I had a steroid injection in my left wrist for cts. After a 3-4 day flare-up of worse cts symptoms, my hand feels no different from before the injection. I go back to my doctor at the end of the month. Did the injection work for anybody else in clearing up cts? I have read that it isn't permanent. If the injection doesn't work, is surgery the only other option? I've tried physical therapy - it didn't help. I wear splints at night, but they don't keep my wrists immobile, should I get the more rigid ones to keep my wrists perfectly straight?

Hij ust thought i would reply to your post i also have carpol tunnel and have had steroid injections on a number of occasions one year three times which doctors don't like to give that many in such short time,It did help me and the pain asn't been so bad since,Although it comes and goes i use a strap at night that has a metal bar in it and keeps it very stable,
:wave: susan

Photo. I wonder if the exercises at the morehead site listed in the archives might help. A friend of mine who does a lot of computer work, said she did exercises daily for her carpal tunnel problem and no longer has a problem. I know she did them for several months and I think she still does them for a few weeks every so often.
As for the cortisone, I currently am having some cortisone treatments....no needle...for my tennis elbow on my right arm. ( an over use problem from having problems after ct release on left last year). The process is iontophoresis....dexamethasone is put on a pad on plastic adhesive patches that have electrode attachments....with a charge, the dex is delivered through the skin. It doesn't deliver as big a dose as the injections, so a minimum of 6 treatments is needed. I also have to rub ice on affected areas a few times a day....until numb and before frostbite...as well as doing stretching exercises. Hope that will keep it from getting worse, and maybe it will get better faster.