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Way over 30 yrs ago before I became a Chiropractor my wife came down with the wrist pain bad, both wrists. Back then the surgery was the norm, she had both done and the problems became worse than better.

Frustrated, she went to a guru of occupational Docs in Seattle and the first thing out of his mouth was, "Did you try all adjunct therapies first?". Nope, the doc said cut and you will be fine. he replied back, "that was your first mistake".

He went on to explain that some people will develop massive scar tissue after surgery and due to that should try anything before the cut. He also said that some body types are ment for surgery, they recover great with little down time, which myself included can say that is true, counting now I have had 13 surgeries with great results, more or less.

It took many yrs for my wife to recover from that carpel surgery, she is not the perfect candidate for surgery.

So what BlueSkyJaunte said, try anything first, exhaust all before taking the knife.