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Carpal Tunnel

What triggers carpal tunnel?

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common hand and arm condition affecting millions of people each year. Symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome include pain, numbness, and tingling felt in the hand and arm, which can limit hand function. The symptoms are due to compression of a nerve in the carpal tunnel. This nerve is called the median nerve, and it runs from your forearm to your hand via the wrist.… Read More

Preventing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

In this era of personal computers, laptops, and other high-tech electronic equipment, one would think the modern office-place would be virtually free of any workplace-related injuries.  The bad news is all that repetitive hand and wrist motion is causing more and more cases of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). CTS is caused by pressure or aggravation of the median nerve that runs through the carpal tunnel of your wrist, causing pain, numbness and that tingling sensation.… Read More

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