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Key Facts Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is the world’s most common neuropathy caused by nerve compression. It happens when the median nerve, which runs through your wrist, gets squeezed inside a ...

Median Nerve at the Wrist 1,2 The median nerve is vulnerable to pressure phenomena in its passage through the carpal tunnel. When a neuropathy occurs here, it is called the carpal-tunnel syndrome.

In 1947 Brain, Wright and Wilkinson 2 reported in some detail 6 cases of spontaneous compression of the median nerve at the wrist, and in 1951 Phalen 3 added 11.

Certified hand therapist Brenda Cummings says, "Wrist braces for carpal tunnel work by keeping your wrist in a neutral position to alleviate pressure from the median nerve." To be effective ...

This painful, progressive condition, also called median nerve entrapment, occurs when the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand, becomes pressed or squeezed at the wrist.

The thumb gets its nerve supply from the median nerve. Compression of this nerve occurs most commonly in the wrist within a structure of bone and connective tissue called the carpal tunnel.