How to recover from a mouse bite syndrome?

After the end of the day, your fingers become numb or your wrists ache? It's time to solve this problem!

Long-term work at the computer leads to such diseases as spoiled vision, impaired posture, headache and so on. It also leads to mouse-bite syndrome. On scientific this disease is called carpal tunnel syndrome. Usually such a disease is observed in secretaries, operators and programmers. Every year the number of sufferers has significantly increased.

What is this syndrome?

According to the scientific carpal syndrome - a carpal tunnel injury, along which passes the median nerve and tendons of muscles. Inactive work with a computer mouse slows blood circulation in the hand and leads to internal microtrauma. As a result, the tissues swell and contract the nerve.

This disease has certain syndromes. The feeling of itching or tingling in the fingers, which usually occurs after the end of work. There is pain and numbness in the area of ​​the wrist. Usually the pains are strong, that a person can not even hold onto any object (pen, glass, phone).

How to prevent this disease?

For pain or swelling, apply cold to the wrist. Hold your wrist under a stream of cold water several times a day. Alternate cold and hot hands for 30 seconds.

Also in the treatment of this syndrome, acupuncture, magnetotherapy, various warming ointments and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are used.

And with severe pain, injections of corticoid hormones are prescribed. These are drugs that reduce swelling and inflammation. Physiotherapy methods also have an anesthetic effect. These methods include shock wave therapy (SWT). It is based on a short-term impact on the affected area of ​​high-energy vibration waves. This procedure is painless and includes 5-7 sessions. These methods do not bring results, they resort to surgical intervention. During the operation, the nerve is released from squeezing and restoring the lumen of the carpal tunnel.

Exercises for the prevention of carpal syndrome:

• every 1.5 hours of work, take breaks to relieve muscle tension;
• squeeze and unclench fingers;
• do rotational movements in different directions;
• Straighten your arm and lift it at shoulder level and bend your wrists. With the other hand, gently pull the wrist toward the elbow joint. So stretch it for 20-30 seconds.