment, Tinel’s sign, Durkan test, Phalen’s test, Carpal compression test, or Hand elevation test.
Medical Treatments:
  • Splints – at the early stage using wrist braces and splints may help reduce stress on the wrists during activity.
  • Corticosteroid injection – temporary pain relief for CTS
  • Surgery
 
If you think you may have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, you should go to see your doctor for a medical diagnosis. If left untreated, you may lose muscle tone in your palm.
 
Alternative Treatment:

I will like to remind you, alternative medicine is not magic. We cannot magically cure any disease. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is one of the lifestyle illnesses, so the first step of healing is that you must be willing to change your lifestyle. Also, before you make the decision to try alternative treatment, you must understand that it took years to develop CTS. It is going to take years for the body to completely recover and heal.

Once you have decided to try alternative treatment I would like to talk to you. We’d start with your working environment, daily activity, diet and lifestyles. Then we can work together to develop a treatment plan that fits your schedule.
CTS personalized treatments are including the following; regular massage & acupuncture treatment, and home maintenance (diet & exercise).


Clinic visit:

After the assessment, we would start with a Castrol oil moist heat treatment on forearm. Castrol oil helps relax the muscle, reduce inflammation & swelling, and detox the area.

At the same time, I would provide a neck and shoulder massage (Most therapists only work on the wrist and the forearm for client with CTS, but the median nerves begin in the neck.) If the neck and shoulder muscles are too tight, it will continue compress the median nerves and block the communication signals to your arm, wrist and hand. 

After 20 minutes of the Castrol oil moist heat treatment on the forearm, we will clean up the Castrol oil and start to massage the forearm, wrist and hand. Massaging the area helps reduce muscles tension, opens up the Tunnel on the forearm and releases pressure on the carpal. Then an acupuncture treatment will help reduce pain and reconnect the nerve signals. 


Treatment Plans:

Treatment plans will start once a week for 4 to 8 weeks (depending on the condition) then will change to once every 2 weeks for 8 weeks, after that once a month for continued maintenance.

The muscle will normally take 12 hours to complete the changes. If you don’t do any home maintenance, it will go back to whatever state it was after 36 to 48 hours. Therefore, depending on your conditions you might need treatment once or twice a week at the beginning.

The reason you would need treatment once or twice a week at the beginning, is because the body takes time to heal. Your body has been used to the pain signals for many years, and the sensation of pain becomes normal. Now we need to re-educate the body (cells) what a normal no pain sensation should feel like.
 
Home Maintenance:
  • Daily neck, shoulder, forearm and wrist stretching exercises.
  • Increase water intake – drink water, daily intake should be half your body weight converted to ounces.
  • Diet – food you should eat; whole grains, fatty fish, nuts, seeds, cauliflower, okra, green leafy vegetables, legumes, fresh fruits, bananas, pineapple, fresh vegetables, ginger, cayenne, cumin, turmeric, albacore tuna, mackerel, sardines, salmon, and other healthy foods.
  • Vitamin B6 – 80 to 100 mg two to three times daily
  • Vitamin B complex
  • Bromelain – 250 to 1500 mg between meals (anti-inflammatory) (foud in pineapple)
 
Herbs:
  • Willow bark – relieves pain and inflammation
  • Chamomile, Turmeric, Ginger, Cumin, Sage – anti-inflammatory
  • Meadowsweet, Wintergreen – pain reliever
  • Comfrey – add the powder to the hand cream to helps relieve pain, inflammation, and swelling.

If you would like to make an appointment call: 616-419-6924
www.Altcaresolution.com

Tactical Health Coach
Raymond Wan, LMT., ADS., HHC
Alternative Care Solution Wellness Center
3790 28th ST SW Suite B, Grandville MI 49418
616-419-6924


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Is it investment or cost? Alternative Care Treatments (Massage, Acupuncture, Qigong exercise)

12/8/2015

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  • How much money you paying for your health insurance?
  • How much is your co-pay for doctor visit?
  • How much you paying for your prescription medicine?
  • How much is your hospital bill(s)?
You spend hundreds or thousands of dollars, monthly or yearly!

Are you feeling better and healthier after spending money on all those medical bills?

If not! Then that is the cost!!

Yes! Health is priceless! We cannot and should not put a price on our health, but why do we have to pay the government and the health insurance companies with our hard earning money every month? The worst thing is that most of the time we will not even receive any service!
Every month you pay the health insurance company hundreds of dollars, but you don’t go to see a doctor every month! The health insurance company said that it is an investment, just in case if you need a hospital visit, it could cost you thousands of dollars. Yes, that’s the truth! But you may have to pay out of pocket a $5000 or more deductible before your health insurance coverage kicks in to cover your bill.

So, after I pay the health insurance company whatever they ask for, can it prevent any illness & disease?  If not! Then for me, it becomes an unnecessary cost of my living!
Do we have not enough stress in our daily lives? It seems to me, that all medical bills do is cause stress. And we all know stress is the number one trigger for illness & disease!

On the other hand, alternative care such as massage, acupuncture and qigong exercise are well known preventative treatment for many health conditions.

  • The first benefit of alternative treatment such as massage, acupuncture, qigong helps reduce stress (both physical and emotional).
  • Second, they all help reduce muscles tension.
  • Third, they all help improve circulation and boost the immune system.
  • Fourth, they all help detox the body.

Stretching and joint mobilization techniques during massage can help improve range of motion.

Acupuncture can help the collagen re-grow, increase white blood cells (T cell) production during treatment, good for healing chronic muscle, joint injury, and other chronic illness.

Qigong exercise help your body heal faster, stay focused, stay balanced, increase energy levels, improve digestive system functions, and improve overall health.
Those are just few of the benefit of massage and acupuncture, and qigong exercise. Those are great preventive alternative care treatments.

Unlike bio-medicine, massage and acupuncture have fewer to no side effects. The average cost of treatment in Grand Rapids could be from $40 to $80 for each visit. How much is your co-pay for your doctor visit? And how much is your monthly payment for your health insurance?

Monthly massage or acupuncture treatment is not a luxury only available to wealthy people.  Regular massage or acupuncture and/or daily qigong practice also can help you improve your productivity. After the treatment and practice you feel relax and energize, you are ready to face a world of new challenges. It also helps boost your immune system, so the bodies become stronger and better resist to illness. Less sick days you take from work, more play (pay) days you earn for yourself!

Alternative cares are true investment for your own health! It is an investment that helps you reduce stress and muscle tensions, reduce pain, and prevent many future illnesses.
                       Start Invest On Yourself

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    Raymond Wan
    LMT., ADS., HHC
    Owner of
    Alternative Care Solution Wellness Center
    3790 28th ST SW, Suit B
    Grandville MI 49418
    616-419-6924

    Edited By
    Savannah Wan

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