Wrist and hand complaints
There are numerous conditions that can lead to pain in the wrist or hand. We would need to assess each individual muscle, tendon and joint and there are many in order to ascertain which structure was responsible for the pain or discomfort you were experiencing. Excepting fractures, dislocations or other bone complaints, physio should be able to help most soft tissue injuries of the wrist or hand. 'Carpal tunnel syndrome', if it is actually an entrapped nerve, would not respond to physio, but would require surgery. This condition is frequently misdiagnosed, and is often in fact a neck condition that is referring the symptoms down the nerve into the hand. Therefore before having surgery it is worth your while to have us do a physio assessment to ensure that it is not a neck condition that would respond to physiotherapy( otherwise the surgery will be ineffective!)
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