To relieve wrist tension, begin with the flex and extend exercise. Extend your arm in front of you, palm facing down. Slowly ...

OUR resident specialist and NHS GP, Dr Zoe Williams, shares her expert advice. Today, Dr Zoe helps a reader who suffers from ...

Open and endoscopic carpal-tunnel releases are commonly used as the definitive treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome. This ...

Medically reviewed by Oluseun Olufade, MD If you have carpal tunnel syndrome, your symptoms appear gradually and are mild at ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome develops when something places pressure on the nerve that runs through your wrist and into your hand. This is often caused by swelling related to things like changes in ...

In carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), one of the nerves to the hand (the median nerve) becomes compressed as it passes through the wrist. This often gives rise to pain, numbness or tingling in the ...

What is carpal tunnel syndrome? Carpal tunnel syndrome is a compression of the median nerve that causes tingling, numbness, pain and/or weakness in the arm and upper extremities. The median nerve ...

Commonly diagnosed hand and wrist conditions include carpal and cubital tunnel syndrome, ganglion cyst and basal joint ...

Background Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) has already been described as a possible form of neural leprosy presentation. However, the median nerve can be involved in this neuropathy in proximal segments ...

Objectives The boom in computer use and concurrent high rates in musculoskeletal complaints and carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS ... evaluated CTS using symptoms and nerve conduction studies (NCS), and ...

Though not epidemiological in design, studies of median nerve function among computer users, exposure characteristics in computer work and the influence on carpal tunnel pressure (CTP) and median ...