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What Helps With Recovery After Carpal Tunnel Surgery?

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What Helps With Recovery After Carpal Tunnel Surgery?

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Right after surgery, you may notice that flexibility may be stiff. You should be able to move all of your fingers right after surgery. Strength- especially grip- will be difficult, so physical therapy is greatly recommended. Your surgeon will likely refer you to a post-surgery therapist, and it typically requires about 8-12 sessions to regain your strength and flexibility. The sensation of tingling and numbness may be better several days after surgery, and it may take months before it gets back to “normal”. Your median nerve, to a large extent, will possibly regenerate nerve fibers, so that your hand should develop more nerves going down to your fingers over time. This usually occurs at a rate of about 1 inch a month. Unfortunately, while this is happening, you feel burning/ itching/ electrical shocks/ pins and needles shooting down your fingers. This is actually a good sign, because it indicates that your median nerve is healing. Some surgeons recommend splints right after surgery, an

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