You might suffer from abdominal pain for any number of reasons. Whether your pain is temporary, occasional, or chronic, you’ll want to find relief as soon as possible, lasting as long as it can.
If you are in the beginning stages of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, you will notice a bit of tingling, numbness, and pain in the arm and hand. Over time, symptoms progress and become a chronic pain disorder that causes severe aching in your hand and arm because of nerve compression in the carpal tunnel. Even though ten million Americans suffer from carpal tunnel, it is considered among all the nerve disorders as one of the easiest conditions a chronic pain doctor can treat.
Anatomy Of The Carpal Tunnel
Your hand and wrist contain four primary parts that affect the regular function of the hand and carpal tunnel: the median nerve, transverse carpal ligament, synovium, and flexor tendons. The carpal tunnel is a thin passage in the hand that is located above the wrist bone and beneath the transverse carpal ligament. The path of the median nerve passes through the carpal tunnel and is responsible for the sensations that you feel between the thumb and the first three fingers. As flexor tendons also run through the carpal tunnel, they easily press on the median nerve causing inflammation because of irritation which is why you feel numbing, tingling, and extreme pain.
Carpal Tunnel Symptoms
Symptoms are not sudden, so it is difficult to tell the difference at the beginning that you have carpal tunnel syndrome since they occur gradually. The symptoms will get worse as they will become more constant, frequent, and severe which a chronic pain doctor will help you with.
Symptoms include:
Carpal Tunnel Causes
Based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, carpal tunnel was the primary reason why workers missed work as well as led to permanent disabilities in welders, housekeepers, highway maintenance, laborers, kitchen staff, electricians, construction, painters, movers, and mechanics.
Carpal Tunnel Treatment
If your symptoms are light, try rubbing or moving your hands until the pain or numbness subsides. If your symptoms persist, call us to make an appointment at the Maryland Pain & Wellness Center to have an assessment and electrodiagnostic test. You may require treatment like a splint, physiotherapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, acupuncture, chronic pain medications, a corticosteroid or anesthetic to reduce inflammation and swelling, and surgery.
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