Do you want to know how to tell if you have carpal tunnel? I'm going to answer this question for you and show you how to test for carpal tunnel syndrome at home! I explain common carpal tunnel signs and symptoms and will help you nail the diagnosis. These are FIVE really revealing signs of carpal tunnel syndrome that you can check before seeing a doctor. Carpal tunnel syndrome, also called CTS is one of the most common peripheral nerve pains and causes both pain and paresthesia (tingling or burning) in the wrist and hand. It's typically caused by repetitive overuse injuries and compression or inflammation that develops in the carpal tunnel region of the anterior wrist.

Wondering how to tell if you have carpal tunnel syndrome? Here are 5 tests to answer your question!

Here are the 5 signs of carpal tunnel that I use to diagnose this condition in my office:
1) You have a positive "Flick Sign." This means that you shake your hands vigorously for a few seconds it reproduces your symptoms.

2) You have a wrist thickness to width ratio of greater than 0.67. To figure this out you simply measure your wrist thickness from front to back and width from side to side. Put them in a ratio and use a calculator to divide!

3) You're 45 years of age or older. This one is pretty selfexplanatory, but the condition is more common in those in this age range.

4) You have decreased sensation on the palmar side of your thumb when compared to your thenar region, the meaty muscular portion of your thumb. You may have symptoms in both areas with CTS, but if it's more decreased in your thumb then you have this sign!

5) You score a 1.9 or higher on the Boston Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Questionnaire. This questionnaire is free, and I'll post it below. You simply take the mean (average) of the numbers you circle when answering it.

Here's a link to the Boston Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Questionnaire: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art...

Read more about how you can figure out if you have carpal tunnel syndrome here: https://www.accesshealthchiro.com/how...