Carpal Tunnel Surgery...?
Question:
My doctor is recommending surgery and I'm wondering if anyone else has had it and if it worked for them. Plus, how long it took to recover. I'm a full time student and I use my hands for work.
Answers:
massage in addition to the chiropractic work will help. There are many bones in the wrist and that nerve doesn't have a lot of room to move around. Any slight swelling or movement can entrap that nerve. Massage can help reduce the pain. Always exhaust every option prior to surgery, there are some clinical massage therapists out there who can work miracles. Look on amta's website for a massage therapist skilled in carpal tunnel syndrome.
You need to see a chiropractor, if you haven't already. The great majority of the time, the tingling, numbness, and pain is actually stemming from a proble in the base of your neck, not in your wrist. If it is actually in your wrist, a chiropractor can adjust them. Also consider neuromuscular massage.Hope this helps.
If you are having to wear braces all day every day then it is probably time to have the surgery. You can actually permanently damage the muscle enervation in your hands if you leave it too long - causing muscle wasting.
Recovery time is a couple of weeks each hand, and relief can be instantaneous.
good luck
If this is his decision then it has to be. I had similar surgery and it isn't that bad, you let it go to long. The infection got bad.
Your going to be down for a few weeks, I know how it is, I was a med student, you will still be able to get by with help. Good luck.
The average time for recovery differs from person to person,but its usually a few weeks.You didnt say if your doc is a hand specialist or an internist.big difference...have you had an EMG test and MRI of the wrists? Both will help determine if it is carpal tunnel ...or something else.many people have had this surgery without problems,but its best to speak with your doc about the pro's and con's of surgery...many of the large teaching hospitals have hand surgeons around.look into it and best of luck
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