Carpal tunnel


What is it?

The carpal tunnel is a tunnel between the wrist bones and the flexor retinaculum (a band of connective tissue).

Through this tunnel passes the majority of the tendons of the hand, vessels and the median nerve.

When any of the structures in this tunnel become inflamed or the tunnel is reduced in size, the median nerve can be compressed.

When a nerve is compressed the feeling of the skin and the strength muscles it supplies is reduced.

What do I look for?

What causes it?

When do I see the physio?

Do I see my doctor?

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