Category: carpal-tunnel

Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when the medial nerve in your wrist gets pinched, causing pain, tingling, or numbness in your hand and fingers. For most people, carpal tunnel syndrome will worsen gradually over time without treatment. (1) Luckily, there are a number of carpal tunnel treatments to help relieve your symptoms. Nonsurgical Treatments for Carpal… Continue reading Treating Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Hand pain or tingling that’s worse at night is a common complaint with carpal tunnel syndrome. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common hand condition that can happen when the median nerve — which runs from the upper arm to the fingers — gets pinched at the wrist. (1) This pinching can occur when a passageway… Continue reading Symptoms and Diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

What Is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Carpal tunnel syndrome is a pinching or inflammation of the median nerve, the nerve that travels down the front of the forearm and wrist. It’s called a mixed nerve because it supplies sensation to three and a half fingers — typically the thumb, index, long, and ring fingers, and it… Continue reading Ask a Castle Connolly Top Doctor: Understanding Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, From Diagnosis to Treatment