Approximately 260,000 carpal tunnel release operations are performed each year in the United States for Carpal Tunnel treatment. Unfortunately, only a small percentage of these patients are able to return to their previous jobs. In many of these instances, surgery does not solve the CTS problem. Although 15% of the US population complains of wrist pain, numbness, and tingling, only one person in five complaining of these complaints actually have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome as is defined by strict medical diagnostic tests. Nonetheless, office workers including secretaries and typists who use their hands every day my repetitive motion encountered this problem with great regularity. In fact Carpal Tunnel Syndrome {CTS} or similar complaints account for the highest number of reported work related injuries.
By example, 50% of all food workers report CTS or similar complaints, such that the United States Department of Labor called CTS “the chief occupational hazard of the 90s”. Workers in slaughterhouses are especially prone to this problem. Workers in the automotive industry also share similar work related CTS complaints. The Gradient Medical QuadraBloc has been used in occupational pilot studies and thousands of observational studies to help resolve the symptoms associated with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
In an aging population, the elderly often experience significant arthritic pain. Many times medications used to treat the pain associated with arthritis, over time, lead to extremely
serious, medication (pharmacological) related side effects. These medications may cause gastrointestinal bleeding, kidney disease or failure, stroke, hypertension, and heart attack. Common symptoms or complaints of arthritis include restricted or painful joint movement, most notably hands, knees, and back. The companion area of the need may be the result from several different etiologies. The problem should be treated with QuadraBloc only after a thorough investigation by physician or for chronic problems for which there may be no good alternative. The common causes of knee discomfort include injury, inflammation, degenerative changes (bone loss), poor circulation birth defects and developmental defects; ankle pain is another source of discomfort, which may have several underlying causes including prior injury, ligament sprains, ankle laxity, ankle fractures, arthritis and osteoarthritis of the ankle joint and bursitis. Elbows are another source of considerable discomfort. Generally described as tennis elbow, tendinitis in the elbow, discomfort may also be a direct result of arthritis. The elbow video on www.QuadraBloc.com in the Vital Points segment describes the placement of QuadraBlocs about the elbow.
QuadraBloc is a simple, noninvasive means to the help those suffering from the aches and pains associated with repetitive motion injury, arthritis, tendinitis, and soft tissue injury.
