What are natural treatments for carpal tunnel syndrome?
Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum Answered: Fortunately, unless people are continuing to stress the wrist with repetitive stress injuries (e.g., handling heavy equipment or doing very large amounts of typing), carpal tunnel syndrome can almost always be relieved without surgery. In almost all of my patients, carpal tunnel syndrome has resolved by simply using the advice here. Unfortunately, your doctor may be totally unfamiliar with these conservative therapies — in today’s medicine only expensive treatments tend to get attention. If surgery is recommended, ask your physician if you can try the following conservative measures instead for 6 to 12 weeks. Nutritional supplements: – Vitamin B6 250 mg daily. – Armour thyroid hormone (use even if your blood tests are normal). Use a wrist splint. When your hand gets into funny positions while you are sleeping, it stretches and strains the nerve as it goes through your wrist. This is why you wake up in the night with numbness or tingling. The type of wrist
