Carpal tunnel and riding a motorbike

Hi, I'm finding it really hard to ride my motorbike. My right hand goes numb, I only have use of my thumb and first finger, the palm and other fingers are dead. I wear the splint on my right hand every night but I still get the tingling sensation. The left hand is becoming more painful too, especially in my third finger and I do loose sensation sometimes whilst riding the bike, though I can move this hand a lot easier whilst riding. The right controls the throttle so if I take it off, I loose power.

Huge improvement to symptons

Hello Dr Bland, I have recently returned from an extended holiday in the warm temperatures of Tenerife. I am delighted to report that I have had no pain or discomfort since the last time that I received treatment from your excellent staff on the 15th Jan.2015 .
I don't know whether being in a warm climate helped, but overall I feel much,much better.
Many thanks.
Anita

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Dear Dr Bland. l had a injection in both my wrists in feb 2014 because l live in rural location my wife is dissabled and l need to be able to drive every day for our dailyneeds l was told l could have one more set of injections could l now have them. Thankyou D Bester

6 Weeks post surgery.

I had my right hand operated on 6 weeks ago now. I am experiencing severe pain, slight swelling and noticeable weakness in my wrist, palm and sometimes fingers. Is this normal at this stage? And when should I expect these symptoms to subside. I have a 6 month old baby and although the carpal tunnel symptoms have improved, I'm finding my hand is still a hindrance with the amount of pain I'm now having. I am also right handed.
I hope you can help.

Hands much weaker

Hi, I have had both wrists operated on 3 years ago. I have recieved a participation form to fill in, as the questions are short, it was hard to explain my problem for example - my hands are not a bad score for dressing etc, although after a short period of time my hands are very weak and painful . Also holding phone etc for a short time still sets of pins and needles.
Another problem I have now is trigger thumb on my right hand.
I cannot garden as my hands don't have the strength to weed etc and will not grip.

Numbness in Right Hand

Hi, have been religously wearing my my brace each night as directed and it has helped tremendously, I have had no more pain. However, in the last couple of weeks I have become increasingly aware of numbness in my hand, particularly in the tips of my fingers. It is there all the time. Do I need to progress my treatment?

Symptoms returned

HI Appointment letter received thanks, left hand got a lot worse and night pain is really bad really didn't know what to do with it last night so thought would give splinting another try, problem is my left splint fell apart last time (bit old) , is it possible for me to collect another one?

Regards

CTS Request for help

I originally attended Dr. Bland's clinic on 1st March 2012 in respect of my CTS. I was given a splint for each hand which over the years has proved most helpful, and since that time I have worn the splints at night (with occasional lapses as both hands seemed to be better). However, for the last five months the tingling in the left hand has considerably worsened and has now got to the state where it is present during the day and keeping me awake at night with the discomfort.

Carpal Tunnel results after 3 weeks

Hi
I have been wearing hand braces at night time for 3 weeks and went without them for a few nights and found that cramping came back so I put them back on for anther week, but find at moment if I take them off I get the cramping in hand back also I now am having some pin and needles and numbness in day time too, can I keep wearing hand braces to bed? do I need new ones? and can I wear in day times when at home?

Thanks Carol

Re assessment

I have not been to your clinic for nearly 2 years. My fingers have become painful in the joints and I get a lot of tingling and numbness in my fingers, particularly right hand, I am not sure if this is CTS or nerve entrapment in my neck which is causing these symptoms. I have retaken the assessment on line