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Carpal Tunnel Relief – While You Sleep!

Are you one of the 180 million Americans using a computer at work and/or at home? Then you are at risk of repetitive motion injury. These injuries, especially carpal tunnel syndrome, can be devastating.

But they can easily be prevented by simply setting your workspace up more ergonomically – to fit your workspace to your body not fit your body to the workspace.

If you already have wrist pain, or have even been diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome, there could be an easy way to relieve the pain. Through night splinting -- the #1 doctor recommended conservative treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome.

Dr. Ian MacMorran, an orthopedic and hand surgeon specializing in workers compensation evaluations in private practice in San Diego, says you can 'night splint' yourself by wrapping a thin pillow around your hand and forearm and taping it with duct tape or a Velcro strap. This was the treatment his grandfather, a country doctor, provided to farmers milking cows by hand before milking machines were invented.

Dr. MacMorran tried this prescription on his patients but realized that many did not 'comply' with this treatment, so he developed a night splint based on the pillow concept.

His patented night splint, the Smart Glove, a soft, flexible support.