Carpal tunnel syndrome

[Jim D]

Wow, I’m scheduled for surgery January 13th for carpal tunnel syndrome, wonder if I can beat it with this chin up protocol.
Thanks for posting this info gents, I will be searching that next.

[j410s]

I think maybe one of the reasons the chinup protocol works is that your whole body is hanging in tension, while a hammer curl is an isolation movement.

As further evidence for you I've been formally diagnosed with carpal tunnel and ulnar tunnel from sports when I was younger and over a decade working in front of computer. Hand swelling, total numbness, etc. After starting the armstrong pullup program ages ago now I noticed I didn't really have as many issues (it was actually mostly gone except when the weather aggravates it). The hanging in tension is the key here I think. The nerves running through your elbow and wrist are very particular about positioning and I wonder if that does something to "realign" them via muscular development.

[Mark Rippetoe]

It may just be that the tension decompresses the tunnels enough over time that the inflammation goes down.

[Johnsonville]

I wonder if hanging could fix it. I do know the chin-up hand position pisses off whatever I have to no other, and not having an adaptation to the stress. I’ll try just hanging from a pull-up position to see if it provides any relief.

[Peter Bex]

I wonder if hanging could fix it. I do know the chin-up hand position pisses off whatever I have to no other, and not having an adaptation to the stress. I’ll try just hanging from a pull-up position to see if it provides any relief.

Bumping this older thread because I'm curious if the hanging helps at all.