I was a layman and did not know much about the carpal tunnel syndrome. One day I experienced shooting pain in the nerves of my hands. I did not know what was happening and decided to call my doctor. She visited my place and checked the nerves. The pain did not stop; it started moving to the arms and shoulder. I told her about these symptoms and that is when she explained to me about the carpal tunnel syndrome.

The median nerve is affected by the disease. 

This is a disease that affects the median nerve in the wrist. This nerve runs through the carpal tunnel. The nerve gets pinched and that causes the pain. When the nerve is compressed it results in sensory as well as motor changes in the hand. You will find that people who use their hands and wrists repetitively complain of this disease. Who are those persons? It can be typists, packers, computer operators, data entry clerks, assembly line workers and anybody who uses their hands strenuously. What is observed that when there is an overuse of the hands and the fingers the nerves swell up and there is an inflammation. But to think that there is no cure for it is not right. You can always do the carpal tunnel syndrome exercises and get well soon.

The disease has to be treated at the earliest.

This disease can affect one hand of a person or both the hands. If you feel a pain, numbness, burning or weakness in your hands these could be the carpal tunnel syndrome. You must get it checked at the earliest and begin with a treatment. There are many treatments that are available. You will have to see what suits you the most. If you like the natural remedies you can choose them over surgery and medication. Everything depends on you and what you are comfortable with.

Try out the natural remedies first.  

I started doing the stretching as well as the range of the motion exercises regularly and benefitted from it. Not only that I decided to have a healthy diet that was full of vitamins and minerals. I drank a lot of water. My doctor told me eat more fruits and vegetables as that will be good for health. I reduced my salt intake as that would swell up the nerves. I even tried the castor oil treatment. And before I knew the pain had vanished completely and I could move my hands and wrists like before again. All this worked like magic and cured the carpal tunnel syndrome.