Dr Vivek Loomba, a Senior Consultant Pain Physician at the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, explains, “The carpal tunnel is surrounded by bones and ligaments ... nerve in the wrist, which can ...

The wrist is a floating cluster of bones and ligaments threaded with blood vessels and nerves. The nerves send branches into each fingertip. The hand can generate fine forces or huge ones.

Broken wrist bones, dislocated bones, new bone growth from healing bones, or bone spurs. These can take up space in the carpal tunnel and put more pressure on the median nerve. During open carpal ...