What treatments work for carpal tunnel syndrome? Some of the things they recommend are 1) assistive technology such as using the arrow keys, or soft touch keyboards,2) wrist braces, 3) superficial heat, 4) shortwave diathermy, 5) interferential current, 6) manual therapy directed at the cervical spine and upper extremity, and 7) stretching exercises. ~ Dr. Broussard
CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES
Hand Pain and Sensory Deficits: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Clinical Practice Guidelines Linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health From the Academy of Hand and Upper Extremity Physical Therapy and the Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy of the American Physical Therapy Association
Published: Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 2019 Volume:49 Issue:5 Pages:CPG1–CPG85 DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2019.0301
Abstract
The Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy and the Academy of Hand and Upper Extremity Physical Therapy have an ongoing effort to create evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for orthopaedic and sports physical therapy management and prevention of musculoskeletal impairments described in the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). This particular guideline focuses on hand pain and sensory deficits in carpal tunnel syndrome.