Arthritis is a debilitating disease that is characterized by inflammation of the joints. There seems to be a strong correlation between arthritis and the carpal tunnel syndrome, along with wrist tendonitis. Although this is an entirely different condition, they are quite similar in nature and in symptoms.
Thus, there is a strong belief that the progression of a condition that results to carpal tunnel syndrome as well as wrist tendonitis has the same effects that inevitably lead to arthritis.
Is there a truth to this inkling? Does this prove that indeed carpal tunnel syndrome could result to arthritic conditions?
The dynamics of carpal tunnel syndrome is described to be an escalating degree of pain that at times could be intolerable. Whenever we use our hands on our day-to-day routine, we twitch a muscle here and there. As a result of that, we get tighter or stiffer muscles and this takes place even as we sleep. This further results to poor blood flow and nutrition because our everyday nourishments are not properly absorbed.
In addition, there is difficulty in eliminating waste products which of course makes us uncomfortable. Moreover, our connective tissues progresses into a thickening state up to the point of immobility. Our body’s defense system starts to combat that condition leading to exhaustion that the body is now reactive to the dull throbbing pain. The development of this disease is somewhat complicated but what we must be aware most of is the condition wherein muscles get tighter, and we need to know the reason why they stay that way.
This gradual agonizing progression almost always leads to joint compression, specifically of the wrists. There is a domino effect whenever our muscles tighten up. It pulls the tendons, which connects the muscles to the bones. It results to a pulling effect wherein the hand bones are pulled by the forearm bones whenever the muscles tighten.
There is continuous overuse of joints and muscles in our everyday tasks. Even as we sleep, our finger joints are somewhat tightened up. The joints continuously grind against each other. Hence, we conclude that the tighter our muscles become, the more that our bones forcefully grind against each other due to compression.
In actuality, our body is not meant to work this way. Our musculoskeletal system has a certain harmonious way of how they rhythmically go about their functions. Our joints should be gliding rather than aggressively grinding against each other, but the latter happen because of bone compression. This continuous dilemma causes damage to the interior lining of the joint which then results to arthritis.
As of late, there is still no proven cure for arthritis. But still, the available options for treatment could certainly lessen or manage arthritic inflammation and symptoms. When there is already damage within the inner lining of the joints, there is no guarantee that it will be healed. It might even get worse, but with the advent of modern medicine as well as the natural alternative ways of dealing with arthritis, there is always a way of living a normal and productive life.
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