Carpal tunnel syndrome - easy explaination.

case :
A patient ' X ' complains of pain in wrist which is radiating till elbow and numbness, tingling sensation in wrist from past 2 weeks.
she says the pain worsens at night and upon bending wrist while doing any activity.
when she was asked about her occupation she is software engineer who types 6-7 hrs on laptop.
initially to relieve pain she applied a pain relieving gel and applied hot pack on the wrist. This only gave her a temporary relief.
Almost after a week of wrist pain, she consulted a orthopaedician.
A through assessment of the patient was done.
The most commonly used special test phalens test and median nerve compression test was performed to know condition.
patient was asked to undergo investigation like x ray , ultrasound, mri . After looking at the investigation report the patient confirmed of having carpal tunnel syndrome.
orthopaedician adviced her corticosteroid s and a wrist brace and to go for physiotherapy treatment.
In Physiotherapy treatment, pain relieving modalities were used , home exercise program was taught and patient was educated about the posture. This course of physiotherapy treatment was for about a week.After 2-3 days of physiotherapy treatment itself, her pain had almost reduced.
The patient didnt complain about the wrist pain again in her life time.
This is how CST was managed conservatively.
I have created this case story based on my experience during Physiotherapy internship.
The purpose of creating this was for the easy understanding of this topic.
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