Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

[Magenta69]

I had it in both hands, and it was caused by arthritis. The steroid injections given by the orthopaedic specialist fixed it.

That is intriguing. I thought carpal tunnel was caused by repetitive overuse, but your post led me to google it, and I am enlightened! Obviously the various causes have matching solutions, so it is important to know what is beneath the symptoms.

In my husbands case it was repeated grasping of a pick on a timber processing line that stretched the ligaments through the wrist causing the tingling and numbness along with the fingers locking up, so shortening the overstretch fixed the issue. Inflammation from arthritic joints though does respond to steroid or non steroidal anti inflammatories, hence that course of treatment...


https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/c...l-syndrome

In my case carpel tunnel was preceeded by de quervains in my wrist. The specialist gave me the option of surgery or steroid injection for that. I decided to give the injection a try before resorting to surgery and it worked. When it was followed by carpal tunnel first in one hand then the other they realised there was more going on and I was referred  to a rheumatologist.