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If you think you have what you think is "carpal tunnel", you may actually have nerve inflammation somewhere else: tingling or numbness in the hand can also occu
by niels_olson 18y ago
If you think you have what you think is "carpal tunnel", you may actually have nerve inflammation somewhere else: tingling or numbness in the hand can also occur due to inflammation of the tissue around the nerve, or the nerve itself, in the neck (posture), shoulder (swimmers, ball players, or others with lax shoulder joints or history of dislocations) or elbow (a very low grade, chronic "funny bone" sort of impingement).
- yummyfajitas 18y agoI'd suggest digging up an anatomy book (Grey's Anatomy or whatever) and comparing the location of your pain to a map of the nerves in your arm. This will help you debug the specific problem.
- fergusjdawson 18y agoI'd sooner employ wikipedia to the same end.
- Zev 18y agoJust a heads up, Gray's Anatomy doesn't only mean the TV show. It also refers to a well regarded human anatomy textbook, "Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body" - see http://www.amazon.com/Grays-Anatomy-Human-Body-30th/dp/081210644X http://www.amazon.com/Grays-Anatomy-Human-Body-30th/dp/08121...
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- lutorm 18y agoThis is called referred pain. There is an amazing book called "The trigger point therapy workbook" that talks about these and how to treat them. It's helped me tremendously.