We offer a range of carpal tunnel treatments to patients in the Greenville, Spartanburg & Anderson areas.

Do you feel numbness or tingling in your hand at night? Do you sometimes experience a sharp pain that goes up your arm to your shoulder? Do you have trouble holding objects without dropping them? You may be experiencing symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome.

What Is It?

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common problem that interferes with the use of your hands. It most often occurs when tendons in the wrist are inflamed after being aggravated by repetitive movements such as typing on a computer keyboard. This may cause progressive narrowing of the carpal wrist tunnel of bone and ligament that passes through the center of the wrist. The result is pressure on the nerves to the fingers and to the muscles at the base of the thumb.

Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder characterized by involuntary muscle contractions that force certain parts of the body into abnormal, sometimes painful, movements or postures. Dystonia can affect any part of the body, including the arms and legs, trunk, neck, eyelids, face, or vocal cords. We don’t really know what causes Dystonia; however, as with other movement disorders, genetic, environmental, and nervous system abnormalities are suspected.

If Dystonia causes any type of impairment, it is because muscle contractions are both painful and interfere with normal function. Features such as cognition, strength, and the senses, including vision and hearing, are normal. While Dystonia is not fatal, it is a chronic disorder and prognosis is difficult to predict.