I have both carpal tunnel and nerve damage.?

Question

Going on for ove a year and just got dingosed yesterday. My neurolgist says to were "Support gloves both arms" so I am. Are their any other treament options for this instead of surgary?

If not then is surgary painful will you fill anything or notice anything?

Answer 1

From having talked to others who have carpal tunnel I'm told that physical therapy can be helpful.

Answer 2

Chiropractor and Massage Therapist using the principles below.
Your problem is neither - the gloves will not do anything if your arms and back are supported when you are sitting. They are the same muscles. To get to the muscles under the shoulder blade that hurts most reach the hand from the sore one over onto the other shoulder (it lifts the shoulderblade).

Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.

Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.

The cure - start with a professional massage, you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).

For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.

Answer 3

For CTS they normally give you braces. If you don't want surgery they can give you a steroid injection to help ease the pain. The surgery really isn't that bad and its pretty short too. They go in and fix/release the CT. you will have small scar on the inside palm of your hand. About 7 to 10 days after your surgery you will get your stitches removed and you should be back to your normal activities by then.

Answer 4

My wife had both hands like that, she tried everything, she finally had the surgery done, it was "Out patient surgery", did not take long, was not too painful, and now the problem is solved ! Get the surgery, you can't even see any scare on her hands, the best sugeon in the country, is right by us in NY. She said she should have had it done earlier, and was worrying about "Nothing".

Answer 5

Try some vitamin B 6