Performance Therapy — Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

Cubital Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is generally understood to be a condition that is caused by compression of the ulnar nerve, often by connective tissue or bone. However, it may also be caused functionally with the development of active trigger points in the triceps, flexor carpi radialis and ulnaris muscles. In this video, Stuart Hinds demonstrates the Trigger Point Therapy technique for treating Cubital Tunnel Syndrome. 

Median Nerve Entrapment Syndromes - Stuart Hinds   Nerve Entrapment Syndromes Nerve entrapments are not overly common but well worth exploring as trigger point therapy has been demonstrated to relieve symptoms. In about half the cases of Cubital Tunnel Syndrome for example, studies have shown that clients will usually recover without the need for surgical intervention, and stress the importance of education to help clients avoid provocative movements such as protracted periods of elbow flexion. In these cases, the clients rehabilitation can be greatly assisted with a program of trigger point therapy to help relieve the symptoms whilst the condition is slowly...