Years later, Swami Rama commented that the real value of his experiments at Menninger was not to prove he could stop his heartbeat or regulate the temperature in individual cells in his body, but rather to demonstrate the potentially therapeutic power of the mind/body connection.
Most people with carpal tunnel syndrome are treated without surgery. Surgery is considered only when: 1  Symptoms haven't improved after several weeks to months of nonsurgical treatment. 2  This assumes that you are having ongoing symptoms but no sign of nerve damage. 3  Nerve damage would make surgery more urgent.
Today, Seaman's enjoying the newfound freedom of moving his hand without pain-and just in time for hunting season. Erie VA is one of the first facilities in the area offering the endoscopic method of carpal tunnel release surgery. The surgical clinic operates on more than 50 cases of carpal tunnel per year. If you suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome, talk to your provider to see if this new method is right for you.