Our hand consists of 27 bones, 36 joints and 43 muscles. All of this is necessary for us to be able to grip, write, squeeze or play an instrument. Carpal tunnel syndrome impairs the function of the hand and is uncomfortable and painful.
For this reason, a night splint or carpal tunnel syndrome splint is prescribed for the night. Three important tips on the carpal tunnel syndrome splint and support for carpal tunnel syndrome/hand support that you should definitely know if you want to sleep without pain again soon.
The carpal tunnel support
Almost one in ten Germans between the ages of 40 and 70 suffers from carpal tunnel syndrome. Women are affected around five times more often than men. In carpal tunnel syndrome, a specific nerve in the wrist area is constricted. This causes discomfort and pain.
The carpal tunnel syndrome splint is designed to help alleviate this pain. The hand should be kept in a neutral position during treatment. The thumb, index finger and middle finger are placed in the holder for curpal, a KTS splint or carpal tunnel syndrome hand splint.
The carpal tunnel syndrome wrist splint or carpal tunnel hand splint is one of the most popular alternatives to surgery.
If the symptoms occur frequently or persist, surgery is usually performed. Complications are not uncommon. Now there is a gentle way of treating carpal tunnel syndrome with a new carpal tunnel syndrome splint. The treatment has the same effect as an operation. The new treatment method we describe here is called curpal®.
But before we explain how the new carpal tunnel syndrome splint curpal® works, let's first take a look at how conventional treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome works.
First step: Prescribing a night splint
The first step in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome is the prescription of a conventional night splint. This splint is designed to prevent the hand from buckling at night. To do this, it places the hand in a position during the night in which you cannot move it. The hand is therefore immobilized. When you remove the splint in the morning, then
- you will feel a tingling or itching sensation
- Your wrist feels a little rusty and
- You have to move it first.
Some patients report that they cannot sleep well or deeply with the carpal tunnel syndrome night splint. And whether this is really better than being woken up by pain is something that everyone can decide for themselves. Wrist pain and numb fingers are among the most frequently cited causes and problems of carpal tunnel syndrome.
A conventional carpal tunnel splint for use at night can be prescribed, the costs are covered by health insurance and this orthopaedic wrist splint can be purchased from a medical supply store. This makes the frequently asked question superfluous: How do you bandage a wrist with carpal tunnel syndrome?
However, you should never follow the advice to wear the night splint during the day. This can have the opposite effect to what you are hoping for by wearing it
What are the real benefits of a night splint or wrist splint?
Many sufferers ask themselves: Why a splint for carpal tunnel syndrome? What are the benefits of a wrist splint? First of all, you should know that a conventional night splint acts like a wrist support: it relieves and stabilizes the wrist by immobilizing it.
But that brings us to its negative effects. At least if you also wear your wrist support during the day. The answer to the question: "Can I also wear the night splint during the day?" is a clear no! Because wearing a night splint (some people also call it a wrist support or wrist splint) permanently can have the opposite effect to what you actually want.
Given the complicated mechanics and complex structure of the hand, this makes sense. A hand is a true marvel and this marvel is designed to move.
If you don't move your hands, you realize that essential functions such as mobility or strength quickly deteriorate. However, a night splint immobilizes the hand and wrist at night. This is also very useful for carpal tunnel syndrome. But only at night.
Because at night, this conventional hand support prevents the hand from buckling. This buckling is often the cause of the discomfort. However, if you also wear the hand support during the day, the exact opposite happens: the hand becomes stiff and strength decreases. Why is that? Because the actual function of the wrist is movement.
Second step: surgery
Despite this, it is often recommended that the night splint or hand support should also be worn during the day! However, anyone who wears them during the day is taking a big risk. They run the risk of their wrist becoming increasingly stiff and the strength in their hand and fingers decreasing.
But the really annoying thing is that constantly wearing a night splint doesn't change the narrowed carpal tunnel at all. This is because the actual cause, i.e. the pressure on the nerve that causes the pain, remains the same.
Therefore, sooner or later there is no way around surgery. As the saying goes: "If the wrist brace doesn't help, you'll have to have an operation." And that's really annoying, because why did you go to all this trouble?
So let's take a look at a new and gentler way of treating your carpal tunnel syndrome using a completely different type of hand support. Namely with the carpal tunnel syndrome splint curpal®.
Tip 1: Which brace for carpal tunnel syndrome? This carpal tunnel syndrome splint really helps.
curpal® is a new carpal tunnel syndrome splint that has the same effect as surgery: this hand brace widens the carpal tunnel. But while the conventional night splint merely immobilizes the hand, the new carpal tunnel syndrome splint stretches the carpal tunnel. This stretching can quickly alleviate the symptoms.
This method of mechanical stretching is new in Germany, but in the USA this carpal tunnel syndrome splint is well known and has been used for a long time. And if you look at the complicated structure of the hand with its numerous bones, joints and muscles, it is clear that stretching the hand according to the principle of the new carpal tunnel syndrome splint is much better suited to the complicated structure than immobilizing it with a wrist splint.
You only need to wear the new carpal tunnel syndrome splint for a few minutes during the day. This means you can sleep pain-free again at night.
Tip 2: This is what distinguishes the curpal® carpal tunnel syndrome splint from the conventional night splint.
To understand how the carpal tunnel syndrome splint curpal® works, it is worth first taking a look at the effects of carpal tunnel surgery. During the operation, the roof of the carpal canal is split and the nerve canal is widened. This reduces the pressure on the nerve and the symptoms disappear.
Unfortunately, however, such an operation is often associated with long periods of downtime. It is also not uncommon for complications such as persistent discomfort or hypersensitivity and hardening of the scar to occur. If you don't want to accept these risks, then treatment with the curpal® carpal tunnel syndrome splint is a real alternative for you.
The new treatment method does exactly the same thing as surgery: It widens the carpal tunnel. This can lead to rapid and noticeable relief of symptoms. This method of mechanical stretching is new in Germany. It has been used in the USA for some time.
Tip 3: This is what makes treatment with the new carpal tunnel syndrome splint curpal® so effective.
During treatment with the curpal® carpal tunnel syndrome splint, the hand is placed in a type of hand cuff. A hand pump is then used to inflate an air cushion in the handpiece of curpal® , similar to a blood pressure monitor. This creates tension in the hand, which stretches the carpal canal.
The stretching gives the nerve running in the carpal canal, the median nerve, more space again and the pressure on the nerve decreases. As a result, the symptoms of nerve pressure, such as tingling in the fingers, pain at night or numbness, subside.
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When should you wear the new carpal tunnel syndrome brace curpal® ?
Our recommendation to achieve the best possible treatment success with the carpal tunnel splint curpal® is 3 x 3 x 3. This means that you take the carpal tunnel syndrome splint, push your hand into it, inflate the air cushion and hold the pressure for around three minutes. You do this three times in succession, so the whole thing takes around 10 minutes in total.
You simply repeat this treatment cycle three times a day, for example in the morning after breakfast, at midday after lunch and in the evening. In total, the treatment will cost you no more than around 30 minutes a day. You should notice a noticeable improvement in your symptoms after just 6-8 weeks.
As the new carpal tunnel syndrome brace curpal® has only been on the market since fall 2016, there are no representative studies on its effects as yet. In a patient survey conducted at the end of 2020, numerous users confirmed that the success of early treatment is noticeable after just a few days. The more advanced the carpal tunnel syndrome, the longer it can take for the symptoms to improve.
The curpal® carpal tunnel syndrome splint is the first and only way in Germany to effectively treat painful carpal tunnel syndrome without surgery. The sleeve widens the carpal tunnel, which usually relieves the symptoms quickly.
Conclusion
Wearing a wrist splint alone cannot eliminate the cause of carpal tunnel syndrome. Therefore, sooner or later there is no way around surgery. As the saying goes: "If the splint doesn't help, surgery is necessary."
Wear your conventional night splint if you feel comfortable with it. But only wear it at night if possible. Wear curpal®, the new carpal tunnel syndrome splint, during the day. As described above: 3 x 3 x 3.
This is because treatment with the new carpal tunnel splint is an effective alternative to splints and surgery.
curpal® is the first and only option in Germany for treating painful carpal tunnel syndrome without surgery. Treatment with the curpal® carpal tunnel syndrome splint widens the carpal tunnel, which usually relieves symptoms quickly.
Find out more at:
Karpaltunnelsyndrom.org - https://www.karpaltunnelsyndrom.org
or at YouTube - curpal
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