I thought I had CTS for a number of years and the middle and ring fingers on my right hand have been numb and achy constantly for quite awhile. Finally was so bad, kept me awake for several nights with throbbing pain. I don't know what had brought this on, I hadn't really overused the hand. Usually would only really act up if I overdid it and would pass if I wore the wrist braces to bed for a few nights. Went to see my family doctor on 12/23, he referred me to a orthopedic specialist. Saw the OS last Friday and the conductivity test confirmed the CTS. I am leaving for surgery in about a half hour. Wish me luck.

 

Hope the surgery takes care of the problem,

Krusr

 

I was having some wrist pain and tried about 5 nights of a heating pad about an hour a night. Since then I've been pretty pain free.

Not saying it will work for everyone but it did for me.

Primo

 

If you value riding, you'll stop this: edited for Ionvex

 

I've had surgery on both wrist for carpal tunnel. As someone said it affects the thumb and first two fingers. Numbness, tingling, burning. Cold sensitivity. Waking up in the middle of the night with your hand feeling like it's paralyzed.

I think some have a predisposition to get it probably from narrow than usual nerve tunnels. Repetive motion like typing, using a screwdriver alot, etc can aggravate it.

It is progressive and you can permanently lose sensation in your hands. Easy to confirm with an EMG test. Little () electric shocks to test the nerve tract.

After the surgery I was 100% better. I had some residual pain in my palms for months afterward. But no more numbness in my fingers.

Good luck

 

Surgery went good. Noticed right away that the tingling in my middle and ring fingers was gone. Pain this morning is pretty much nonexistent so far. I took a couple of Ibuprofen as a precaution, hopefully won't need the Vicodin. I'll save them for when I am drinking. : )

I am typing this with both hands, the doc said using the fingers will help with the swelling.

Juno, enough of the home videos. (Edited for Juno forgot the smiley face)

 

I used to ride to work in a carpool. Every day we went through a tunnel and every day my wrists would hurt.
I went to my doctor about it and he said I had "Carpool-Tunnel syndrome"

 

Glad to hear things are working out for ya.

Krusr

 

I have CT due to my work and have been worried for a lot of the same reason's listed on the site. Glad to hear that usually it is fixed with surgery. In AZ they are advertising for a new procedure through the Brown institute where they go in between the finger's instead of at the wrist. Supposedly with twice the probability of fixing it and half the recovery time. Anyone had the new procedure? Happy Riding!

 

Try staying off the computer awhile.