r/carpaltunnel

I’m at 10 months post surgery and at this point it’s worse than before. Surgeon says negative EMG and negative MRI that I’m gonna be going to a hand specialist soon.

so im an artist and my worst nightmare would be to not be able to draw anymore. i got tingles in my wrists and sharp shoots of pain but i get those randomly across my body so i didnt think much of it especially since it goes in both hands but i started getting tingles too. it mightve been because i exhausted my wrist but im so terrified to get cts and not being able to draw anymore. im so scared of my wrist getting injured and i dont know how to deal with the paranoia because at this point its overwhelming me and its affecting my daily life because of how scared i am. how did you know you got carpal tunnel??

I had years off and on of wake up with my hands numb, but it was easily fixed with circulation and I know sometimes I sleep weird. I didn’t think anything of it. I’m 41 and for the past two days my thumb is completely numb. I feel like I’m touching a someone’s else finger as gross as that sounds. It doesn’t have mobility like my other hand. It’s just so sudden and extreme. I scheduled as appointment with a specialist next month. Has anyone had a similar experience? I’m hoping it will correct itself but it doesn’t seem likely at this point

Few years back I took methadone and at same exact time started to experience the carpel t s. Quite taking methadone and it went away. Few years later started taking methadone again and it started right back. My partner also started methadone and she also is experiencing same effect. How is there no known link to opioid and c t s. I would bet my life there's a link. Anyone else experiencing this effect. Hope I can post this here as I don't normally post at all. Ty.

It's not severe but I had carpal tunnel for over a year now. I've worn splinters, did execercises and etc. I was fine for the most part. It only hurt when I pushed my wrist too hard. But for the past week, the pain is different. It doesn't ache or go numb anymore, it just hurts. It stings like a knuckle you can't crack and whatever I try doesn't work. What do I do? 🤔

Does anyone still have numbness in their fingertips after a couple of years from having the release surgery? I've been crocheting again and the numbness is coming back slightly.

I had open release on the 10th, and am a week and a half post op. So far it has been fairly smooth sailing, but the last day or so, I've been having pretty bad pillar pain in the area below my thumb. Currently it's just radiating in the area whenever I move even just the arm at all.

I tried looking in the sub here and online, but didn't have much luck. Did anyone else have this? It's excruciatingly painful. 800mg of Ibuprofen isn't touching it. I'm about to take one of my Tylenol 3s. My stitches come out on the 22nd.

Yesterday, I went to Ovation Hand Institute in Mequon, WI to have carpal tunnel surgery. I’m happy to report I’m back to work TODAY (worked a full day at my desk)! Dr Niedfeldt does a thread carpal tunnel release that takes 15 minutes in office, no sedation needed (it was maybe 12 minutes from the time I laid on the table to when I was able to get up). I was super skeptical as to if it would be as easy as they said. It truly was easy. There is virtually no pain, my hand is a little tender. I’m on a lifting restriction for 2 weeks, but I can fully use my hand with no other restrictions. There are no incision marks, no stitches, just two puncture wounds covered by bandaids.

If you have been putting off having carpal tunnel surgery because of the invasiveness of it, I highly recommend going to Ovation Hand Institute in Wisconsin.

Huge thank you to Dr. Erek Latzka on this page who gave me the information about this procedure when I asked about endoscopic and SONEX procedures. Truly thank you!!

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I got a steroid shot last Monday and was told to not do anything with my hand for a week. It's basically a week now, and it still kind of hurts. The injection site still hurts as well, with no symptoms of infection.

My nerve study came up normal, but ultrasound showed the carpal tunnel and some other tissues were inflammed and enlarged

Need some guidance on this, as the months of research we’ve done leading up to this has only pointed towards using ice + elevation in the first few days after surgery.

Not sure if this is because I’m staying still or it’s a pillow culprit. I’m beginning to wonder if the problem is actually in the neck area for me, maybe the neck mri and emg missed something?

Hey, everyone!

I’m not sure if I’m on the right sub but shooting my shot anyway. When I study, I have to write a lot which eventually causes a sharp tingling pain in my hand, wrist, and forearm. This is despite the fact that I do stretches and massages before and after I write.

I’m not sure if this is carpal tunnel. It’s probably not since my hand never hurts when I’m not writing.

That said, do you guys have any suggestions on what kind of gloves I can get to help reduce/eliminate the pain when I need to do prolonged periods of writing? 😊

Any advice would help too. Thank you so much!

Doctor was pretty vague and just suggested a "sponge" to put over the incision site and to wrap it with regular bandage after that when I'm going out or when I return to work to keep it protected. I realized later that I have no clue what she's talking about and now it's the weekend 🫩

What did y'all do with your incision site after you took off the bandage they initially put on? When can I stop bandaging? And should I wrap it overnight so I'm not getting it caught on anything or somehow irritating it?