Every day, assembly line workers, keyboard operators, grocery store clerks, and many others, receive micro-traumas to their hands and wrists. Vibration and repetitive motions, when combined with spinal problems and other joint dysfunction, can result in a condition known as carpal tunnel syndrome

Carpal: Across the back of the wrist, eight small irregular bones (called carpals), form a letter “C.” Carpal tunnel syndrome wrist bones Closing the circle on the inner side of the wrist is a tough ligament. This is what creates the carpal tunnel.

Nine tendons, which transmit forces from the forearm to the fingers, pass through this narrow tunnel along with the soft median nerve. This tunnel is about the size of your pinky.