I work on a computer all day. My right hand is howling with tingling pain much of the day and I've had to switch to a roller mouse. It actually bothers me most at night when I'm trying to sleep. Turning the crank on my fishing reels gets painful reel quick.

I wear a wrist brace some days and that helps. But usually even OTC anti-inflammatories don't help much. Besides surgery, anyone had any luck with anything else besides braces and OTC meds?

I had the surgery back in 2005 and would recommend that you get it done. Wear the brace every night, and during the day when you can as it will help.

I am going in Tuesday for the release surgery on my left wrist. I can hardly wait! The last few nights have been horrid.
I got a shot in each wrist back in May and that provided great relief and my right wrist is still doing o.k. A good thing but stop gap answer at best. I wear a pair of braces each night without fail.

My surgeon says that now is the time and that long term and more serious damage will occur if we don't act now. Hell, I was ready last May!

get it checked out and see what they say. Google WALANT surgery and see the newest technique. It is like visiting the dentist.

The shot was some sort of steroid.

I had surgery on both wrists back in the 90's. It was so bad I couldn't sleep, drive or pretty much anything. Recovery from surgery sucked, but my hands feel better to this day and I use a computer all day every day.

I had it done in 05 too, get it done, I had both hands done. The relief was immediate. The recovery isn't bad either. The test to diagnose if you need surgery(EMG?) is much easier now too. Good luck, but get it done!

Did it in my left wrist 6 years ago. I still get weird cramps in it every now and again. I notice it when I'm holding a kitchen knife and chopping or mincing things. Also if I shoot too long I get cramps in it. Anything where I grip something tightly too long.

Best advice I can give anyone is do not wait too long. It sounds like you may already have. When I first got diagnosed they wanted to start me out on cortisone shots but acknowledged I would eventually need surgery.

My hate for the needle and common sense told me if I'm eventually going to need surgery lets just cut to the quick and get 'er done!

Doc looked kind of surprised and said "ok but most people prefer surgery as a last resort. Well I'm not most people.

It's the one and only surgery I have ever had in my 63 years on this planet and because I get these weird cramps still I'm not entirely impressed with modern medicine.

I remember laying on the operating table just before they put me under and the gas guy asked me if I was ready. I seen my doc off to the side on his lap top. I said "Hey doc"! He turns and looks at me and says "yes"? I said " You're the first one to get to me with a knife since they cut the umbilical cord make it count would ya"?
He looked at me with a smile and said "Good night now Mr. lastmanstanding"

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Got it in both hands years ago. OTC anti-inflammatory did nothing and I'm told made things worse actually. Same with braces during the day.

Found a good doctor that understood carpal tunnel who ordered special braces to wear only at night. These braces completely immobilized from forearm to start of fingers. Fixed some ergonomics at work so I didn't have my wrist bent for mouse or keyboard work as well. Six months later I was fine. Doctor said if that didn't work after several months, surgery was the next option.

That's been about 20 years ago. I'm careful with ergonomics and haven't had it come back.

I started a data input job a few months ago, and noticed fairly quickly I was going to have problems. Ergonomic pads didn't help all that much. I ended up switching to one of those heavily contoured ergo Microsoft keyboards and that helped. But I also switch the mouse from my dominant right hand to my left, and that has helped a lot.

Had one done some years back. Had it done on a Friday of a long weekend and was back to work on that Tuesday.
No big deal, get it done and be done with it.

Bob

Won't repeat my own Hx of such recently posted in the acupuncture thread.

I long delayed bilateral surgery seeking relief via other Tx. Blessed relief so far permanent (14 years) post surgery. Only a recent & minor touch of returning complaint infrequently.

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Originally posted by Micropterus:
I work on a computer all day. My right hand is howling with tingling pain much of the day and I've had to switch to a roller mouse. It actually bothers me most at night when I'm trying to sleep. Turning the crank on my fishing reels gets painful reel quick.

I wear a wrist brace some days and that helps. But usually even OTC anti-inflammatories don't help much. Besides surgery, anyone had any luck with anything else besides braces and OTC meds?

Use the wrist brace every day. The rest of my advice is in the anecdote below.

When I graduated college, oil & gas was downsizing including the company that I had interned 3x.

I took a job as a custom design engineer for about 1.5 years, and was in CAD at least 5 hours a day (1990s CAD required lots and lots of clicking with the mouse). After about a year of this, I had a major carpal tunnel flare up going and my employer didn't have ergonomic anything or willing to spend any money.

My solution was to teach myself to use the mouse left handed. It was a pain in the ass to learn to mouse left handed doing precise mousing like CAD, but I prevailed. The good news is that carpal tunnel is a repetitive stress disorder and eliminating the repetitive stress alleviated the inflamation. The flare up completely went away, and I never needed surgery.

Thankfully, a few monthly later my internship called that they had downsized too far and offered me a job (I'm still employed by them 20+ years later). I have access to tons of ergo stuff (vertical mice, sit stand desks, ergo keyboards, etc.), but I'm now ambidextrous and I've found it's still the best thing for me. I use the mouse left handed at work, and use the mouse right handed at home. I also have a travel mouse that I use in meetings and when traveling because using the laptop touch panel created other ergo issues for me.

In other words, if I were you I'd get a left handed mouse / roller mouse (I prefer vertical mice) and get a left handed fishing reel. Quit doing repetitive tasks with your right hand.

I have been borderline for the past few years - however I had a rather substantial flare up in early March that forced me to do most everything left-handed. That was a failure.

The first thing that seemed to reduce or eliminate about 80% of the pain was to get an ergonomic mouse pad. The relief was immediate.

The major pain point for me was the elbow and while that was reduced, its obviously NOT getting better so I asked several people and they suggested getting one of those compression elbow bandages. It works to a certain extent but makes the day manageable.

At one point I could not extend my arm and pick up a cup of coffee.

This led to a post I made about 10 days on acupuncture, and I've located a practitioner nearby and will be meeting up with her on Monday to discuss if there are any opportunities for relief.

Will keep you posted.

tator

are you using a 66 degree or a 90 degree mouse?

Carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel in both hands, along with ulnar neuropathy in both elbows. All I can say is the surgery did wonders for me. I had issues with my right elbow and had to get ulnar transposition done afterward, then developed a small neuroma, but that has since been medically resolved. The surgery was 100% worth it to me and provided tremendous relief.

Try wearing your wrist braces at night while sleeping.

I found that in my sleep I was clenching my fists and rolling my hands inward. Wearing the braces while sleeping let the tendons, nerves, or whatever heal.
It also broke me of the habit of rolling my hands in.
Been 20-25 yrs and no more problem.

Glad I didn't get any surgery!

Friend at work had it done. One wrist, then a few months later the other. Full recovery. He said his doc said the longer you wait the more likely you will have permanent impairment.

It's a 10 minute surgery with minimal sedation...or no sedation. Just do it.

Had both done about 10 years ago. About three days recovery after each one. If yours is that bad just get it done. Let it go on long enough and that tingly feeling won't go away even with surgery.