 Sometimes the cause of wrist pain is compression of either the Median or the Ulnar nerve. When this happens you get wrist pain and if it advances you get pain into the hand and fingers and maybe up into the forearm. Chiropractic can treat this problem without having to resort to surgery. |
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| The medical solution to Carpal Tunnel is to cut the Transverse Ligament. Trouble is that in a few years this Ligament will repair itself with scar tissue and leave even less room for the nerves. The Chiropractic solution is to restore motion to the carpal bones, specifically the lunate, capitate and scaphoid, which change position when fixated which in turn reduces the size of the carpal tunnel. This fixes the problem rather than treating a symptom. | |||
ACTION: wrist extension COMMENTS: Here are the three main muscles of wrist extension. All these muscles attach to the lateral epicondyle. When these attachments attachments are strained, it is called Tennis elbow. This most commonly involves the two radialis muscles. Trigger points in the bellies of these three muscles refer pain into the posterior wrist. |
A much more common reason for wrist and hand pain is Myofascitis or Trigger Points. Trigger Points are areas of damage in the muscles that will cause pain, burning, numbness or other sensations. Many times the damage is not where the pain is. The muscles that bend the wrist forward and backward start on both sides of the elbow. Damage to these muscles can cause hand pain. If you've ever head the terms "Tennis Elbow" or "Golf Elbow" then you've heard about these muscles and the pain that comes from problems with them. Often patients come in with x-rays of the hands, neck and shoulder. Sometimes they have MRI's, CT scans, electromyograph studies and other tests that have been done. After multiple sessions of treatment, drugs and sometimes surgery they still have the hand pain. These kinds of muscle problems are not understood by many different practitioners. Many chiropractors don't understand them either. If YOU want to understand them better and how we treat them, then have a look at our page on MUSCLES.
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ACTION: wrist flexion COMMENTS: All of these muscles attach to the medial epicondyle of the humerus. Strain at this attachment is known as Golfer's elbow. Trigger points in the flexor carpi radialis, the most lateral wrist flexor, refers pain into the lateral part of the wrist. The flexor carpi ulnaris refers pain a bit more medially. The palmaris longus refers pain into the middle of the palm. |
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