Warm wax or mud? new study tests hand pain relief

This study compares two hands-on therapies—paraffin wax baths and mud packs (peloidotherapy)—for easing pain and improving hand function in people with mild to moderate carpal tunnel syndrome. 90 adults will be split into three groups: one gets wax plus home exercises, another gets mud plus home exercises, and the third does only home exercises. Researchers will check pain and symptom severity right after treatment and again three months later.