What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)?

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a common condition that can causes pain, numbness, and tingling in the hand and arm. The condition occurs when one of the major nerves in the hand, the median nerve, is compressed as it travels through the wrist. The median nerve controls movement in the thumb and feeling in the thumb and first three fingers. Learn more about carpal tunnel syndrome here.

Treatment Options

Traditionally, CTS is managed conservatively with activity modification (i.e. avoiding activities that make the symptoms worse), adjusting posture and positioning of the wrists, taking frequent breaks and braces to provide better positioning and avoiding wrist flexion.

When conservative management fails, patients are often offered traditional carpal tunnel release surgery. Surgery involves cutting the transverse carpal ligament to relieve pressure on the median nerve. Traditional surgical techniques can resolve CTS, but may result in large and painful scars, ongoing palm pain and a longer recovery. Surgery can be open with an incision in the palm of your hand or endoscopic surgery using a camera to look inside the carpal tunnel and making an incision along the ligament.

Alternatively, there are less invasive treatment options for carpal tunnel syndrome that offer comparable results and faster return to activities. Learn more here

CTR using ultrasound guidance relieves the symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome while minimizing recovery time. Most patients can return to work and the activities they love in 3-6 days. Performing CTR with ultrasound guidance allows most patients to enjoy immediate motion so they can focus on getting back to their lives and the activities they love.

Benefits:

• Most patients can return to work and the activities they love within 3-6 days
• Performed in a procedure room or office setting
• Typically performed using local anesthesia
• Small incision typically closed without sutures
• Aspirin or Ibuprofen typically used for pain management
• Postoperative therapy typically not required
• Immediate motion of the hand for rapid recovery

Boston Sports & Biologics is now the 2^nd location on the East Coast to perform the Thread Carpal Tunnel Release (The Guo Technique).

This minimally invasive treatment uses just a needle and a thread to release the transverse carpal ligament; there is no blade or scalpel involved. It is performed in the office, under ultrasound guidance using only local anesthesia, in an average of 15 minutes. Patients are generally able to return to their normal activities of daily living that day and depending on their job return to work the next day or next week.

Benefits:

• No incision. No blade. No scalpel. No sutures.
• No general anesthesia. No nerve block
• Performed in the office
• Faster return to work (as little as 24 hours)

For More Information or to Schedule a Consultation, Contact:

Boston Sports & Biologics

20 Walnut St, Suite #14

Wellesley MA

Ph: (781) 591 - 7855

Email: Info@bsbortho.com