Carpal tunnel syndrome usually starts slowly, causing numbness or tingling in the fingers (especially the thumb, index and middle fingers). It can also cause swelling and a cold feeling, along ...

Your carpal tunnel is a narrow passageway of ligament and bone that goes from your forearm to your hand. Your median nerve as well as nine tendons that control your fingers exist in this passageway.

Carpal tunnel syndrome, most often caused by overuse, is the compression of the median nerve as it goes into the hand, explains Kate Wilkins Nellans, MD, MPH, board-certified, fellowship-trained ...

The carpal tunnel is at the base of your hand and contains this nerve, which controls some of the muscles in your hand as well as the feeling in your thumb and fingers (particularly the index ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome is more prevalent in women, potentially due to their greater propensity to retain water and smaller carpal tunnel. In fact, it occurs in a 3:1 female-to-male ratio, ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome involves the compression of a nerve in the wrist. It can cause pain, numbness, and tingling in the hand and wrist. Without treatment, a person may experience permanent loss ...

Certified hand therapist Brenda Cummings says, "Wrist braces for carpal tunnel work by keeping your wrist in a neutral position to alleviate pressure from the median nerve." To be effective ...

A carpal boss can be mistaken for a ganglion cyst or a tumor, and vice versa. If you develop a lump on your wrist and you’re not sure what it is, you should talk to your doctor about it.

UAB researchers, Naman Shetty, M.D., (left) and Pankaj Arora, M.D. (right) Physician-scientists from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine led a nationwide ...

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After carpal tunnel surgery, people can use the affected hand with minimal risk as long as the surgical incision has healed. Using the hand may cause soreness but will not cause long-term ...