I believe that some people have had this happen, but someimes putting two and two together, may be a problem...You forget about the fall that you took that may have brought on this new pain...Weakening the muscles may have a lot to do with it, but you forget....

Hopefully someone wlse may be able to help you further on this....

Caroline

I had both surgeries done, (cubital and carpal tunnel decompression) at the same time 4 weeks ago. They are two different nerves, the ulnar nerve basically is pinched at the elbow, the median nerve is compressed or pinched at the wrist. My ulnar nerve was compressed in both wrist and elbow along with the CTS. It was determined that it was due to my job, slow injury. My doctor also told me that it can be due to any injury, the first thing they asked me is if I ever hand broken my hand or wrist.

Thank you for your responses. I had my surgery last week. I had the enoscopic Carpal tunnel release and the Cubital (ulnar) decompression. Workman's comp has declared it un related to the fall, but it just seems odd to me that I had no symptoms at all prior to the fall. I will continue to persue it with them. But, in the mean time, I think my post surgery progess is going pretty well...still uncomfortable, but I'm not really having any pain and the tingling and numbness are gone.
I have also been to the CuTS forum and agree it is also very useful. Up until my diagnosis I hadn't even heard of CuTS before.