Nerve Flossing for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Confirmatory New Data
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Last year, ChiroUp published a tutorial blog detailing 7 new skills for carpal tunnel syndrome. But evidence-based chiropractors have an insatiable appetite for peripheral neuropathies, and you asked for more. So, your ChiroUp team reviewed the carpal tunnel literature and found that in the past three months, new data has reconfirmed two well-recognized facts:
1. Peripheral nerve irritation leads to altered mobility:
"The mobility of the entire median nerve was significantly restricted in cases of CTS compared to healthy participants." (1)
2. Nerve flossing can improve nerve mobility and the associated symptoms:
“Neural mobilizations can aid in the reduction of neural edema, neural mobility, and neural adhesion while improving nerve conduction. Splinting is only effective when combined with neurodynamics." (2)
"This study highlights the effectiveness of…neurodynamic mobilizations, in isolation, on pain, physical function, and nerve conduction studies in patients with CTS." (3)
Want to review these neurodynamic mobilizations? Check out this 3-minute tutorial on upper extremity nerve flossing.
To learn more about Upper Extremity Neurodynamics, check out this viral nerve flossing blog.
There’s a vast difference between merely treating someone and consistently applying best practices. Tomorrow’s healthcare will reward only the latter, so prepare today.
P.S. Have you seen ChiroUp’s crazy-simple new way to prescribe the most potent patient education and exercises for carpal tunnel syndrome and 107 other conditions? If not, check it out here.
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1. Hara Y, Tajiri Y, Kawano K, Hoshikawa S. Evaluation of Restricted Motion Area of the Median Nerve in Patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A New Measurement Method Using an Ultrasonographic Video Image. The journal of hand surgery Asian-Pacific volume. 2021 Dec;26(4):635-43. Link
2. Wise S, Bettleyon J. Neurodynamics Is an Effective Intervention for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Journal of Sport Rehabilitation. 2022 Dec 30;1(aop):1-4. Link
3. Jiménez-del-Barrio S, Cadellans-Arróniz A, Ceballos-Laita L, Estébanez-de-Miguel E, López-de-Celis C, Bueno-Gracia E, Pérez-Bellmunt A. The effectiveness of manual therapy on pain, physical function, and nerve conduction studies in carpal tunnel syndrome patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Orthopaedics. 2021 Dec 3:1-2. Link
