Conditions We Treat
Carpal Tunnel Treatment in Silverdale, WA
Numb, tingling hands have more than one possible source. Good care checks them all.
The tunnel is not always the whole story
Classic carpal tunnel syndrome is compression of the median nerve where it passes through the wrist: numbness and tingling in the thumb and first fingers, worse at night, sometimes with grip weakness. It is common in hands that type, grip tools, or repeat the same motion all day.
But the median nerve runs a long road from the neck to the fingertips, and it can be irritated anywhere along it: the cervical spine, the shoulder, the forearm. Symptoms from those sites mimic carpal tunnel closely, which is why wrist surgery sometimes disappoints. Before anyone talks about surgery, the whole road deserves a look, and conservative care deserves a fair trial.
How Dr. Siegel treats hand and wrist symptoms
- An exam covering the wrist, elbow, shoulder, and neck, not just the tunnel
- Joint work for the wrist and adjusting for the neck when it contributes
- Graston Technique for the forearm soft tissue that tightens around overused wrists
- Cold laser over the tunnel to calm the irritated nerve
- Workstation and tool-grip changes that take pressure off the nerve for good
Wake up with hands that work
Night tingling is your median nerve asking for help. Conservative care first is a sensible order of operations.