Your instincts to find a natural method to treat Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a good approach. However, it is important to use logic and science to select the best natural method to begin treatment of CTS. Let’s examine the various Carpal Tunnel Bracelet options as a possible best first treatment option.

Wearing copper bracelets as a remedy for joint pain has been popular in folklore for thousands of years. The Ancient Egyptian Medical Papyrus dating back to beyond 2200 BC suggest copper as a remedy to sterilize wounds and drinking water. In Ancient Greece the use of copper jewelry was recorded to ease aches and pains. Today, Pharmacies and Drug Stores even offer copper bracelets and magnetic bracelets. There are ad campaigns “As Seen On TV” promoting the medical value of these metallic bracelets.

Given all of the promotion by large corporations, it does add an element of presumed legitimacy to the ancient lore of assumed medicinal benefits. It does make a thinking person somewhat curious as to whether or not these metallic bracelets offer any real medical benefit or could it be that this phenomenon is really just folklore and wishful thinking passed down through the ages and seized by determined marketing people who believe the claims and are trying to profit from them?

Let’s consider each type of Carpal Tunnel Bracelet separately and look at the claimed benefits, the proposed mechanism of action, the proponent’s justification for their claims and weigh the claims against the scientific medical evidence and studies.

This systematic logical approach grounded in science should help clarify your dilemma and clear up the confusion about Carpal Tunnel Bracelets altogether.

We can also offer advice on some natural alternative treatment options that you should consider which are developed by Doctors with patented medical technology, backed by clinical studies and substantiated patient reviews.

The problem with this line of thinking is: It is a big jump from a scientific point of view – “Inducing the body to re-grow cartilage with trace amounts of copper?” There is no scientific documentation or basis for this claim of which we are aware. The proponents of this process offer no evidence that it is true. They simply assert it as a fact and assume a deficiency of trace copper. An obvious question looms: If there is no copper nutrient deficiency, how would adding more copper suddenly induce regrowth of cartilage.

Cartilage growth and maintenance has more to do with the availability of Collagen as a basic nutrient in our diets than with copper deficiencies.

While the ancient references to the use of Copper Bracelets for the Treatment of Pain, dating back thousands of years, is impressive, old references to historic remedies rarely prove to be the most effective medical treatments today. Collectively, in the medical community, using information technology and the latest scientific instruments, we have learned a lot about disease pathways, mechanisms and medical efficacy of all types of treatments in the last century. If we cannot improve on treatments from three thousand years ago, our record of progress in medicine would be poor indeed. Ancient references are interesting historically, but don’t carry much weight as viable medical treatment options today.

The peripheral evidence the proponents of Copper Bracelets for carpal tunnel treatment offer is impressive and interesting, but not convincing from a rigorous medical or scientific point of view. It appears they are following a pattern we often encounter when there is a lack of scientific evidence. Proponents of a treatment regimen draw on impressive peripheral evidence to prove their point rather than solid scientific evidence, clinical studies or statistically significant patient reviews.

The rigorous medical studies on the use of Copper Bracelets as a treatment to relieve carpal tunnel pain or joint pain, reveal that there is no statistically significant scientific evidence to support a claim:

“That the wearing of a Carpal Tunnel Bracelet made of Copper helps Carpal Tunnel Pain”

Furthermore, there are no clinical studies documenting that Copper Bracelets help Carpal Tunnel in the medical literature at present. It is also safe to conclude that wearing a copper bracelet will not improve the other symptoms of Carpal Tunnel you mentioned such as hand numbness, itching palms, loss of grip strength, or dropping objects. These are all common carpal tunnel symptoms.