Omaha District UMC

It happens slowly: first your wrists ache. Then you notice your fingers stiff wrists get worse and immobile, and then wake with numb hands. Some days you wake up feeling as if your hands are on fire, while on other days, they are stiff and sensitive to touch, and the pain will not disappear. Your doctor leaning forward wrist a day after you have complained about the pain, taps a spot on the outside corner, and if you tell him that it made your fingers tingle, his suspicions confirmed: you have carpal tunnel syndrome. Read the rest of this entry »