About 2 years ago we had a short thread on Carpel Tunnel and paddling and
some exercises to help relieve the pain, numbness, etc.

I'm just wondering how / if people had any success in improving their
condition?

Regards

Roger.

Hi,
There really are no good exercises for relief of carpal tunnel impingement.
One thing you might try is wrist splints at night. They keep your wrists
mildly extended and are some benefit for some people. The only real fix is a
good neurosurgeon to do a carpal tunnel release. Having worked in the
neurosurgery field for over 20 years I've seen a lot of this and a good
surgeon is about the only long term solution. That and if you have carpal
tunnel syndrome don't paddle with a feathered paddle, it will only aggravate
it.
Bub

I had carpel tunnel in both wrists several years back and was wearing wrist
braces at night because the pain would be so bad. My hands would often go
numb from time to time too. It turned out I was over gripping my paddle and
that's what caused it for me. Since I mainly paddle whitewater I knew I
wasn't going to stop over gripping so I went from a straight shaft to a bent
shaft paddle staying at 45 degrees and the carpel tunnel went away in about
4 months. Since I have smaller hands and there are more option in paddles
now a days I've since gone to a small shaft bent shaft and that has really
relieved much of my over gripping.

Courtney

"Roger Martin" wrote in message
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About 2 years ago we had a short thread on Carpel Tunnel and paddling and
some exercises to help relieve the pain, numbness, etc.

I'm just wondering how / if people had any success in improving their
condition?

Regards

Roger.


Find a good physical therapist and they can show you some basic exercises to
minimize symptoms, but it seems to only help with milder cases.