carpel tunnel/dowgers hump

Archery is good for dowagers hump!

I have had carpal tunnel syndrome off and on since I was about 40. It runs in the family, an aunt had operations on her wrist for it and DD has attacks now and then.

I have never even mentioned it to the doctor. When it is bad I take a couple of ibuprofen before I go to bed. Otherwise it is there and can be felt but is not painful.

FlicketyB I wish I hadn't mentioned it either...I only mentioned it as I thought other symptoms I was having may have been connected should have kept mouth shut I went for various things and that was one of them.
Archery! hmm.. yes can see why that may help...I do need more excersises to do..and I do slouch at the comp and in chairs etc. ok thanks all.

My OH had bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome he was never offered injections just ops to correct it. He also suffers from trigger finger in his left hand, so far he has had one steroid injection for this which has been very successful.

I have intermittent carpal tunnel problems, I was supposed to have surgery a few years back, have never been offered injections.

It got much better when I lost weight, which according to my GP happens quite often!

phoenix the doc did say weight does effect the C tunnel! and I am about 4 stones over weight, I believe that surgery can be very painful afterwards, hoping they may send me physio first

I know a really skinny little lady who's got carpal tunnel syndrome. How can it be weight related? It's not in a weight bearing part is it?

I've got that thing where your pointing (index?) finger bends inwards. It doesn't give me any trouble. The finger next to it is going the same.

Trigger finger....

I am a bit overweight now but was not when the carpal tunnel syndrome started.

I also developed tendonitis in my other arm that wouldn't clear up so after about a year I had a steroid injection that seemed to do the trick. I get the very occasional twinge but the 24/7 endless aching pain has gone.

DD had a steroid injection for carpal tunnel syndrome when she was a teenager. The doctor complained about the way she yelled when he administered it!!! I don't remember it doing much good - probably because she continued to compete as a gymnast since she stopped hurling herself around, landing on her hands, she's had much less trouble with it.

Deedaa !!

jingl this might sound odd, but with reference to:

I know a really skinny little lady who's got carpal tunnel syndrome. How can it be weight related? It's not in a weight bearing part is it?

It's not exactly weight related as such, it's just that sometimes losing weight can alleviate the symptoms.

When I first got it I weighed roughly 10 stone, even at my small height (5'2") it's not exactly overweight, but when I went down to approx 9 and a bit stone, the symptoms were much less.

I think that with CTS the symptoms can vary. I wasn't much troubled during the day, but would wake up in the night with tingling fingers that felt as if they has been replaced by a pound and a half of thick pork sausages!

I had a steroid injection for Carpal Tunnel in August last year,Didnt do a bit of good,I was still in agony when it was at its worst.Had Surgery on January 10th this year and its been amazing,no pain at all now and no tingling fingers.Op and recovery was nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be.

Dowagers hump can be caused by osteoporosis and if it affects that part of your body, other areas can break easily. This is one who knows to her cost! I do not have Dowagers Hump but I did have osteopaenia which is the stage before osteoporosis. Something to consider.

phoenix you have described it perfect! I have to shake my hands to get them going in a morning, I cannot switch phone on etc
thanks Charleygirl the doc really didn't seem to fussed about that,,as I say maybe as I am having other stuff done so get them sorted first. ok bfn

I have been waking up with numb hands/pins and needles and got in a complete panic as my mum has parkinson's and I was being hysterical. Doc was very reassuring and said probably either carpal tunnel or a trapped nerve in the neck giving minor probs. Mentioned this to a friend who said she had the same neck trouble which had been completely sorted by a chiropractor (after lots of docs trying various tests for carpal tunnel and finding no answers). Have made my appointment with a recommended local chiropractor.

hmm! my dad has recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's...but she never asked about family history. I would much rather have physio first for CT rather than just dive in with injections. But we will see when the letter arrives.

Actually DD did get some help from a sports physio. He put her wrist in a splint for about 6 weeks I think and it did help quite a bit. (Would probably still have been more effective if she'd given up the gymnastics)