Does Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Occur in Shoulders?

Answer 1

No. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome occurs only in the wrists, however, due to the nerve that runs through the wrist also running through the shoulder, it is possible that you are feeling the pain there (much like if you break your wrist and can feel the pain all up your arm. More likely though, it will be perhaps arthritis, or some kind of RSI.

If it continues for more than a few days, see a doctor, as you will most likely have serious RSI or arthritis.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

No, it does not. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome only occurs in the hands because the bones in the fingers are called the carpals, metacarpals, and something else carpals. Hope this helps!!

Answer 4

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a painful progressive condition caused by compression of a key nerve in the wrist. It occurs when the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand, becomes pressed or squeezed at the wrist.

You may have a torn rotator cuff (a common malady in pitchers)

Answer 5

Carpal Tunnel is limited to the hands, but other osteological problems can cause symptoms. There are anatomical features that must be considered individually. Is the pain or discomfort within the joint capsule, is there swelling? Are there gritting sounds or sensations when the joint is moved? What kind of movement elicits pain? The cause of the discomfort could range from positional myositis (keeping the same position for a long time causing muscle pain), to an arthritic process, to granules with in the joint capsule, to tendonitis, ruptured muscles, synovial fluid reduction, fracture, bursitis (an inflammation of the bursa...the purse-like covering of the joint capsule....rarely would this be a referred pain, which is to say that you experience the pain in your shoulders but the causative factor is in your hand...that occurs more commonly over the trunk than the limbs. etc. etc.

Answer 6

I don't think they call it that. It can be a torn rotor cuffwhich is the muscle around the shoulder, arthritis or a calcium deposit causing a frozen shoulder. Put ice on it for 20 min. and then heat. This helps the pain. Take some ibuprofin, if you're not allergic to it. Some exercise is good for it, nothing very hard. Stretching and moving it around slowly and rubbing it to get the blood flowing to that area will help. Go to the Dr. if you continue to hurt after a week with no improvement. Testing will tell what the cause is. good luck.

Answer 7

Carpal's are your fingers. Carpal tunnels carry the nerves through your wrist area to you hands. So, no it does not occur in your shoulders. But bursitis does!

Answer 8

No, but the pain from carpal tunnel in your wrist can project upwards into your shoulder because it involves the median nerve which runs up your arm.

Answer 9

Carpal refers to the carpus bones of the wrist. There are nine of them.

Answer 10

no, but you could have bursitis. You can go to an ortho doc and they can give you an injection and it will go away soon. there are also rotator cuffs in your shoulder that can be torn--very painful! This is fixed only by surgery. I had the busitis and had the injection and it was wonderful!