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    burning sensation in wrist

    hello everyone!got a burning sensation along the side of my wrist.work construction and go to the gym a lot.wondering could this be carpal tunnel?anyone else get this burning and what do u do about it?started to wear wrist supports at the gym. thanks!!

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    do the wrist wraps help?

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    there are to test for carpal tunnel ,phalens and reverse phalens test, let me see if i can find a demonstration of how to do it

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    Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Provocative Maneuvers

    Carpal tunnel syndrome is one of the most common peripheral entrapment neuropathies encountered in clinical practice. The following clinical tests may be useful to help confirm the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome.
    Phalen's test: The patient rests the elbows on a flat surface, holds the forearms vertically, and actively places the wrists in complete and forced flexion for at least one minute. This maneuver moderately increases the pressure in the carpal tunnel and has the effect of pinching the median nerve between the proximal edge of the transverse carpal ligament and the anterior border of the distal end of the radius.1-3

    Reverse Phalen's test: This test is performed by having the patient maintain full wrist and finger extension for two minutes. The reverse Phalen's test significantly increases pressure in the carpal tunnel within 10 seconds of the change in wrist posture and the carpal tunnel pressure has the tendency to increase throughout the test's duration. In contrast, the change in carpal tunnel pressure noted in the standard Phalen's test is modest and plateaus after 20 to 30 seconds. In a study comparing the changes in tunnel pressure with the Phalen's and reverse Phalen's test it was noted that the average pressure change for Phalen's test at one and two minutes was only 4 mm Hg. The average pressure changes in the carpal tunnel for the reverse Phalen's test were 34 mm Hg at one minute into the test and 42 mm Hg at the two minute point.4 Thus, the extended wrist posture significantly changes the pressure within the carpal tunnel and may be more useful as a provocative examination maneuver. In another study cited by Sunderland, flexion raised carpal tunnel pressure by 100 mm of water while extension raised the pressure in the tunnel to 300 mm.5

    Tethered median nerve stress test: This test may be useful in detecting chronic, low grade median nerve compression in the carpal tunnel and may be most useful when sensory complaints predominate and motor signs are minimal. To perform the test, the doctor grasps the distal phalanx of the patient's index finger and pulls the index finger into forced extension and holds that position. This maneuver produces the greatest amount of median nerve distal excursion in the tunnel and combines the effects generated by the reverse Phalen's test with those of tractioning of the median nerve. The median nerve is bound, in some patients, to the tendon of the flexor digitorum profundus muscle to the index finger. Thus, by extending the index finger from the distal phalanx, the median nerve may be tractioned distally due to connective tissue attachments between the tendon and the nerve. The test produces discomfort as its most common provocative complaint which is characterized as aching and myalgic and increases the longer the test position is held. There may also be proximal radiation of pain from the carpal tunnel to the pronator teres muscle which may persist post-te_st.6

    Direct pressure over the tunnel: Pressure of the examiner's thumbs applied directly versus the median nerve running deep to the transverse carpal ligament may produce pain, tingling, or numbness in the median nerve's field in the hand related to the carpal tunnel (Figure I). This test is specific for the carpal tunnel syndrome and has elicited symptoms in 87 percent of a bona fide group of carpal tunnel syndrome patients. The average time to the onset of symptoms with direct compression of the median nerve is between 16 seconds and 29 seconds. In contrast, the standard Phalen's test elicited symptoms in approximately 70 percent of patients with the average onset of symptoms taking approximately 25 seconds following the initiation of the flexed hand position.

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    quit wacking off so much!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Johny-too-small
    quit wacking off so much!

    when I read the header
    I knew someone was going to post this


    (not to play down your injury)
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    how about an update on your wrist?

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