Carpal Tunnel Pain Relief and Your Posture – How Does Posture Cause Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Carpal Tunnel and Thoracic Outlet Syndromes can definitely be caused by posture. If your posture is poor or you have “forward head posture,” that can create symptoms in your hand, arm and wrist. Here is some background: “Syndromes” are a collection of symptoms. “Symptoms” are your complaints: nervy discomfort like numbness or tingling or pain. Symptoms are always caused by something; symptoms have a cause. Posture can be the cause. What causes poor posture? Oh, lots of things. Flat feet (fallen arches), furniture that doesn’t fit, car seats, carrying babies, feeling “too tall” or being a female adolescent. Other causes for poor posture are seat backs that are tilted back too far, sleeping with too many pillows pushing your head forward, weak back muscles and tight, short muscles in the front of your body. How does your posture cause Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? 1. When the muscles in the front of your body have shortened, they pull your shoulders and head forward. When your shoulders are ro
