Stretching Injured soft tissue to restore flexibility is a key part of natural healing of CTS. However, stretching injured soft tissue, can sometimes create new excess inflammation until the flexibility is restored. In about 8% of cases, patients sometimes experience increased discomfort for a short time due to this increase in inflammation. The good news is this is temporary and usually only last a few days up to a week. Once the Soft Tissue is restore to normal flexibility, your body is able to readily disperse the excess inflammation and natural healing is accelerated. It is never good to see symptoms worsening, however, for a few people, it is the path to full recovery and complete remission of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome without the risks, downtime, long-rehab and complications with scar tissue that comes with Carpal Tunnel Surgery.