Do you wake up with your hands falling asleep?

Do you ever wake up with pain or tingling in your hands, or your hands have even fallen asleep? This condition is commonly referred to as Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS). The nerves that supply your arms and hands can get pinched off in a number of spots - the 2 most common places are in the neck itself, or in between the muscles at the Thoracic outlet where your nerves and blood vessels form a bundle before spreading out into the arms.

So what can you do about it? Firstly, make sure you are sleeping on a pillow that supports your neck. Look out for our video in the next few weeks where we show you how the pillow should look and feel, but essentially it needs to be a pillow with a a concave so that your neck is properly supported.

Next, get adjusted by your Chiropractor. If the nerves in your neck are getting pinched, then a simple series of adjustments should clear the problem. Also, getting your upper back adjusted will help because most people who suffer from TOS usually have a rounded shoulder posture from sitting at a desk all day and become tight and hunched in their upper back which adds stress to the neck and then the muscles that make up the Thoracic Outlet.

Lastly, you need to stretch your pecs and scalene muscles daily to allow more room for the bundle of nerves as it passes through the outlet. We have a video on our Youtube channel where we demonstrate how to stretch these 2 muscles.

Please share this with anyone who you think could benefit, and leave any comments below if you have more questions.

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