Carpal Tunnel Surgery Time

[1trussell]

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Call a chiropractor on Monday and get in as soon as you can.

[SEEGERMANY]

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Funny Read

[slayer]

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Chiropractors seam to like you to keep coming and coming back to them, and if you slow down or stop all together they hound you, just ask my wife!! They make a ton of money on repeat business and they seam to really get it. Jack.

[1trussell]

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Well, that really depends on the situation. The biggest reason why chiropractors have repeat visits from their patients over the long term, is because the patients don't properly take care of themselves on their own.

And "carpal tunnel" IS related to the spine. I put that in quotes because carpal tunnel is so overly diagnosed, that in most cases, the problem is not true carpal tunnel. The median, ulnar and radial nerves that innervate your hands come from nerve roots in the neck. If you compress the nerve at any point from A (the neck) to B (the wrist or carpal tunnel) the symptoms will be the same. There is also a condition called double crush syndrome. This involves nerve compression at two different spots, having a synergistic relationship and making the problem worse than if it were impingement at one location or the other. However, in a double crush situation, treatment of one area affects both sites. The EMG is the best way to track nerve conduction and will find exactly where the problem lies, be it in the carpal tunnel or the cervical spine (or elbow or shoulder, etc).

Now, a lot of misdiagnosed carpal tunnel cases can be treated very well with chiropractic (nerve impingement or "pinched nerve" is actually very rare - about 1-5% of the time a nerve is actually being "pinched"). There could be irritation (caused by any number of things) to those nerves at any point, from the cervical spine, shoulder and elbow joints to the wrist itself. A good chiropractor can adjust all of the areas and perform some palliative physical therapy for pain relief.

Here's the bottom line, the worst thing chiropractic will do for you is nothing. But, if it saves you a bunch of time, money and discomfort by keeping you from having surgery, then it seems worth it to try. Chiropractic will only help chiropractic problems. If your condition is not a chiropractic problem, then it won't help. And a good chiropractor will recognize that and refer you to the proper health care practitioner.

[fett]

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Here's a good read.. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/c..._any_treatment I had it happen to me a while back and it scared the shit out of me. I couldn't hold a knife and my wrist just felt weak. I didn't do anything but rest it and tried not to do the repetitive actions that can cause it. The muscle tone thing is something that I would check out further. That is, get a second opinion. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[slayer]

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Great points Travis!! I think mine is true Carpal Nerve damage, because the harder I use my hands, the worse the pain and that is not in my neck. I notice the more boxes I sling(grip) at work the worse it is, that tells me I think is more in my wrists than in my neck? Jack.

[1trussell]

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Is it just pain, or is there a sense of numbness and tingling in your hand? If the nerve is impinged (whether it's at the neck or wrist) there will be a sense of "pins and needles" in your hand. Kind of like when you sit on the toilet too long and your foot goes to sleep. The fingers will be numb to the touch, yet will hurt just sitting there. This is an indication that there is nerve blockage going on.

Now, if your hands hurt while working for long periods of time and you're sensitive to the touch, then the nerve is not blocked. It's working just fine. The nerve is able to tell your brain that your hand hurts when stimulated. There is irritation elsewhere causing the pain in your hands.

[Ripley7t]

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I have been on the fence about having surgery for awhile. I finally went and had the lovely nerve induction test to see if I have any inpingement. Well guess what, No Carpal, just arthritis. Thats what 24 years on a keyboard will get ya. Now that I use an ergo keyboard at work about 50% of the pain is gone. I still do get some of the tingling and mitten hand feeling sometimes, but that is usually after I use a computer mouse for long periods of time. I had to make a choice between playing computer games and guitar. Well I have no games installed on my HD now. My biggest problem seems to be in my picking hand just where the thumb is seated in the hand. Sometimes that gets kinda painfull and loose feeling at the same time. From what I have heard from people is the carpal surgery is 50/50.

[nateb]

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Had it done, best thing I have ever done.

What tests have they performed to diagnose your condition?

-Nate

[slayer]

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So far, just the hitting the neve with the little hammer thingy and squeeze test. I beleive the next one is the Nerve Industion test? What the hell is that test anyway? Travis bro, I get serious Tingling and Numbness in my hands and I meen to the point of that I can`t grip anything!! My doctor, once again said I had the worst case of CT that he had ever seen!! Jack.

[1trussell]

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Nerve induction velocity test checks to see how fast the signal is traveling down the Median nerve. It's the EMG test we were talking about earlier.

http://www.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/hw213852.asp

[SEEGERMANY]

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How about calling Mustaine and getting his opinion? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] I remember when he first announced that he had "Saturday Night Palsy" or radial neuropathy. About a week after he posted that info, I attended the PT State meeting in New Orleans. Having known several PTs for over 15 years, there wasn't one single person at our table that had ever heard that term used. Must be a Texas thing.

Anyway, Dave mentioned that he first tried his family chiropractor, then their family acupuncturist, then illegal stuff, before seeing a specialist and concluding with PT.

[PowerTube]

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Yngwie Malmsteen had carpal tunnel years ago and he says he cured it by drinking tons of Gatorade. I kid you not. I just went to his website to find the link for you, but it has been revamped and the Q&A section doesn't seem to be there anymore.

He said that his wrist joints weren't being properly lubricated, which indicates the same problem in the entire body.

[SEEGERMANY]

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Looks like he lubricated his mid-section with a Krispy Kreme.

[slayer]

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Thanks guys!! Has anyone had the Nerve Induction test? does it hurt? I am a big pussy [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] Jack.