What is Carpal tunnel syndrome and what are the causes? Probably many of you already know the answer but sometimes a good review will remind you about how important it is to avoid this problem from happen to you, especially who work daily on a computer.
Carpal tunnel syndrome is pressure on the median nerve. Median nerve is the nerve in the wrist that supplies feeling and movement to the "thumb side" of the hand (the palm, thumb, index finger, middle finger, and thumb side of the ring finger).
The area in your wrist where the nerve enter the hand is called the carpal tunnel. This tunnel is normally narrow, so any swelling can pinch the nerve and cause pain, numbness, tingling, weakness or muscle damage in the hand and fingers. The symptoms usually start gradually, with frequent burning, tingling, or itching numbness in the palm of the hand and the fingers, especially the thumb and the index and middle fingers. This is called carpal tunnel syndrome.