Nerve gliding exercise becomes one of the optimal CTS treatments by assisting nerve mobilization. Restoring nerve mobilization would relieve edema and restore adhesion in the carpal tunnel. According to the research, nerve gliding exercise has reduced the pain, decreased sensitive distal latency, and improved the functions that require force to grab. However, inappropriate nerve gliding exercises would worsen the conditions. Neural mobilization via nerve gliding should avoid excessive median nerve stretching when extending fingers in wrist extensions or when otherwise not advised.
