Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

First of all, as a nurse and not a doctor, I would advise you to go back to your surgeon for evaluation. You have not indicated how recently you have had your surgery and without knowing that, it would be improper as well as impossible to evaluate your situation online. The individual best qualified to evaluate you at this point would be your surgeon.

Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand, becomes pressed or squeezed at the wrist.

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Although I am not a doctor, I recommend two years. Your doctor may have a different opinion.

Massage therapists can commonly get carpal tunnel syndrome depending on what techniques they use, how long they massage, do they take adequate breaks as well as their own medical conditions (ie diabetes, hypothyroidism etc..) The gripping, pushing, squeezing can put quite a stress on their hands.

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Whatever somedoctors say, others are convinced that chemotherapy can cause carpal tunnel syndrome. In view of the large number of people who end up with carpal tunnel syndrome following chemotherapy, therehas to bea definite connection.

I find it reduces the pain immensely, sometimes too much so believe it or not. A few times I have not realized I was pushing my wrist beyond its limit (piano), and I painfully regretted it the next day. Do you find it helps or hurts?

Carpal tunnel is 'le tunnel carpien' in French.

Actually no muscle is cut during this surgery. Instead, the surgeon cuts the transverse carpal ligament so pressure on the median nerve (the cause of carpal tunnel syndrome) can be released thus reducing the symptoms.

I think it would be possible, but there are many other risk factors that can contribute to CTS; such as diabetes, arthritis, prior wrist injury, obesity and hypothyroidism to name a few. Playing the piano s more likely to strain the extensor tendons (the tendons on top of your hand) since the bottom of your wrist (where the actual carpal tunnel area is) is not resting or pressing on something. The treatment should be aimed at reducing the offending activity, ice to the area of pain or soreness, biofreeze pain relieving gel and night splints to sleep in (to keep the tendons and nerves in a neutral posture)

Motions that require the hands to repeat the same movements over and over again, especially with strong, forceful hand movements or ones that involve vibrating tools.

I assume you mean carpal tunnel syndrome? Yes it can be, but it doesn't always mean disability as a lot of cases of CTS are from unknown etiology or it can be from non-workrelated causes. In the U.S. anyway, If it is proven to be caused from work and your work comp state laws are applicable and you miss work due to the condition then yes you may be entitled to some kind of disability pay.

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The pain often worsens at night because most people sleep with flexed wrists, which puts additional pressure on the median nerve.

Ganglia is another word for ganglion cyst..wrist cyst, bible cyst. It is the most common soft tissue mass of the hand. It is a fluid filled sac usually found at the top of the wrist. They think it is caused by an out-pouching of the wrist joint area..either from repetitive use or trauma..but most are not caused by anything in particular

It is the compression or compromise of the median nerve as it passes through the wrist area. The anatomical name of the wrist is called the carpal tunnel...if you have symptoms of numbness and tingling of the first 2 or 3 fingers (usually worse at night) and some wrist hand pain then you might have the "syndrome", hence the name carpal tunnel syndrome or CTS

Scar tissue can form for a number of reasons, not healing properly, infection, improper surgery

Yes. There are nerves that run through this very tight, wide "bracelet". They can be damaged by the surgery, swelling afterwards or in therapy.

The best angle would be when your wrist and your forearm is in line.

You could take one multi-vitamin a day or one B6 type of vitamin a day and that would be more than enough to see if it will help. Most American diets contain enough vitamin B6 though. And the only way it would ever help Carpal tunnel syndrome is if you were deficient, which is probably unlikely.

Homeopathic believers of this form of treatment have not been able to produce unbiased data or studies to show that it works for carpal tunnel syndrome. There has been one limited study years ago that I know of, where the test subjects were deficient in vitamin B but this was done in another country outside of U.S., they were also showing other signs as well, such as other nerve problems and cracked lips etc..

Just be careful and don't take mega doses because it could tax your liver, and give you abdominal and intestinal problems. ************************************************************** Carpal tunnel syndrome is the result of inflammation of the nerve going through the carpal tunnel in the wrist. Moringa Oleifera, naturally containing 36 anti-inflammatories, can provide pain relief. Search on Moringa.

"After spending long hours on the computer for work, I have developed Carpal Tunnel Syndrome"