Re: [repetitivestrain] Anyone have experience with carpal tunnel surgery??
CTS surgery is only 25% successful because the problem is often not actually in the carpal tunnel. You may one of those cases where the problem is actually in the neck and shoulders where tension is compressing a nerve and causing distal symptoms in the fingers/hand.
Are you tense? Are you stressed? Do you have good ergonomics? take breaks? dring water? deep breathe? good posture?
see www.conquerrsi.com for some very interesting information about repetitive stress injury.....I'm not associated with the site, I just found it incredibly helpful to me.
>From: "Robin Nobles"
>Reply-To: repetitivestrain@yahoogroups.com >To: repetitivestrain@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [repetitivestrain] Anyone have experience with carpal tunnel surgery?? >Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 21:39:39 -0000 > > >Hello, > >I had carpal tunnel surgery 4 weeks ago. My doctor told me that I'd >have 70-80% use of my hand back in 4 weeks. I **guess** I do, but it >actually hurts worse than it did before surgery. The numbness, >tingling, pain, etc., is even worse. > >To make matters even worse, I'm a writer -- and I'm on this computer >day in/day out. I tried to type with one finger for a while, then >when it started hurting too much, to leave and rest my hand. > >But, my doctor said it's not necessary to do that any more. He said >that my typing won't damage what he's done to try to correct the >problem. > >My doctor said that it may take 9-12 MONTHS to see the full benefits >of the surgery. SCREAM. I wondered if because I waited a long time >for the surgery if maybe I'd damaged the nerve. He said that's a >possibility, and my hand may not get any better than it is now. But, >we won't know for a while. BE PATIENT. Geez. He also said that the >longer you wait to have surgery, the longer it sometimes takes to >recover. > >Has anyone else had carpal tunnel surgery? I didn't have the scope- >type surgery -- just the standard CT surgery. > >What type of recovery did you experience? How long did it take before >the pain, numbness, etc., went away? > >Because using my hands are my job, and because I have no other >alterative but to use my hands, this is so frustrating! I'm going to >check into voice recognition software, which may help me to a certain >extent. > >Thanks for ANY advice you can give me. > >Robin > > >------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> >Save on Coral Calcium. Get Better Health and >Stronger Bones. Seen on TV >http://www.challengerone.com/t/l.asp?cid-2805&lp=calcium2.asp >http://us.click.yahoo.com/9gf46B/EfUGAA/ySSFAA/6xSolB/TM >---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > >This list sponsored by: >http://www.voicerecognition.com/ >Voice Recognition ... an alternative to typing ... > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >
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