Roger Clifford, D.C., D.A.C.N.B.

Most patients with carpal tunnel syndrome will put up with their symptoms for days and weeks until they're troubling enough to bring to a doctor's attention. Their doctor should rule out certain causes for the hand pain (such as diabetes) and focus the examination on the wrist and other anatomic sites where nerve compression may [..]

Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when the nerve (median), which runs from the forearm into the hand, becomes compressed between the displaced bones of the wrist. Nerve signals originate in the brain and follow tracts down the spinal cord through openings between the neck bones (vertebrae). The nerves then travel down the arm and into the [..]