How to Prevent Carpal Tunnel With Yoga

Carpal tunnel is caused by repetitive finger and hand usage, often found in high-computer-using cultures. A few yoga poses will help you prevent or work to curb carpal tunnel pain.Ayurvedic medicine is an Indian philosophy that emphasizes balance in the body through diet, lifestyle approaches and exercise. That is why yoga is a healing factor in the Indian culture and why we should all take a few tips and add them to our daily regimen. For those who suffer from carpal tunnel in particular, a few stretches can help ease the pain.

Instructions

1. Find a comfortable seated position. Breathe deeply.

2. 

   Reach your right arm out in front of you, facing the inner arm up toward the ceiling. Reach your right wrist up toward the ceiling and take a hold of your right fingertips with your left hand. Breathe into your wrist area. Surround the wrist with the breath by sending (mentally) the breath to the wrist.

3. Switch sides, and with your left arm out, face your left wrist up toward the ceiling, taking a hold of your left fingertips with your right hand. Breathe into your wrist area. Send the breath to the wrist.

4. 

   For a deeper stretch, bring both hands down in front of you, facing your wrist outward and your fingertips toward your body. Breathe into both wrists.

Tips & Warnings

• Do these stretches in the morning and before going to bed.

• Take breaks throughout the day to stretch your inner wrists and do hand/wrist circles.

• Be careful! This is a delicate area of the body. Do wrist circles to stretch in between these deeper stretches.