Can surgery on one hand fix problems in the other hand? Sounds impossible, but in select cases, it in fact happens. Several researchers posed the question of what happens to patients with carpal tunnel syndrome in both hands if only one hand is operated on. They found that a substantial number of patients have relief of their carpal tunnel symptoms, such as numbness, tingling and cramping, in the hand that did not have surgery. How could this be? Releasing the ligament that is pinching the … [Read more...] about Understanding the Oddities of our Nervous System
John Flint
Using Joint Denervation to Treat Arthritis in the Hand, Wrist, Elbow
Physicians and surgeons are continually looking for ways to improve patients’ lives and solve medical problems with less invasive and less painful techniques. Just as important to patients, however, is minimizing the recovery time after medical procedures. In many ways, orthopedics has made great gains in reducing the invasiveness, pain and recovery time in orthopedic surgeries. For example, many of the orthopedic surgeries performed today are done arthroscopically, or through very small … [Read more...] about Using Joint Denervation to Treat Arthritis in the Hand, Wrist, Elbow
