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<blockquote data-quote="Load Stand" data-source="post: 317898"><p>Tooner, some more thoughts to consider....ironically enough, I do remember reading about cases in which traumatic CTS develops after some trauma or shock of an auto accident, in which immediate and sudden clenching as you described occurs. I also have read about neck problems presenting themselves as CTS, so if you got rear-ended like you did, you could easily have jarred your neck a little, and you could have a pinched nerve or a disk pressing on a nerve that presented itself in your hands/wrists. Sounds like either could have happened to you, and after time the nerve(s) have recovered for the most part. Also sounds like the lawyers were able to argue somehow this was occupational CTS, probably because 15-20 years ago or so, this stuff really started getting ramped up as being an occupational illness without much argument. I would guess that in today's courts, your medical expert and lawyer could easily argue that the auto accident was the cause of your problems. </p><p></p><p>But now with age and the other risk factors described in my previous post, you may have naturally occuring CTS or some other neuropathy that is more circulatory in nature. </p><p>You may want to ask your doc to scan your neck to see if you have a remaining disc issue, before your go through a surgery that may not help you. Or I think a nerve conduction study (EMG) may also clarify where that nerve is getting pinched (neck, elbow or wrist), or if it is getting pinched at all. I think that test is considered the gold standard to clarify if what you have is CTS or some other neuropathic issue developing. </p><p></p><p>I have seen guys get the carpal tunnels done (wrist), then still have issues and then they get the cubital tunnels done (elbows) without much relief, and then they find a cervical disc causing all the problems. Most docs do not understand this and throw that CTS diagnosis out there as an easy answer. You should ask questions like this and see what how he/she responds. Or a specialist like a physiatrist may be the best way to go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Load Stand, post: 317898"] Tooner, some more thoughts to consider....ironically enough, I do remember reading about cases in which traumatic CTS develops after some trauma or shock of an auto accident, in which immediate and sudden clenching as you described occurs. I also have read about neck problems presenting themselves as CTS, so if you got rear-ended like you did, you could easily have jarred your neck a little, and you could have a pinched nerve or a disk pressing on a nerve that presented itself in your hands/wrists. Sounds like either could have happened to you, and after time the nerve(s) have recovered for the most part. Also sounds like the lawyers were able to argue somehow this was occupational CTS, probably because 15-20 years ago or so, this stuff really started getting ramped up as being an occupational illness without much argument. I would guess that in today's courts, your medical expert and lawyer could easily argue that the auto accident was the cause of your problems. But now with age and the other risk factors described in my previous post, you may have naturally occuring CTS or some other neuropathy that is more circulatory in nature. You may want to ask your doc to scan your neck to see if you have a remaining disc issue, before your go through a surgery that may not help you. Or I think a nerve conduction study (EMG) may also clarify where that nerve is getting pinched (neck, elbow or wrist), or if it is getting pinched at all. I think that test is considered the gold standard to clarify if what you have is CTS or some other neuropathic issue developing. I have seen guys get the carpal tunnels done (wrist), then still have issues and then they get the cubital tunnels done (elbows) without much relief, and then they find a cervical disc causing all the problems. Most docs do not understand this and throw that CTS diagnosis out there as an easy answer. You should ask questions like this and see what how he/she responds. Or a specialist like a physiatrist may be the best way to go. [/QUOTE]
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