Ok, if I suspected I had carpal tunnels, what kind of doc should I see?

[LynneSin]

My insurance doesn't require references - if I need to see a specialty doctor, I just go.

And my right arm including my wrist have been killing me.

I don't want medical advice other than recommended specialty doctor I should get an appointment with.

Thank you!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. An orthopedic hand specialist

[LynneSin]

3. Hey sweetie!!!

:hi:

Glad to see you around, guess we're still playing telephone tag :eyes:

Well, I'm reading the CTS website and I don't have any symptoms but I'm still sore throughout my right arm, especially around the wrists so I'm not sure what is going on.

Thanks!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. You only have one wrist on your right arm

Could be tendinitis. Either way get it checked. Extra vitamin B6 will help in the meantime as will anti-inflammatories...


LOCKED!

[LynneSin]

5. SMARTASS

:eyes:

[KitchenWitch]

2. Either an orthopaedic hand specialist

or a neurologist.

[ForrestGump]

6. Some sports-medicine doctors are good with this, too

Check around... :hug:

[Squatch]

7. Just don't tell him you have carpal tunnels...

He'll probably respond: "So do I"

[eyesroll]

8. Everyone has carpal tunnels. You don't need to see a doctor.

If you think something is wrong with yours, see an orthopedist or a hand specialist. Your regular doc can probably help you as well.

[wildhorses]

9. all of the above are good suggestions and you might consider

a chiropractor, too. I got relief from my CTS from one...for a while. Delayed having surgery for several months....fit my schedule better.

[johnnie]

10. Mine kills me a lot too

I write it off as working on a computer all the time. Extending the arm out and moving the wrist. It is probably more likely tendinitis.
I had it so bad one time from playing guitar that they put my wrist in a cast.

[GalleryGod]

11. DR. LEE OSTERMAN @ The Jeff....'Nuff Said ?

1-800-971-HAND for appointments.

If he can't find it...you ain't got it!

[LynneSin]

15. I'm sure he's great but there are 2 issues

First, I need to have someone covered by my doctor

and second, I've had a doctor in Philly and it's a pain making an appointment when you work & live in Delaware. Pretty much I would have to take an entire afternoon off.

I'll see what is good around the Christiana Hospital and if nothing is rated well I'll look at your recommendation

[GalleryGod]

19. Okey-dokey

:hi:

[merh]

12. If you adjust your monitor height

make sure your keyboard is in the right place and use a natural keyboard, you won't need a specialist (or surgery).

Take it from me, been there, made the adjustments and now no problems (and this from a woman who caused herself great pain by ringing the salvation army bell in the cold for too long several winters back and by having to restock the shelves of a 2 floor law library -- suffice it to say, I have preexisting wrist problems. ;-) )

:hi:

[LynneSin]

13. I've been using natural keyboards for ages

but I think that my mouse position was kinda screwed up. I had one of those mousepads with the support bump in it. I finally got rid of it today and by this afternoon I wasn't feeling as much pain

[merh]

16. No mouse for me

I use a track ball - no wrist movement involved - it is actually much more efficient too.

:hi:

[LynneSin]

17. I could never co-ordinate the trackball

but the mouse I have is ergodynamic.

BTW< check out my lounge thread for JimmyJazz. I'm going to print it out before we meetup for dinner

[merh]

21. Give her my love

I am so jealous -- you guys have a good time! :grouphug: :loveya:

[plcdude]

14. The love doctor

:evilgrin:

[crispini]

18. An acupuncturist.

Fixed my tendonitis -- immediate pain relief, and gone completely after 5 sessions. It was AWESOME.

[SoCalDem]

20. A word of advice.. Do NOT watch the "shock thingie" when they do

the nerve test..It will creep you out :)

and think long and hard before you have surgery.. talk to A LOT of people who have had the surgery.. I declined the surgery when I saw all the copmplications that some of the people had afterwards.. Mine used to be horrible, but now that I do not work anymore, it rarely bothers me:)

[CanuckAmok]

22. I had the same wrist problem. Luckily, the temporary blindness...

...distracted me from the discomfort.

[SOteric]

23. Just a heads up: No matter what he tells you,

matcom is not an M.D.

[Parche]

24. dr

You should see a proctologist, they know all about crappy tunnels...........