carpal tunnel syndrome

I am seeing a 49 year old lady who has a provisional diagnosis of CTS (awaiting results of a scan to confirm diagnosis), numbness and tingling in fingers for 3-4 months now. During the same time period she also developed swollen ankles which she initially put down to the heat…

Following on with this client, she has seen an orthopaedic specialist for her pain who has diagnosed carpel tunnel syndrome alongside her pre existing neuropathy from shingles. she is taking a very low dose of Amytriptiline to aid sleep and we have worked hard on improving her diet with some…