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How to heal Carpal-Tunnel-Syndrome?

Ms. P, a successful manager in a top IT company, was driving home from a tiring meeting at work. Lately, she noticed a slight weakness in her wrist and two fingers, particularly when writing or holding a phone receiver for a long time. She began experiencing severe tingling, numbness, and stitching-type pains in her palm while driving the car. After a while, she was unable to drive the car efficiently and had no choice but to try to get home…
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How to prevent Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

Carpal tunnel is caused when the muscle imbalance in the forearm or hand results in too much repetitive motion. Although there are other causes, such as diabetes, gout and direct trauma, Carpal Tunnel is the most common. The good news is that the syndrome can develop over a long time period, so you have the chance to prevent it by doing physical exercises with your hands and forearms. Most often, the muscle imbalance is caused by repetitive and/or stationary wrist…
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What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can be diagnosed if you have the following symptoms: Do you feel tingling in your thumb? What about your middle, index, and ring fingers. Do you wake up in the middle of the night from pain? Is it possible to move, shake, or massage the pain with your hand? Is the pain sometimes felt in the arm or shoulder? Is there numbness or a sensation of numbness? Do you feel numb? Carpal Tunnel Syndrome affects the wrist…
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What causes Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is one of the most common clinical issues I see in my orthopaedic practice. CTS is something you, or someone you know, have likely experienced. More than 100,000 people in the United States undergo carpal tunnel surgery each year. It's remarkable that doctors don't know much about the causes of carpal tunnel syndrome, which is a common condition. Carpal tunnel syndrome can be associated with certain medical conditions like diabetes, thyroid disease, and even gout. CTS…
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How to deal with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), is the most common nerve-entrapment disorder. Nerve entrapment is when a nerve gets pinched. The carpal tunnel is located on one side of the wrist, at the palm. The eight wrist bones form the floor and sides of this carpal tunnel. The roof of the tunnel, which is made of tough fibrous tissue called the flexor retinaculum, is the toughest part of the tunnel. The median nerve and the flexor tendon to the fingers are connected…