Darn my hand's asleep again.

Do you have a wrist brace you could wear? That sometimes helps. Generally speaking, surgery is about the final route with carpal tunnel.

Something that often seems to help is to wear a brace or support. I actually have some with copper thread in them that I have had for years, but I cannot always find them. I also have a tennis wrist band and it seems to work just as well for providing that extra support. You would want to take it off every so often because you do not want to mess up your circulation, but I do find it to be helpful for my right wrist especially.

Allknowing gave you a great page, one I am keeping. I don't have carpal tunnel, but remember when I had tendinitis? If you scroll down the page allknowing shared, about a 1/3 down, second picture of a guy in a sleeveless blue shirt, the exercise he is doing is what I do when I feel my wrist start aching and it work to keep the pain away. So maybe experiment, find out which exercise(s)works best for you...

I developed carpal tunnel Syndrome when I cooked at an Italian resturant. I cooked alot of pasta dishes! I did alot of flipping of the pasta dishes while they were being cooked on the stove. I cooked them in medium skillets. My carpal tunnel got so bad I had suregery in 1998 on both arms. I've had no trouble since.

We all have tired hands after a while. But you can go and get that software that you can speak and it types for you. I think its called dragon or something like that. It is a speech to text program. That might help you with your typing. And give your hands a rest.

well for some you may want to try nateraly speaking dragon you talk it type for you i have used it in the past and it was a great program and worked well but for like my lot i dont know if it will work as you can see i am not using it i dont have it on this computer good luck to you and speedy recover of the fingers

My sister-in-law who lives in B.C. had to see the doctor and have an operation. I do think there are wrist protectors or you could do exercises to strengthen your wrist. I broke my wrist and I canon write by hand for any length of time, therefore I have to type everything. I do wonder whether you could get Dragon Dictation and say the words.

Maybe when you get this it is actually time for a break. I get it occasionally myself and I feel it is break time and so I get a rest. It sure hurts too. I don't think you can get rid of it. I got a pair of braces I would have to wear on my wrists and forearms but it made it very hard to type. I don't use them.

I think that all of us active members here would be suffering the same condition. And I guess the only way to get rid of it is to slow down a bit in getting online and let our hands rest. Yeah right! Well, there really is no stopping me now, most especially if I have the time to be online. But seriously, you can do a few things at home to help your hand and wrist feel better: *One should stop activities that cause numbness and pain. And you should also rest your wrist longer between activities. *Put ice on your wrist for 10 to 15 minutes 1 or 2 times an hour. Try taking a pain reliever to ease the pain.

Perhaps the cheapest mobile with a usb link to your computer could be used to input the letters, but you'd get tired of that pretty quickly, too.

I thought the pits were a different part of the arm from where you suffer the carpal tunnel syndrome?

I have not ever had carpal tunnel syndrome but I would suggest talking to a doctor about it. I believe it requires medical attention. If you have already seen a doctor, what has he or she suggested? I have now and then seen information about the problem but do not remember what i read. Aren't there devices that you can wear on your hands or your fingers that will help?

That must be really frustrating. Especially trying to get something done and your hands will not cooperate. I don't have any suggestions except to take small breaks from typing so they don't fall asleep so often. I hope it isn't something that will last a long time.

I wish i could send you my autocorrect. You'd be surprised as to how much typos i get without it.

I can totally relate to what you're going through! I had carpal tunnel in my right wrist and had surgery for it in 1983. I was miserable before the surgery, but the surgery really helped! Then in 1987 I had to have emergency surgery for carpal tunnel in my left wrist. If I had put off seeing the orthopedic doctor another three weeks there would have been serious damage to the wrist and hand!!! I had mentally turned off the pain in my mind so I never noticed the symptoms until I had dropped a rock on my foot, it was a crazy way to find out that I was having problems with the left wrist, but it worked. I couldn't hold anything with that hand, move the fingers, or use the hand for any kind of work or support. After that surgery I was fine again. Bill has carpal tunnel syndrome and had an injection in the right wrist. It really helped and he is still putting off the surgery even though I am gently urging him towards going through the surgery. It takes a couple of hours and you're bound up in bandages for a few days but the relief is enormous. I will look through my natural healing books and see if they have any suggestions for relief. The main part of the relief for carpal tunnel is to get the swelling in the carpal tunnel area reduced, so maybe icing it will help. Don't use heat as it will increase the swelling. I wish I could do more for you right now, but we just got home from town and I was checking my email and had to answer your discussion.

Hi Hatley, I have some nerve damage in my wrist and fingers from the way I slept a while back. It's healing but it is quite a lengthy process. In the meantime, typing especially is very frustrating. The hospital gave me a brace to wear which is the same one used by people with carpal tunnel. It helps me a lot but it is pretty awkward to wear. I am better able to type but I do sometimes find that the brace will hit keys that I don't want to hit. I'm getting better at holding my hand so that this does not happen. And don't worry...we can always understand what you are saying and we really don't care about your typos. We all make them.

oh i don't know any remedy for that, but i really hope you will eventually feel well Ms. Hatley.

Who cares about typos out here..:) And I did suggest a solution, which apparently didnt appeal to you. :)

But no one complains about your typos. As long as we understand you just go ahead

I am sorry to hear of your medical condition of carpal tunnel syndrome. You need to rest your hand more often between doing works or activity involving your hand. You can take medicine, do some stretching and strengthening exercise, and perhaps go for acupuncture treatment to treat your carpal tunnel syndrome. Actions must be taken earlier to prevent the symptoms getting worse.