Joints

Tunnel syndrome

Inflammation

5 июня 2021

Tunnel Syndrome: How Can You Help Your Wrist?

Joints

Tunnel syndrome

Inflammation

5 июня 2021

Tunnel Syndrome: How Can You Help Your Wrist?

Part of the wrist is the carpal tunnel, which contains many tendons and a very important median nerve. Due to the constant load, the ligament that forms this channel tends to thicken, and it begins to pinch the median nerve, causing impairment in the microcirculation and nutrition of the nerve sheaths. ===The nerve tissue gradually loses its elasticity and the tendons and ligaments surrounding the nerve become inflamed—all of which leads to pain and numbness of the hand. There can be two reasons for inflammation—trauma or constant long-term brushing. In addition to office workers, drivers, hairdressers, manicurists, tailors, artists, and athletes, almost everyone who works a lot with their hands suffers from tunnel canal syndrome. The symptoms of the syndrome are easily recognizable: - Numbness, tingling in the fingers, goosebumps - Weakness in the hand, difficulty in grasping small objects - Pain (especially at night), radiating to the forearm and shoulder Ignoring symptoms will only cause pain to get worse, and the hand will become more difficult to use. ## What should you do? Try to avoid getting it in the first place. When you first notice symptoms, rest your hands and do exercises including flexion-extension of the fingers all at once or in a fan-like manner, rotational movements in the wrist joint, rolling and squeezing a ball, stretching one palm with the other (fingers towards yourself—away from you), and relieving tension from the hand (as if shaking water off your hands). Calipers and bandages help. If exercise and bandages do not help, an orthopedic traumatologist can prescribe physiotherapy, anti-inflammatory drugs, blockades, and in the most extreme case, an operation.

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