Pat,

I was developing serous carpal tunnel syndrome several years ago
with symptoms very similar to yours. My doctor recommended that
I should get surgery.

Instead, I tried a product I found on the Internet called
FlexTend. It is an exercise glove that works on your extensor
muscles � the ones that open your hand � and within one month
of using the gloves for about half an hour per day, my symptoms
disappeared completely. If I start to feel tingling again, I
just use the gloves for a few days and they go away.

I heartily recommend that you try this before resorting to
surgery, which is far more expensive and will not address the
source of the problem.

By the way, I am not associated with the firm that makes these
gloves. You can find them by googleing "flextend, carpal tunnel
syndrome"

Rick O'Hara
512.243.6825
rohara002(at)austin.rr.com


Ellis: Hello Rick. Great advice. I looked up Flextend and
I found the following. I am not trying to do advertising for
them, but I think that as Rick says, this is something that
you should try first if you have carpal tunnel syndrome. I
paste a few sentences... read more about it here:

http://www.aerobicmouse.com/flextend/

(this is free advertising for them. They deserve it. I am not
an affiliate or in any way connected to them... - Ellis)

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FleXtend® Advanced Treatment for the Prevention and Rehabilitation
of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Repetitive Strain Injuries.

FleXtend® is a patented Orthotic exercise system that provides
relief from the symptoms associated with carpal tunnel syndrome,
repetitive strain injuries and epicondylitis. It does this by
correcting the imbalance between the two groups of muscles in your
hands and forearms. In the hand these muscles are the Flexors,
that close the hand and the Extensors that open it. These are
opposing muscle groups that are located on top and beneath the
fingers, when the hand is viewed palm down.

The Flexor (closing) muscles become overly developed because
they are constantly used to grip and click while the Extensor
(opening) muscles are relatively underused so they do not
develop the same degree of muscular strength. This causes the
imbalance.

This influences the resting position of your fingers as (in
relative terms) the overly developed and stronger Flexor muscles
pull against the weaker Extensor muscles more than they should
and so the fingers of the hand tend to claw; pain and numbness
can then be experienced, due to the pressure this puts on nerves
and blood vessels

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Thank you, Rick, for the good information. Three stars for
this post. - Ellis