Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
- One of the most serious and best known MSDs, although because it is a nerve compression injury sometimes it is separated from other MSDs that typically involve tendons and tendon sheaths.
- It results when the median nerve does not "work" properly. Usually, this is thought to occur because there is too much pressure on the nerve as it runs into the wrist through an opening called the carpal tunnel.
- Eventually, the pressure inside the tunnel reaches a point when the nerve can no longer function normally. Pain and numbness in the hand begin and progress if the cause is not eliminated.
- Repeated forceful movements made by the hands while in deviated postures (flexion, extension, ulnar radiation, and radial radiation) are known to dramatically increase the risks of developing this syndrome.
- Ulnar and radial deviation contribute to MSDs, but it is flexion and, particularly, extension that are the real culprits.
- Remember that when the wrist is in a neutral position, the carpal tunnel is as big as it can be__so the nerve has as much room as possible and injury can be prevented.
2. Preventing Injury When it comes to preventing injury, adults and children need to primarily:
- Keep their body and wrist posture in neutral positions while sitting and keyboarding.
- Have an appropriate workstation configuration, let us help up u www.ergonomicworks.com
- Take breaks at appropriate intervals.
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