“I am suffering from a hand pain due to sleeping on one side. What should I do?”
I am suffering from a severe pain in my hand as I sleep on one side only. I wake up everyday morning with a hand pain. What can I do to reduce this pain?
6 Answers
This is most likely due to compression neuropathy. Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common upper extremity compression neuropathy. You can start by trying over the counter wrist brace that would keep your wrist perfectly straight while you sleep. That should alleviate any pressure on the nerve and minimize your symptomatology. If you get no relief from the brace, you should seek out a hand specialist
It is important to always seek a medical evaluation by a licensed professional to ensure it is not the manifestation of something more serious. You also want to seek help sooner rather than later to prevent any further damage to the area.
There could be quite a few different things going on there, but I would recommend being promptly evaluated for carpal tunnel syndrome by a board-certified hand surgeon. CTS is very, very common, and my patients with CTS routinely report the exact same complaint. If CTS is present, a quick, non-stitch endoscopic procedure can permanently correct your problem.
Could be a symptom of carpal tunnel syndrome. Carpal tunnel usually causes numbness of one or both hands, but sometimes there can be only pain. You should see your family doctor or a local hand surgeon for evaluation.
The obvious answer is to not sleep on that side of course you should get evaluated find out why you’re having so much pain is it from nerve compression or swelling that’s making tendons or joints stiff. Or is it because of pain from your shoulder or neck that’s radiating down towards your hand.
Swollen injured tissues in the upper extremity tend to get more swollen at night because of the negation of the effect of gravity in other words when we stand up all day to move around fluid runs downhill when we lie down and sleep at night the fluid that normally runs downhill tends to end up in our face and hands.
Swollen injured tissues in the upper extremity tend to get more swollen at night because of the negation of the effect of gravity in other words when we stand up all day to move around fluid runs downhill when we lie down and sleep at night the fluid that normally runs downhill tends to end up in our face and hands.
Typically, hand pain at night is not caused by sleeping position. However, it could be caused by carpal tunnel syndrome. You may try picking up carpal tunnel braces and wearing them at night.
