| Yoga is the answer! Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is | | | | To widen the chest area, interlock your fingers behind |
| detected when a person feels pain, weakness and | | | | your back with the palms facing the upper body. Roll |
| stinging sensation in the hands and wrists. Median | | | | your shoulders back, without thrusting your ribs. Stretch |
| nerve controls movement and sensation in the hand, its | | | | your elbows and arms on the exhale and hold this |
| compression produces a numbness in the index finger, | | | | posture for a few breaths. On an exhale, bend your |
| the thumb and the middle finger. This condition mostly | | | | elbows and bring your wrists to the right side waist, |
| affects people who work long hours on the | | | | gently pressing the right elbow towards the left. Then |
| computers. A regimen based on certain yoga | | | | bring the wrists to the other side. Repeat this |
| exercises can help relieve pain of people who suffer | | | | sequence with fingers linked the opposite way. To |
| from CTS. A set of yoga asanas will stretch muscles | | | | open up the mid-back region of your body, hug your |
| and joints of the affected part, tone them, strengthen | | | | body. Exhaling, bring the lower arms at right angles to |
| them and free them from discomfort. | | | | the floor, the palms should face each other; stretch the |
| Yoga postures to cure CTS are so simple that you | | | | fingers up. On the next exhale, raise the elbows up to |
| can practice them even during working hours. For | | | | shoulder level. Hold for a few breaths and then repeat. |
| optimum results, you must hold each pose for a few | | | | You can shape your finger- muscles by extending |
| breaths and allow maximum stretch; it is also important | | | | each finger and pressing it against the surface of a |
| not to overdo any exercise as that will prove harmful | | | | table. To work on your thumbs, place your right palm |
| for the already strained muscles. Full body stretch at | | | | on the desk top with your wrist straight. Loosen all |
| the wall, as its name suggests, elongates your arms | | | | your fingers. With your left hand, slowly stretch the |
| and fingers, sides of the torso and shoulder blades. It | | | | thumb of your right hand away from the forefinger. |
| also firms your legs and renders the whole body | | | | Hold for a few breaths and repeat with the other |
| supple and lithe. Extended full body stretch can be | | | | hand. Sitting pose, neck release, and torso twist are |
| performed even if you are working at your office | | | | also beneficial for relief of CTS symptoms. At the end |
| desk. This exercise will work muscles of the entire | | | | of each session, allow tension to flow out of your |
| body; firming and toning them. Shoulder stretching pose | | | | body by letting arms, hands, fingers and shoulders |
| will help elongate the spine and tone the tailbone, it will | | | | droop limply. You can easily hold this routine in your |
| stretch arms and shoulders too. You can work on | | | | breaks at work. Once practiced regularly, it will bring a |
| your forearm and wrist using the wall for pressing | | | | noticeable improvement in the power of your hands |
| against it. This will make the muscles of your fingers, | | | | and reduce pain. |
| thumbs and forearms powerful. | | | | |