Nerve Hydrodissection for Carpal Tunnel and other Nerve Compression Syndromes
Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common nerve compression problem of the upper extremity. It happens when the median nerve gets compressed in the wrist, commonly by swollen tendons and repetitive...
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Side Effects: Big Surgeries, Big Complications
Do Carpal tunnel syndrome side effects and complications exist? Patients often look at surgery as a “fix”, much like going into a mechanic to get a new part installed or a tune up. Nothing could be...
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Carpal Tunnel Surgery Recovery: Does Cutting the Ligament Have Consequences?
Carpal tunnel surgery has become a standard surgical treatment for carpal tunnel syndrome, a problem that occurs when the median nerve gets chronically pinched at the wrist. The surgery is simple, cut...
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Is Your Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Causing Your Thumb Arthritis? Is Arthritis...
Is Thumb Arthritis caused by bad nerves? We’ve seen for years an association between thumb arthritis and subtle findings of carpal tunnel syndrome. What I mean by this, is that many patients who we...
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Carpal Tunnel Steroid Injection: Is this Common Practice a Problem?
Steroid injections are a 1950s remedy that are still surprisingly common in modern medicine. A carpal tunnel steroid injection is performed for patients who have carpal tunnel syndrome, or irritation...
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Carpal Tunnel Alternative Treatment: Your Nerves Were Made to Move!
Most patients and physicians think of nerves as static and immobile wires that transmit information. However, despite this conceptualization, your nerves were in fact designed to be very stretchy...
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A Connection Between Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Migraines?
Could there be a connection between Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Migraines? Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) occurs when the median nerve in the wrist is physically compressed, either by external forces or...
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Smartphone Use and Carpal Tunnel…Calling SIRI!
Does your thumb hurt from texting and typing on your Smartphone? There’s been discussion about a possible connection between Smartphone use and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, but is this connection real?...
View ArticleAvoid Carpal Tunnel Surgery
I was performing a carpal tunnel hydrodissection yesterday using an ultra high resolution ultrasound trying to help a patient with carpal tunnel syndrome avoid carpal tunnel surgery when I thought to...
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