by kenonstott » Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:25 am
If you are suffering from reasonably moderate carpal tunnel syndrome, indicated by the middle 2 fingers going numb, try night splints. After having a doctor try to talk me into surgery, I decided to try the splints as a last ditch effort. I used them at the Gorge this summer for the first time and they made quite a difference. In previous years, each night as the Gorge trip progressed, my hands would go numb more and more, causing a lot of lost sleep. By the middle of the trip it began to affect my sailing. This year, using the splints each night, there were only several occasions where the hands went to sleep. The splints, a cheap and simple solution, made quite a difference. And, on the first weekend back from the trip, I can already play the piano, the true test of hand strength. I am not saying it is a permanent fix and I may need surgery in the future, but I am pleased with the results so far.