Begin Curing Yourself With Easy Carpal Tunnel treatment
November 5, 2009 by Tom Nicholson
Filed under Health & Fitness
Some studies have led medical health practitioners to the conclusion that carpal tunnel syndrome can be successfully treated with increased supplementation of vitamin B6. This research concludes that CTS is brought on by the joints and ligaments in the hand and wrist becoming weakened by too little of this very important vitamin.
For instance, in research conducted by the Portland Hand Surgery and Rehabilitation Center in Oregon, 441 people were examined and it was concluded that in these patients higher levels of vitamin B6 corresponded with fewer incidences of carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms. PHSRC also concluded that higher levels of vitamin C in proportion to lower vitamin B6 levels corresponded with more incidences and greater frequency of flare-ups of carpal tunnel symptoms. Similarly, Japanese university student research with a random sample of 174 students concluded that lowered levels of vitamin B6 led to increased risk of getting CTS.
There are many way that you can put more vitamin B6 into your system besides taking gel cap supplements. Consider rounding out your diet with avocados, turkey, sunflower seeds, salmon, mangoes, brown rice, bok choy, barley, sweet potatoes, and pork. You will also hear that drinking beer in moderation can make a difference in elevating your levels of vitamin B6. Diet can be a very important factor in keeping yourself healthy. There are also some situations that can encourage a vitamin B6 deficiency. For instance, women on oral contraceptives find that they can be deficient in this vitamin as can people who eat too many foods that have Yellow Dye #5, which is found in some highly processed cheeses and pickles. Also be aware that high levels of stress can affect your body in this fashion.
When people do choose to take supplements, they usually are told to do so with 50 mg doses no more than three times per day. B6 supplements might cause increased urination. Health practitioners agree that you should not get more than 200 mg of B6 per day unless you’re instructed to do so by a physician. In greater dosages, B6 is a neurotoxin which can also harm sensory nerves.
The issue is that in some research cases, this is something that is seen to happen. Some studies as well as some anecdotal evidence have cause physicians to prescribe this vitamin on a routine basis. According to Dr. Alfred Franzblau of the University of Michigan School of Public Health, one issue is that patients might be overdosing on vitamin B6 in the format as prescribed by their doctors, who might seem them taking as many as 300 milligrams of the vitamin or more.
So, can increased levels of vitamin B6 really prevent carpal tunnel syndrome? Or is this research too “iffy” and this supplementation too dangerous to be tried? One treatment for CTS which is known to be safe is performing a set of exercises designed specifically to removed CTS symptoms and then prevent future onset. No drugs, no possibility of overdosing, no “iffy” results; you strengthen your hand and wrist and CTS is gone and prevented.
Developed CTS exercises are non-invasive and drug free. They are designed to be used to strengthen the hand and wrist so that CTS symptoms fade away and future possibilities of getting carpal tunnel syndrome are prevented. It is likely that these will be even more effective for you. Follow this link to see more carpal tunnel exercises.
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