Acupuncture Clinic Services

Carpal Tunnel Treatment in Greenville, SC

Carpal Tunnel Treatment at IHP Greenville — expert acupuncture for chronic pain and musculoskeletal issues. Dr. Hendry, DAOM. Call (864) 365-6156.

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) — compression of the median nerve at the wrist producing numbness, tingling, and weakness in the hand and fingers — is one of the most common upper extremity nerve entrapments. At Integrative Health Partners, acupuncture and dry needling offer a conservative, evidence-based alternative or adjunct to wrist splinting, corticosteroid injection, and surgery.

How Carpal Tunnel Treatment Works

CTS treatment uses acupuncture at local wrist points (PC7, HT7, LU8) combined with forearm flexor dry needling (pronator teres, flexor carpi radialis) and proximal nerve release techniques at the cervical spine and thoracic outlet if double-crush syndrome is suspected. Electroacupuncture at 2 Hz supports nerve regeneration and remyelination.

Conditions Treated with Carpal Tunnel Treatment

Your First Appointment

Bring any nerve conduction study (NCS) or EMG results. Describe symptom distribution (which fingers are affected), when symptoms are worst (typically at night or with sustained wrist positions), and duration. Thyroid status, pregnancy, and diabetes — common CTS risk factors — are relevant to Dr. Hendry's assessment.

Why Dr. Hendry for Carpal Tunnel Treatment

Dr. Hendry's electroacupuncture research background directly informs his CTS protocols, with specific frequency selection for median nerve regeneration and pain modulation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes — multiple RCTs show acupuncture significantly reduces CTS symptoms and improves nerve conduction velocity. A 2017 Frontiers in Neurology trial found acupuncture produced neuroplastic changes in the somatosensory cortex corresponding to symptom improvement.
For mild to moderate CTS, conservative treatment with acupuncture and dry needling often produces sufficient improvement to avoid surgery. Severe CTS with documented motor deficit on NCS typically warrants surgical consultation.
6–12 sessions. Improvement in median nerve sensory conduction velocity has been measured at 4–6 sessions in clinical trials.
Yes — Dr. Hendry recommends wearing a neutral wrist splint during sleep throughout the treatment course to reduce nocturnal nerve compression while acupuncture reduces the inflammatory component.
Double-crush syndrome occurs when the median nerve is compressed at two points along its path (e.g., cervical spine AND carpal tunnel). Treating only the wrist often fails in these cases. Dr. Hendry evaluates for this pattern at your first appointment.
Integrative Health Partners, 319 Wade Hampton Blvd, Ste A, Greenville, SC 29609. Call (864) 365-6156.

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