Find Pain Relief By Trying a Simple and Easy Set of Carpal Tunnel Exercises

by Tom Nicholson

If you’ve read many of our articles, it’s completely understandable that exercise in general can help your carpal tunnel. Unfortunately they aren’t nearly as effective as carpal tunnel exercises that are specifically designed to stretch the muscles and relieve the tension. so before you start lifting the weights, think about these exercises first if you have this frustrating syndrome.

Considering Fist Flexion Exercises

Out of all the carpal tunnel exercises out there, the fist flexion is probably the most notarized. You may hear people call it the tendon gliding exercise, but either way it’s been known to give you instant relief from your carpal tunnel. The variation of the amount of time it allows you to feel comfortable is still up in the air, but there have been known cases that last as high as four hours.

All you have to do is have your hand open with all fingers touching one another, then curl the fingers down. This motion will go into a fist, then open up for a flat hang (like a puppet hand), then a straight fist. Each position should be held for a five second period before moving to the next part of the rotation. It’s recommended that you do this ten times.

Why Median Nerve Gliding Exercises

In this case, MN stands for median nerve, and median nerve gliding exercises will help you spread out your fingers a little more. They will help you get your median nerve to the right place, and you will find that it can bring you as much as four hours of relief. You will also find that more muscles and more tendons are going to be worked in this type of exercise and that you can get a lot of benefit from it.

First start by making a fist and then opening your hands with your fingers and thumbs straight out. Then take your other hand and press the straight hand backwards at a diagonal, towards your body. The, without moving your wrist, move your hand to the right or left. Then take your index finger from the cluster and bend it back independently

This is another case where each of these carpal tunnel exercises should be held in place for at least five seconds. The more you do them the easier they’ll become and when that happens, make your time limits longer. However, it’s important to understand that if you’re having issues with one, just stop in your tracks. You can try the other one tomorrow.

Spilling Over

Finally, you’ll find that doing these exercises diligently can give you just the results that you need. Remember, though, that they are short term solutions, and if you are still experiencing pain randomly, you may need to try other options. Do try these first, though and you may, like so many people, see lots of great results in no time at all!

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