GOOD HANDS
IN
Carpal tunnel syndrome can turn ordinary activities into painful obstacles. Here’s how to keep it from getting the upper hand in your everyday life
CAROLYN NOEL WAS FRIGHTENED when she began waking up in the middle of the night with throbbing, aching hands. “I would wake up and my hands would just hurt,” she says. Within a few weeks, the achy feeling progressed to excruciating pain. “I was worried because I was young and working as a secretary at the time, and
my job depended on me being able to type,” she says. “I was really scared about the situation.” Noel visited her doctor and learned she had carpal tunnel syndrome. “My doctor told me he believed it was a result of overuse,” she says. “If I wasn’t working, I was playing the piano or crocheting—I was constantly using my hands.”
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