I have had both hands done. I had micro surgery by a DR that developed the surgery. Very different from the usual long incision . I had a very small incision in my palm. They request you move and flex your hand as much as you can. I had sirgery done on a Friday and went back to work as a 4 handed dental assistant on Monday. Hand had minamal dressing and I double gloved for every procedure. No pain or soreness. No PT. My friend had traditional surgery and is still having PT and discomfort 2 months later. Highly suggest you look for someone to do the micro surgery if it is necessary. I suffered for a few years, and you don't realize how it disrupts your life till it is gone.

mine CTS was not from "repetitive motion" but from lack of motion and swelling after breaking arm. specialist/surgeon briefly talked about surgery IF if ends up in the picture. incision maybe 2" long max from beginning of palm. not anesthesia other than local... i'd have no problems with that. said back to most normal activities after a few days. would be nice if he wrote me a "note" to stay home from school for a week or so!! i don't know if this sudden onset of OUCH is a good sign or not, but fairly sure has to be connected to steroid shot on Tuesday. we'll see what surgeon says at follow-up on Monday.

I had CTS for years, but didn't want to do surgery.

I asked the Dr to refer me to PT and he did. I had an excellent Physical Therapist who worked on me 3 x's a week for about 6 weeks. She finally was able to get deep into a nerve some where in my neck - between the shoulder blade and spine area. Once she was able to work there, ALL my problems went away.

It took a lot of effort and patience, but to avoid surgery, it was well worth it.

If you can find a GOOD PT with experience in CT, you might give it a try.

I will say that I had the tingling & numbness, occasional "shocks" but never lost use of my arm or hand.

Good luck!!

broken humerus needed OR-IF (open reduction, internal fixation) to put this humpty dumpty back together again. A big BREAK (multiple actually) and a BIG surgery. incision from should to elbow, metal rod with 13 screws. ended up with "frozen shoulder" and have been going to PT 2-3 times a week since late June of last year. was about Labor Day before i could touch thumb and index finger. range of motion in arm (shoulder/elbow) is slowly returning... hope to get it all back. it's just that it has been unpleasantly uncomfortable since a few days after that shot and hoping that's a "good" sign??

Had both hands done about 4 weeks apart. So worth it. Probably in 1993, painful, but happy I did it. No issues since.

I had both hands done, just as marcopolo described. Barely discernible scarring and no bad effects. I don’t know why anybody wouldn’t want to get it done. In my case I had no choice - my hands were almost non functioning.