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Carpal tunnel syndrome treatment: An orthosis worn at night providing a slow and sustained stretch on the tight aponeurotic structures adding tension to the carpal tunnel may avoid surgery and subsequent physical therapy.
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is one of the most prevalent causes for pain, numbness and weakness of the hand. It is usually treated with rest, anti-inflammatory agents, exercise, corticoid injections, and surgery to relieve ligament pressure. This regimen, however, is not always successful.
Characterized by hand and wrist pain, carpal tunnel syndrome is a symptomatic distal median nerve neuropathy at the wrist and is the most commonly encountered entrapment neuropathy.