How to treat a prolonged weak feeling wrists that has increased in it pain?
Patient: I have had issues with my wrists feeling weak in the past, like years ago. Now, I suffer from wrist pain, but not only that, it seems my hands are clumbsy. I did experience some tingling here and there. However, since I have not been getting answers from the places I have been going to seek help, I have done research which led me to isometrics. I was doing it faithfully for a while. It seemed to help, however, I still had a good amount of pain but it was less than what I had been experiencing. And then, it seemed that it didn t help at all after about 2 weeks maybe. It was only temporary relief, because then I started feeling the pain travel thru my arms and on into my shoulders. I would wake up in the middle of the night from Pressure/pain across my shoulder blades in the front or sometimes in the same area but on my back side. One doctor, said I had carpal tunnel, but couldn t do further testing because of my inability to pay. So then I was approved for Obamacare. I saw an orthopedic doctor who thought it was not carpal tunnel but possibly tendinitis with a touch of rheumatoid arthritis. However, the very first doctor I saw drew blood to check for rheumatoid and it came back negative. So anyhow, the orthopedic doctor referred me to a hand surgeon. The hand surgeon said he thinks its a problem with a possible pinched nerve. And during my exams it is hard to associate the different feelings in my hands as the doctors are examining me, because I have not been given anything to manage my pain level. So now I am confused and really I just want to get to the nature of the problem so I can have it fixed. Doctor: Only way to know for sure is by nerve conduction studyHowever if pain reaches your shoulder blades then you should suspect cervical lesion not carpal tunnel , i recommend a cervical MRI or a simple x ray can do if you can show it to me Good Luck