since it lies in the middle of the forearm and the wrist), to pass from the forearm to the hand. This passageway lies on the carpal bones and is roofed by a strong ligament, the flexor retinaculum.

Carpal tunnel syndrome affects 87 men and 192 women per 100,000 population worldwide. 1 Common signs include paresthesia, pain, and weakness in the median nerve distribution of the hand.

Packed into that little space are numerous bones, tendons ... the carpal tunnel goes up,” says Shaun Mendenhall, MD, a hand surgeon at University of Utah Health. “That causes compression on the median ...

Repeated hand and wrist movements. They can cause the membranes around the tendons to swell (tenosynovitis). Broken wrist bones, dislocated bones ... The gap where the ligament was cut is left alone ...