Carpal tunnel

What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)? It is when the median nerve, which runs from the forearm to the palm of the hand, has excessive pressure on it. The median nerve is the one that gives you feeling to the bottom side of the thumb and to most of the fingers. Women from ages 30-60 years of age are three times more likely to have carpal tunnel than men. This is because the carpal tunnel itself is smaller in women then it is in men. Carpal tunnel can be caused by many other problems like…

DOI: 1/20/2016. Patient is a 62-year-old right hand dominant female sonographer/cardiovascular technician who sustained bilateral pain and numbness of hands, left arm and shoulder due to repetitive movement. Per OMNI, the patient had bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, left rotator cuff tendinitis, and strained muscles and tendons of the left rotator cuff. Per the medical report dated 07/19/16, the patient is being evaluated for her progressive paresthesias in both hands along the median nerve…

The pathophysiology of Carpal tunnel syndrome is the wrist bones that are known as the carpal bones and the ligament known as Transverse carpal make up the carpal tunnel. Compression or swelling of median nerve happens when the cover of the tendon gets inflamed or fibrosis block the passage through the carpal tunnel. Often cause by repetitive movement leading to numbness and tingling of fingers and forearm, wrist pain, weak grip and Tinel’s signs. Most often at night is when the symptoms…

Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common peripheral neuropathy. CTS occurs when the median nerve is impinged beneath the transverse carpal ligament, which holds the carpals in position where the wrist meets the palm of the hand. The carpal tunnel contains nine flexor tendons that are responsible for the fingers ability to flex, and provides sensation to the radial three digits and half of the fourth digit. CTS causes parethesias, thenar clumsiness, and weakness in lumbricals one and three…

human body, the human race would not have had the ability to be where it is today. But what makes up the hand and foot, allowing it to perform the functions its capable of? The human hand has a total of 27 bones: eight in the wrist, called the carpals; five in the palm, called the metacarpals; and fourteen in the fingers, called the proximal, middle, and distal phalanges.…

8/19/2010. Patient is a 35-year-old right hand dominant female enrollment specialist who sustained injury to her right upper extremity due to regular job duties. Per OMNI, she was diagnosed with right carpal tunnel syndrome. Electrodiagnostic evaluation dated 11/29/10 revealed mild right carpal tunnel syndrome; mild chronic right C6-C7 radiculopathy; no clear evidence of right C5 or C8 radiculopathy; or of right ulnar neuropathy. Per the acupuncture progress report dated 08/20/15, the…

C5-C6/ cervical sprain/strain. 2. Bilateral cervical radicular pain C5-C6 L>R 3. Cervicogenic neck pain with cervicogenic headaches/bilateral occipital neuralgia. 4. Bilateral shoulder sprain/strain. 5. Bilateral wrist sprain/strain/bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. 6. Bilateral hand/ first metacarpal joint pain. 7. Lumbar discogenic pain/ bilateral lumbar facet pain L4-L5 and L5-S1/ lumbar sprain/strain. 8. Bilateral lumbosacral radicular pain L5. 12/02/15 Progress Report indicated that…

Mallet finger is a type of fracture which occurs in the distal joint of the finger and causes abnormal finger flexion at distal joint. There are two ways to treat mallet finger. One of them is treating by splint that is a thermoplastic splint, it can be custom or ready-made to keep the finger in hyper extension position and the patient must keep it for a while until the bone will have healed. The other method is treating by Kirschner wire (k- wire) this wire should be inserted inside the bone to…

at night correlates directly with carpal tunnel syndrome. In an article by, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, I read, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Fact Sheet to find out how to improve sleep. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a condition where the median nerve is compromised and creates weakness in the hand. The carpal tunnel is located in the wrist, and is a narrow passage of ligament and bone in the base of the hand. For some people the carpal tunnel area is hereditary and just…

Carpal tunnel syndrome affects the hand and harm, causing numbness, tingling, and a variety of other symptoms. It is caused by a pinched nerve in the wrist. Many factors can contribute to carpal tunnel syndrome such as the anatomy of the wrist, other underlying health problems, and possibly patters of hand use. The carpal tunnel, a narrow passage way that protects a main hand nerve - the median nerve, is located on the palm side of the wrist. Compression of that nerve causes numbness, tingling,…