My husband has Carpal tunnel release surgery with no relief.

He visited his Doctor last week and after an examination, she said it wasn't Carpal tunnel and ordered some X-rays.

Since his sugery, he has pain in the heel of his hand when he puts any pressure on it, as well as tingiling and numbness, he can not open a jar anymore.

Anyone out there have similar problems or know what this might mean.

If it's not Carpal tunnel, was this caused from the Carpal tunnel????

Thanks in advance!

I had severe Carpal Tunnel in both hands and right trigger thumb release surgery with CTS Surgery. After the surgery on each they gave me occupational therapy on both hands really on one my employer wouldn't approve for the second. I continued to have pain in my palms, under my thumbs, up my arms and into my shoulders,in my fingers, I can't close my hands all the way or open them all the way, it is hard to drive and the pain will increase,I can't open jars, pick up things, hold my child or grandchildren or do the things I use to do. Since I was still having problems the Dr. ordered a Functional Capibility Evaluation which took 4 hours and I received an imperiment rating of 40% damage in my hands and 42% damage in upper extremities. The occupational therapist said I wasn't able to use my hands and was using my shoulders more to make up for it and causing damage to them. This was done from Feb. 2000 to Sept. 2000. I still can't pick up over 5lbs. or do the things I use to do. My employer changed my job but I found out the other day from another NCV/EMG study that I have Carpal Tunnel again in both hands and now there is something going on in my neck and shoulders and they want my PCP to schedule an MRI. I've had to fight my employer all the way and you can read about all this in a previous post. What I am trying to say is please have your husband take care of his hands they are the only ones he has. If he has to go to a neurologist to check with them or after his hands have healed from surgery ask them to do a FCE and get him an imperiment rating. This will go with him the rest of his life and will affect his whole life. Repetitive Motion Injuries causing Carpal Tunnel are nothing to play with and too many employers take it for granite. If the nerve was pinched off too long you can have permanent damage and the pain will never go away. I hope I have helped you some. Please don't give up and tell him to keep trying if he isn't satisfied please have him get a second opinion. Good luck and God Bless

Hey Cook4........Were you able to find a good hand doc?????Theck Originally posted by Cook4Andy:
My husband has Carpal tunnel release surgery with no relief.

He visited his Doctor last week and after an examination, she said it wasn't Carpal tunnel and ordered some X-rays.

Since his sugery, he has pain in the heel of his hand when he puts any pressure on it, as well as tingiling and numbness, he can not open a jar anymore.

Anyone out there have similar problems or know what this might mean.

If it's not Carpal tunnel, was this caused from the Carpal tunnel????

Thanks in advance!

Hi theck and Bamabrneyes2,

Bamabrneyes2, I feel for you, my husband is going through the same things. Thanks for all the input and Prayer's, much appreciated.

theck, We are going to get an appointment with another Doctor, haven't yet. My husband went back to the Doctor who originally diagnosed him with CTS after doing an EMG. She was not the one who did the surgery
After she said this was not CTS, all she did was order an X-ray. I emailed my cousin who is a retired sports Doctor and he told me another EMG must be done to see if there was any improvement or further damage done, he said an X-ray wouldn't show that.

We did speak to our Attorney as well, guess what, our Lawyer told us the Doctor who performed the surgery became a Lawyer because he's been sued so many times, not a very good sign..

I'll keep ya'll updated. Thanks for your responses!

Lets us know how things turn out and we will keep praying.