{"id":1468,"date":"2025-08-30T12:15:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T10:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ergotherapiepraxis-schmidt-staub.de\/carpal-tunnel-syndrome\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T15:36:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T13:36:53","slug":"carpal-tunnel-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/disease-patterns\/carpal-tunnel-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Carpal tunnel syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1050129284\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/office-workers-are-particularly-prone-to-carpal-tu-2023-11-27-05-23-57-utc-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row align-center\" id=\"row-1901641800\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-425191642\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\" data-animate=\"blurIn\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center dark\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2877303693\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 200%;\">Carpal tunnel syndrome<\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2877303693 {\n  color: rgb(88, 67, 130);\n}\n#text-2877303693 > * {\n  color: rgb(88, 67, 130);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"text-3327473146\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p>Car\u00adpal tun\u00adnel syn\u00addro\u00adme is the most com\u00admon bot\u00adt\u00adlen\u00adeck syn\u00addro\u00adme in the car\u00adpal regi\u00adon. The age of onset is pre\u00addo\u00admi\u00adnant\u00adly bet\u00adween the ages of 40 and 70. The syn\u00addro\u00adme often occurs on both sides.  <\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3327473146 {\n  color: rgb(88, 67, 130);\n}\n#text-3327473146 > * {\n  color: rgb(88, 67, 130);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1050129284 {\n  padding-top: 100px;\n  padding-bottom: 100px;\n  min-height: 450px;\n}\n#section_1050129284 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(237, 233, 225, 0.762);\n}\n#section_1050129284 .section-bg img {\n  object-position: 63% 65%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1050129284 {\n    padding-top: 30px;\n    padding-bottom: 30px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_2058573369\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-large content-row-1\" id=\"row-946442859\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2026556473\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\" data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3359600102\" class=\"text span-headline-1\">\n\t\t\n<p><span>Cau\u00adses and sym\u00adptoms<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p>Car\u00adpal tun\u00adnel syn\u00addro\u00adme is a ner\u00adve com\u00adpres\u00adsi\u00adon syn\u00addro\u00adme in the area of the car\u00adpus. The medi\u00adan ner\u00adve of the hand is pin\u00adched. This com\u00adpres\u00adsi\u00adon, or ent\u00adrap\u00adment, can have many <strong>cau\u00adses<\/strong>:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Repe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adve move\u00adments<\/strong>: Acti\u00advi\u00adties that requi\u00adre repe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adve hand and wrist move\u00adments, such as typ\u00ading or cut\u00adting, can lead to ove\u00adr\u00aduse of the hand and irri\u00adta\u00adte the car\u00adpal tun\u00adnel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wrist posi\u00adti\u00adon<\/strong>: Fre\u00adquent fle\u00adxi\u00adon or hyper\u00adex\u00adten\u00adsi\u00adon of the wrist can put pres\u00adsu\u00adre on the medi\u00adan ner\u00adve.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Inju\u00adries<\/strong>: Frac\u00adtures or sprains of the wrist can lead to swel\u00adling and con\u00adstrict the car\u00adpal tun\u00adnel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arthri\u00adtis<\/strong>: Inflamm\u00ada\u00adto\u00adry dise\u00ada\u00adses such as rheu\u00adma\u00adto\u00adid arthri\u00adtis can cau\u00adse swel\u00adling and chan\u00adges in the wrist bones that nar\u00adrow the car\u00adpal tun\u00adnel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hor\u00admo\u00adn\u00adal chan\u00adges<\/strong>: Fluc\u00adtua\u00adtions in hor\u00admo\u00adne levels, espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly during pregnan\u00adcy or meno\u00adpau\u00adse, can lead to swel\u00adling in the car\u00adpal tun\u00adnel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dise\u00ada\u00adses<\/strong>: Cer\u00adtain dise\u00ada\u00adses such as dia\u00adbe\u00adtes, hypo\u00adthy\u00adro\u00adidism (underac\u00adti\u00adve thy\u00adro\u00adid gland) and obe\u00adsi\u00adty increase the risk of car\u00adpal tun\u00adnel syn\u00addro\u00adme.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flu\u00adid reten\u00adti\u00adon<\/strong>: Con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons that lead to flu\u00adid reten\u00adti\u00adon in the body, such as kid\u00adney dise\u00ada\u00adse or pregnan\u00adcy, can increase the pres\u00adsu\u00adre in the car\u00adpal tun\u00adnel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gene\u00adtics<\/strong>: A fami\u00adli\u00adal pre\u00addis\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon can play a role, as ana\u00adto\u00admic\u00adal dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adces, such as a nar\u00adrower car\u00adpal tun\u00adnel, can be inhe\u00adri\u00adted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u00adse cau\u00adses and risk fac\u00adtors can occur indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal\u00adly or in com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon and increase the risk of deve\u00adlo\u00adping car\u00adpal tun\u00adnel syn\u00addro\u00adme.<\/p>\n<p>The most com\u00admon <strong>sym\u00adptoms<\/strong> include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Numb\u00adness and ting\u00adling<\/strong>: Espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly in the thumb, index, midd\u00adle and some\u00adti\u00admes the ring fin\u00adger. The\u00adse sen\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adons often occur at night or when waking up and can be exa\u00adcer\u00adba\u00adted during the day during acti\u00advi\u00adties such as making pho\u00adne calls or dri\u00adving. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Pain<\/strong>: Pain in the wrist or hand that can radia\u00adte to the fore\u00adarm or even the should\u00ader. This pain can also be aggrava\u00adted during cer\u00adtain acti\u00advi\u00adties or move\u00adments of the hand and wrist. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Weak\u00adne\u00adss<\/strong>: Weak\u00adne\u00adss in the hand that makes it dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to hold objects. Tho\u00adse affec\u00adted may have dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty gras\u00adping small objects such as need\u00adles or coins. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Loss of coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon<\/strong>: Fine motor skills may be impai\u00adred, resul\u00adting in dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty per\u00adforming pre\u00adcise move\u00adments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Swel\u00adling<\/strong>: In some cases, swel\u00adling of the hand may occur, alt\u00adhough this swel\u00adling is often felt sub\u00adjec\u00adtively and is not always visi\u00adble.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sen\u00adsi\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty to cold<\/strong>: The affec\u00adted fin\u00adgers may be more sen\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adve to cold than the rest of the hand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u00adse sym\u00adptoms can start gra\u00addu\u00adal\u00adly and wor\u00adsen over time if the pres\u00adsu\u00adre on the medi\u00adan ner\u00adve is not redu\u00adced. At an advan\u00adced stage, the sym\u00adptoms can beco\u00adme per\u00adma\u00adnent and lead to signi\u00adfi\u00adcant <strong>impair\u00adment of hand func\u00adtion<\/strong>. To avo\u00adid this, you should defi\u00adni\u00adte\u00adly seek pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal help. We will advi\u00adse you and help you!   <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-946442859 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 40px 0px 0px 25px;\n  background-color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_2058573369 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  background-color: rgb(255, 247, 237);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1482,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1468","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1468"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2541,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1468\/revisions\/2541"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}