Certain hand exercises can help relieve pressure on the median nerve and alleviate symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome. Exercises include stretches, wrist extensions, hand squeezing, and more. The ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Three months ago, I had surgery on my left wrist to treat carpal tunnel syndrome. Since then, I am in much more pain than before surgery, and two of my fingers are completely numb. I ...

Had Amy O’Connell endured carpal tunnel surgery a decade or two ago, she would have weathered several doctor’s appointments, an uncomfortable diagnostic test and surgery in a hospital. An orthopedic ...

A recent study of therapies for carpal tunnel syndrome suggests a clear benefit for surgery, although the investigators also found improvements in patients who received carefully structured, ...

GREENVILLE S.C. (WSPA)– Carpal tunnel syndrome affects as many as 1.9 million people every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It results in countless days missed from ...

If you’ve ever experienced numbness or tingling in your hand or wrist or an urge to “shake out” your hands, these are all common signs of carpal tunnel syndrome, which affects up to 5% of the ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Three months ago, I had surgery on my left wrist to treat carpal tunnel syndrome. Since then, I am in much more pain than before surgery, and two of my fingers are completely numb. I ...

Last summer, Anna Lea Matysek of Sarasota, Florida, and her husband Jim set to work sprucing up their property. Some of the hardscaping that had been installed two decades prior had sunk into the soft ...

Experts say that as the population ages and baby boomers get older, carpal tunnel syndrome has become more prevalent. (Getty Images) If you’ve ever experienced numbness or tingling in your hand or ...

Both at work and during our leisure time, our hours are increasingly spent typing away on our keyboards—which only ups the odds of getting carpal tunnel syndrome and other desk-related injuries. Here ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a condition that can cause pain, numbness, weakness and tingling in the fingers and hands due to pressure on the median nerve, which runs down your arm and into your hand.