Originally posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom
I was going to a chiropractor a few years ago that said that 90% of the time carpal tunnel can be "cured" with a chiropractor instead of through surgery. He said "something" is not aligned right and if you re-align it the carpal tunnel will go away. I've never had occassion to test his theory, but it might be something to think about if you really don't want to have the surgery.
Here is some information about NUCCA chiropractic from advancedspinalcare.com:


The NUCCA Spinal Correction

The NUCCA Spinal Correction is a precisely calculated movement of the bone structure of the head and neck used to remove interference around the brain stem. The procedure is painless and completely safe. It's been said that NUCCA Doctors are performing brain surgery without a scalpel or knife. Indeed, the NUCCA spinal correction may very well be the safest, and most importantly, the most powerful tool in health care today.

The NUCCA Correction is applied to the topmost vertebra on the spinal cord which is also called the Atlas or C1 vertebra. The Atlas is concave on top to accept the convex base of the skull, and it is convex on the bottom to fit into the concave of the next vertebra. Central to the vertebra runs the spinal cord, carrying a host of body control messages from the brain. Between each pair of vertebrae are 31 pairs of nerves extending out to organs and muscles. Misaligned (or subluxated) vertebrae can impinge on the nerves and hamper body function.

The NUCCA Technique is distinct in that the adjustment is only performed on the Atlas vertebra, since the Atlas misalignment is the root cause of body imbalance. The correction usually makes no sound. Furthermore, the direction of the application of force to perform the adjustment is not based simply on the Chiropractor's judgement, but on the detailed X-ray analysis. From the X-rays, a three-dimentional force vector is calculated and applied to the Atlas to correct its position.

What's so important about the Brain Stem?

The brain stem is an extension of the brain which joins the brain to the spinal cord. It is located at the top of the neck. This area of the central nervous system controls all of the body's automatic functions, e.g. breathing, blood circulation, digestion, elimination, sexual activity, and posture (Body Balance). Hence, if the head and neck structures misalign around the brain stem , thus compressing it, the misalignment creates a global postural distortion we call Body Imbalance. This misalignment can negatively effect physical, emotional, and even mental performance. The patient suffering from any disease process due to body imbalance would never think that there is neurological interference at the brain stem level since there are no pain sensory fibers inside one's central nervous system to feel the brain stem pressure.

Again, Brain Stem compression (Body Imbalance) can restrict or distort the transmission of messages that govern the thousands of functions that keep our bodies operational. If the imbalance is not corrected, the long term effect is degeneration of that part of the body serviced by these restricted messages - causing mild to severe pain, lowered resistance to illness, organ dysfunction, loss of mobility in the limbs and ultimately disease.

Healing
All healing in the body is self-healing. Examples of self-healing are the repair of broken bones or cuts on the skin. No treatment of any kind can heal these tissues; only the healing forces within the body can heal damaged tissues. Other bodily tissues are no different in this respect.

Yet, self-healing requires a perfectly functioning nervous system free from stress and interference. One that can feed all bodily system with a normal electro-chemical flow thus promoting optimal health.



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