Your Questions About Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Surgery
Daniel asks…
Should Carpal Tunnel Syndrome surgery be avoided if possible ?
admin answers:
Absolutely surgery is awful and it is the hospitals job to sell you unnecessary surgeries, Carpal tunnel can be helped may other ways. Tell your doc to go f himself
Jenny asks…
Does Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Surgery Work??
My mother in law has carpal tunnel syndrome. It has been getting more and more painful for her to work and do everyday chores around her house. Her doctor told her that if she doesn’t improve she will need surgery. She is concerned if surgery will work at all since she knows a handful of people who have had it with no good results. Has anyone every had the surgery and has it worked?
admin answers:
I know of a few people that have had the surgery that had good results and I’ve also met a few that didn’t have good results.
I would recommend that your mom get another opinion, preferably from a dr that does not share the same office of the dr she currently sees and maybe even consult a Pain Management specialist to see what kind of options they can give to help her. I had my mom do this when she started having symptoms of what they thought was carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Turned out that the results of the test weren’t as bad as it was made out to be by the dr running the test. The Pain Management dr was able to help my mom. It also turned out that her problem was caused by the kind of chair that she was using at work.
Sandra asks…
Can anyone tell me about the recuperating time after Carpal Tunnel Syndrome surgery.?
admin answers:
I suppose it depends…i had it done on my right hand,then my left 2 months later.Both times i returned to work 3 days later.Not by choice,we had to eat,but i did fine.Unless you have very small wrists,they go in at the palm of your hand,at the lifeline…maybe that made a difference with my recovery also.
However,carpal tunnel was not the only problem. I have thoracic outlet syndrome…I can’t seem to find a doc to help me.
It has become very painful.Most of the symptoms feel the same,only my hands don’t stay numb and tingly,they BURN.it extends to the neck and shoulders and causes migraines and a lot of misery…..If there are any questions about your nerve conduction studies or other tests you may have had done ,you may want to mention thoracic outlet to your doctor.Physical therapy can help a lot if it doesn’t get too advanced.
Good Luck with surgery…It will be worth it in my opinion.It did fix my CT 
Joseph asks…
Carpal Tunnel Surgery question?
I underwent carpal tunnel syndrome surgery on both hands and they did surgery on my elbows at the same time. As best I can determine the ‘elbow’surgery was on what is commonly called the ‘funnybone’ nerve. Can someone explain why this was nessicary?
I don’t question the need for this surgery and only ask for details because this problemis beginning to re occur and any info is of value thanks eveyone
admin answers:
Maybe it wasn’t. If nerve conduction studies were performed prior to your surgery, then the doctors could tell if the ulnar nerves were impaired in the ulnar grooves (funny bones). Or if you had pains or numbness that shot from your elbows into the ring and little fingers, then perhaps this diagnosis was made based on your symptoms. Otherwise, it’s by no means routine to perform ulnar nerve releases at the elbows concurrent with median nerve releases at the wrists.
George asks…
does surgery work for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
admin answers:
It’s often very effective. The tendons in this “tunnel” which move your fingers inflame, putting pressure on the nerve which runs through as well. This pressure is interpreted as pain by the brain. The surgery open the roof of the carpal tunnel, by cutting the tight ring around your tendons and relieving the pressure.
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