Carpel Tunnel twice both hands - Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Message Board

Little Susan · 05-15-2001, 11:36 AM

I had surgery 4 years ago for carpel tunnel. My hands were so bad that when I reached for something it was like grabbing a live wire. The surgery helped greatly. Took over a year to regain full use of both of them. I got it from working on the keyboard. Now after 4 years I started having the symptoms again. Went to the same doctor and he said yes I have it. Put me on 4 hours of keyboarding only. My career is the computer because I write training material and powerpoint presentations. I have filed for workers comp in the state of North Carolina. My fear is if I stay on the computer I will damage them further and can not function at all. Can't and won't go there again. After my first surgery I lost a lot of strenth in my hands so the next on "would be" worse. My question is what will I do if he takes me off the computer completely. I have a masters degree but I don't want to be stuck on some phone duty crap. Any advice or suggestions. My doctor said we will not even discuss a 2nd surgery. Thanks

JB* · 05-15-2001, 06:41 PM

New research has shown that some carpal tunnel is actually a myofascia (white stuff that surrounds your muscles) problem and can be corrected by a technique called Active Release Therapy. Search Dr. Leahy, Active Release Therapy for a practitioner near you. My chiropractor knew the technique and it only took a few sessions to get rid of it.
Carpal Tunnel is also a wonky thyroid symptom so if you have other hypothyroid symptoms,(tired, depressed, achy, hair falling out, weight gain , there's more) have your thyroid checked.
Hope this helps
JB

Little Susan · 05-16-2001, 06:55 AM

Thanks JB, I am a firm believer in Chiropractic care and actually have been getting my hands adjusted about a year after the surgery in order to prevent it again. I have heard there is a link between the thyroid and carpel tunnel. I have had my thyroid checked and it is normal. However in the winter time my hands get cold and my temp. drops. Have been working with a doctor on Wilson's Syndrom which has to do with the thyroid and the t3 & t4 after the conversion. A T3 compound is taken to take over the T3 that is produced by your body and your temps are raised to normal levels then you taper off the meds so your body starts reproducing the T3 to the level that the compound did. My temps seem to stay at normal level. I will investigate this further on the web site for Wilson's syndrome. Thanks for your information!

MaryAnne5 · 05-17-2001, 07:50 AM

Susan,

I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease 17 years ago. I have been on thryoid medication since. The only info I could discover about Wilson's syndrome was linked to an excess of copper and related to cirrhosis of the liver.
Reynards syndrome also causes coldness, but is not linked to thryoid disease. I suffer from chronic pain (right forearm)but my arm was further injured, because I did not receive treatment/surgery in time. I believe the reason my employer denied the workers comp. claim was that I had thryoid disease. (This is wrong, I've been typing/programming for over 20 years and in my last job it was in excess.)I met one lady, who had a re-occurance of the carpal tunnel five years after surgery, but she had an unusual nerve disorder. It wasn't neuropathy (I wish I could remember) and it aggravated the area where the surgery was performed. She was in extreme pain. Let us know more about the T3 and T4. Also, how often do you go to the chiropractor? Is it different from physical therapy? Thank you.

Little Susan · 05-18-2001, 05:21 AM

Thanks for your info. T3 & T4 is complicated for me to explain, check their website out [url="http://www.***************.com"]http://www.***************.com[/url] for more information. It appears that no matter what type of occupational disorder that people are getting that the employer is really screwing their employees to death and laws are not really helping. I have been going to the chiropractor for at least 10 years from whiplash and continued to go for maintenance after being released. It has helped over the years not only for my body but my mind. My wrists would hurt sometimes so bad that I could not hold a pen to write then would get then adjusted and boom, back to normal. I recommend a good one. Check them out first. You have bad ones just like bad MD's.