“Do store-bought braces work for carpal tunnel?”
I feel like I have carpal tunnel syndrome and I want to find ways to treat it without resorting to surgery or anything like that. Do you think a brace from, like, Amazon or Walmart would help? I'm also 24 years old.
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Here are some pictures of exercises and a link to a video that may help. Wear a splint at night. A splint from drug store or Amazon is just fine. See a doctor if symptoms not getting better.
http://www.carpal-tunnel-symptoms.com/tendon-glide-exercises.html
https://youtu.be/f0RHZ6bnhxg?t=12
http://www.carpal-tunnel-symptoms.com/tendon-glide-exercises.html
https://youtu.be/f0RHZ6bnhxg?t=12
Mild carpal tunnel symptoms can resolve with braces and even physical therapy.
Yes, those would work just fine. I'd recommend starting to wear the braces at night. You could also consider therapy or a steroid injection as a non-surgical treatment option.
These are appropriate braces and can mitigate symptoms, particularly the night time symptoms. However, it always best to be evaluated by a hand surgeon for this common and easily treatable hand ailment.
Any store-bought brace can work. It’s important the brace be well fittihg and not too tight
Yes the brace can help if early carpal tunnel syndrome.
The most important thing to understand is that carpal tunnel can be a spectrum from those patients with rare numbness and tingling and no night pain and no atrophy to those with constant numbness, waking multiple times a night and weakness and dropping things. If your numbness is not constant and your thenar muscles are working any type of short arm wrist splint can be helpful as a starting point. Often injections can be beneficial as well. Have you had a nerve conduction test/EMG to determine severity?
If indeed you have carpal tunnel syndrome, or even wrist tendinitis, then a brace can help with your symptoms. In terms of the particular type of brace, as long as it is comfortable and fits well, a store or internet brace should be fine.
At age 24, it is unlikely that you have carpal tunnel syndrome. However, if you do, a store bought brace can work perfectly fine.
Nighttime bracing is often very effective for carpal tunnel syndrome.
