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You may have heard about stretching your muscles when your muscles are sore and tight, but have you heard about nerve stretching?
First of all...what IS nerve stretching?
Do we even need to stretch our nerves? Why?
And how do we even stretch out nerves?
So many questions, but let's deal with it one at a time. Nerve stretches do not really ’stretch’ the nerves per se, but these nerve stretching exercises aim to improve the glide and movement of the nerves through the joints and muscles by improving their ability to slide and glide.
Nerves, much like our muscles, can also become tight due to
Nerve stretches can help to reduce any nerve tightness which will help to relieve pain that is associated with tight nerves. There are some simple to do nerve stretches that you can perform on your own for the nerves in your arm.
They are as follows:
Our median nerve is the nerve that runs along the palmar (top) side of our wrist and can sometimes be compressed in the wrist resulting in a hand and wrist condition called Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS).
Patients who suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome usually report tingling or numbness in the thumb, index, middle and half of the ring finger on the affected side.
To stretch your median nerve
Patient who suffer/experience radial nerve tightness may experience
To stretch out the radial nerve
Our ulnar nerve is also commonly known as the “funny bone” nerve.
Prolonged gaming can sometimes stress the ulnar nerve and cause pain at the wrist.
To stretch the ulnar nerve
Sitting for long periods can sometimes cause our sciatic nerve (located at the back of our hamstrings, the muscle behind your thigh) to tighten up.
The nerve runs from the lower back down the leg to the foot and a person with tight sciatic nerve can experience
To stretch the sciatic nerve
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