Carpal tunnel exercises that can benefit you

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a painful condition that affects the wrist and hand. However, a great physical therapy team can help you find carpal tunnel exercises that may benefit you.

Our Advent Physical Therapy team may be just what you’re looking for if you need help treating carpal tunnel syndrome. We’ve been in the physical therapy business for 23 years, and our team has helped countless west Michigan patients recover from injuries and treat medical conditions. One reason we’re able to help our patients so effectively is we only use personalized therapy plans. Another reason is we have many evidence-based therapies at our disposal, including a variety of helpful carpal tunnel exercises.

Two beneficial carpal tunnel exercises we use

One category of exercises that may help carpal tunnel patients is tendon gliding exercises. This category of carpal tunnel exercises has two main goals. First of all, they’re intended to help you improve the way the tendons move through the carpal tunnel in your wrist. They’re also designed to help you alleviate pain. Two tendon gliding exercises that may help you meet these goals are “fingers down” and “L” position.

Fingers down is one tendon gliding exercise designed to help you improve tendon movement and relieve pain. To begin this exercise, hold your hand open and upright like you’re telling someone to stop. Next, slowly bend your fingers down from the second finger knuckle until their tips are touching the pads at the base of each finger. Hold this pose for two to three seconds, and then return to the starting position for two to three seconds. Continue to repeat these steps until you’ve completed five to 10 reps with each hand.

A second tendon gliding exercise that can help carpal tunnel is the “L” position. Start the “L” position with your hand in the same open position as fingers down. From there, slowly bend your fingers forward from where they connect to your palm until your hand forms and “L.” Hold this position for two to three seconds, and then return to the starting position to rest for another two to three seconds. During each of the 10 reps per hand, concentrate on holding your fingers straight while moving them into and out of the “L” position to maximize the benefits of this exercise.

Advent Physical Therapy can also help you by adding other components to your carpal tunnel treatment plan, such as:

• Wrist stretches
• Joint mobilization
• Thermotherapy
• Ergonomic recommendations

Would you like to find a carpal tunnel treatment plan that includes helpful carpal tunnel exercises? Our team at Advent Physical Therapy is here to help. To get our help, though, you’ll need to take one easy but important initial step.

Contact our team today for more information or to schedule an initial appointment.