RECHARGE UNIVERSITY
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Health & Wellness
carpal tunnel therapy
carpal tunnel pain OVERVIEW
Carpal Tunnel is described as a numbness and tingling in the hand and arm caused by a pinched nerve in the wrist. Wrist anatomy, underlying health conditions, and patterns of hand use can contribute to carpal tunnel syndrome. Key symptoms are pain in the hand and arm with numbness or tingling. The carpal tunnel is a narrow opening between the bones in your wrist and the ligament that holds them together.
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THERAPY OVERVIEW
Low frequency pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) can provide noninvasive, safe and easy to apply method to treat carpal tunnel pain, inflammation and dysfunctions associated with back pain, sciatica and neuropathy and PEMF has a long term record of safety. The analysis of various studies of pain, cell culture systems and clinical trials reporting the use of PEMF for pain cure has conclusively shown that PEMF not only alleviates the carpal tunnel pain in the condition but it also affords chondroprotection, exerts antiinflammatory action and helps in cell health and has been developed as a viable alternative for carpal tunnel pain therapy.
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SCIENTIFIC BACKED RESULTS
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Pulsed magnetic field versus ultrasound in the treatment of postnatal carpal tunnel syndrome: A randomized controlled trial in the women of an Egyptian …
DM Kamel, NS Hamed, NAA Raoof… - Journal of advanced …, 2017 - Elsevier
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A randomized controlled trial of the effects of a combination of static and dynamic magnetic fields on carpal tunnel syndrome
MI Weintraub, SP Cole - Pain Medicine, 2008 - academic.oup.com
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Pulsed magnetic field therapy in refractory carpal tunnel syndrome: Electrodiagnostic parameters–pilot study
MI Weintraub, SP Cole - Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal …, 2005 - content.iospress.com
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Assessment of the effectiveness of two different physiotherapy procedures in the conservative treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome
A Dakowicz, A Kuryliszyn-Moskal, R Latosiewicz… - Reumatologia … - termedia.pl
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effectiveness
Statistical reduction of pain scores at end of treatment (23%) and also end of follow-up (37%) were noted in the 33 hands that completed the study. The PGIC questionnaire revealed 67% improvement. There were no adverse events or safety issues. Our pilot data suggests that directing PEMF to the carpal tunnel region can provide pain relief for a majority of individuals.
MI Weintraub, SP Cole - Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal …, 2005 - content.iospress.com
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HOW OFTEN
How often should you repeat this therapy? The Carpal Tunnel pain relief therapy program at Recharge requires a once per week visit to the club for 90 minutes per session.
RESULTS
What are the results of this therapy? After approximately 4-7 weeks clients should see a noticeable improvement
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