San Francisco Chiropractor & Carpal Tunnel Doctor Comments:
I have been helping patients with neck, arm and hand pain for over 16 years in the San Francisco Financial District. I was around when Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) was in the headlines almost every day. In fact...we had a CTS Seminar at one of my clinics twice a week for almost 8 years in row...waiting list only.
So what happened to CTS anyway...how come we don't really hear about it anymore? My opinion...for what it's worth... doctors came to realize that true carpal tunnel syndrome is actually rare. I have been saying this all along. However, the signs and symptoms we associate with CTS are common. Here is a partial list:
Hand pain
Numbness & Tingling in the arm and hand
Weakness of grip
Night pain (in the hand)
Arm pain
Radiating pain from neck to hands
I think when the Dot-com bubble crashed...it took CTS with it. Sure, people that spend a lot of time working on computers or with their hands are prone to carpal tunnel symptoms...but the cause is usually something other than true CTS.
San Francisco Chiropractor & Carpal Tunnel Doctor Comments:
So what happened to CTS anyway...how come we don't really hear about it anymore? My opinion...for what it's worth... doctors came to realize that true carpal tunnel syndrome is actually rare. I have been saying this all along. However, the signs and symptoms we associate with CTS are common. Here is a partial list:
I think when the Dot-com bubble crashed...it took CTS with it. Sure, people that spend a lot of time working on computers or with their hands are prone to carpal tunnel symptoms...but the cause is usually something other than true CTS.