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I had seen a hand surgeon at HSS in NYC twice, once in 2010 and 2011. I was using my hand as a hammer and the carpal tunnel was damaged. It felt as though it was going to explode with pain up to the elbow. The doc did a timed nerve test and it confirmed significant loss of transmission. He wanted to do surgery.

I took NSAID's and wore a hand brace for CT. Within a few months it started to get better, slowly but better. After six months it was 99% gone. Now after two years it is gone.

I am now much more aware of how I use and position my right hand. No more using it as a hammer trying to push a sheetrock saw into some rock to cut.

I've worked my entire life with tools, hammer drills, chopping guns, drills etc. For the past 18 years at a desk all day on a computer.

Just my .02˘