Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a fairly common condition in the hand. It presents typically with nocturnal symptoms of numbness, pins and needles and tingling in the thumb, index, middle and one side of the ring fingers, aggravated by sleeping with a bent wrist. However, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can also be…
Do you experience hand pain whilst playing video games? Repetitve injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome or DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis may be the reason. Here’s what you can do to help. Playing video games for many hours can place an enormous amount of stress on your muscles and joints which can lead…
Carpal tunnel syndrome is characterised by numbness and tingling in the hand and arm caused by a compression of the median nerve as it passes through the wrist. What Is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Carpal tunnel syndrome is the compression of the median nerve as it passes through the carpal tunnel….
Do you experience hand pain whilst playing video games? Repetitve injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome or DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis may be the reason. Here’s what you can do to help. Playing video games for many hours can place an enormous amount of stress on your muscles and joints which can lead…
Do you experience numbness or tingling in your thumb, index and middle fingers? This could be caused by compression of the median nerve. The Median Nerve The median nerve, comes down the front of the arm near the bicep’s muscle. It passes through the two heads of pronator teres, a…
We take a look at the three main nerves that supply the hand – the radial, median and ulnar nerves – and how they are related to common causes of hand numbness and tingling. The hand is supplied by three main nerves, the radial, median and ulnar nerves. Each one…
Women can be more prone to developing carpal tunnel syndrome during pregnancy. Here’s a look at why and what you can do to help it. During pregnancy you can be more prone to developing carpal tunnel syndrome. This is because there can accumulation of fluid in the body which places…
Working at a desk everyday can be very taxing on your hands and body. Here we take a look at how to prevent common injuries associated with using a computer. Using a computer all day can be taxing on your hands and body due to the repetitive nature of the…
Here we take a look at some of the common reasons conditions affect office workers and how you can reduce the risk of developing a condition in the hand and wrist. Office jobs may not seem like a high-risk work environment, but the possibility of developing a hand or wrist…
Many people who enjoy knitting may experience pain or discomfort in the hands or wrist at some point. The repetitive actions involved with knitting exposes one to the development of a number of conditions, the foremost being Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, trigger thumb or De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis. Both conditions can cause pain,…
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