As we are seeing more people suffering from wrists pain or carpal tunnel syndrome, there are more desk jockeys at present time then decades ago. Conventionally, when we have a pain in a specific location in the body, we tend focus on that spot. Basically, treating the symptoms, aspirin for headache, or surgery for low back conditions. In this post, we are going to dive into some of the main triggers for wrists pain and what we can do to reduce or get rid of that problem.
As a sufferer myself, many years back, I experienced minor wrists pain and I didn't know what were the causes and how to fix it. For a moment, I thought it was regular hours of playing badminton as a sport when I was younger. Then, I found out by self experiment that it was combination of both foods reactivity (inflammation of the joints) and chronic poor sitting posture, and massive usage of computers. I was skeptical during the first phase of research, but I had to remove the reactive foods and amend my sitting posture and perform corrective exercises to counter the over used of forearm flexor muscles.
It is important to realize that wrist pain condition or similar carpal tunnel syndrome could be more then one causal factors. It may be solely due to one chronic trigger, or perhaps combination of poor physical posture due to chronic sitting, regular use of forearm flexor muscles (primarily using computers and writing) and also foods which causes inflammation of the joints. And for most people, depletion of certain nutrients can also prevent the nerves tissues from regenerating and healing itself.
Most people tend to think of physical pain is mainly if not solely because of wrong movements or poor posture integration. Example, how many people would believe that gluten or wheat can cause inflammation of the joints? Or WGA in grains bind to tissues in the joints and cause low level inflammation? And in most common cases, sugar. especially processed sugars and carbohydrates can lead to increased levels of Advanced Glycation End-Products (AGEs) which lead to further inflammation.
The goal here is to reduce or remove foods which cause inflammation, and implement a diet which is anti-inflammatory and support nerves tissues repair and healing. If you are eating a high sugars, wheat and trans fat diet, there is a very high chance you may experience joints pain somewhere in the body. You are literally flooding your body with high amounts of cytokines and inflammatory chemicals. Joints pain is the least of the concern here, with cardiovascular disease and cancer are some of the bigger health problems that you will potentially face if poor diet prolong for years.
Although there are no guarantee that any solution can fix this condition entirely and permanently, I hereby provide some of the simple (if not easy) steps to practically implement in your daily lifestyle. For some, you may feel the difference almost immediately or within 24 hours, but for others, it may take a little longer to see improvements. Bear in mind, this is a non-invasive protocol, yet natural and non drugs based.
1) Straight fingers Pressed
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| Straighten all fingers as much as possible, you should feel the upper arm muscles contract. |
2) Palm Stretching
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| Stretch out the fatigue overworked muscles of the bottom part of the forearm. Perform this stretch for 30-45 secs each palm. |
3) Pectorals myofascial release
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| You could either use a myofascial ball, lacrosse ball or even pointed rehab tool (seen in pic) for pectoral muscles release. Focus on deep breathe inhale and exhale for 90-120 secs for each pectoral area. |
4) Removal or inflammatory foods
- -Wheat or wheat based foods
- - Refined sugars
- - Trans fat (vegetable oils)
- - MSG
5) Nutrition/supplement
Magnesium oil - Supplement form, or diet rich in magnesium as mineral. It help relax blood vessels and muscular tissue that can cause compression of nerves in carpal area. For magnesium oil, apply topically onto the area which is experiencing pain, massage for couple of minutes and let it absorb into the skin.
Wintergreen essential oil - Contain analgesic effect, calms down inflammation. Apply few drops topically onto the area of the wrists. You can mix with coconut oil too.
Vitamin B6 and B12 - Supports nerves tissues to regenerate and heal. Some of the foods are organs meats. seafoods, and high quality organic free range animal based products. Foods which contain a complete range of B complex.
Anti-inflammatory foods - Ginger, turmeric, bromelain (pineapples), Omega 3 rich foods, organic vegetables, etc
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