Excessive wrist flexion or extension can increase pressure on the median nerve and carpal tunnel, potentially leading to carpal tunnel syndrome. — Whalespan
Excessive wrist flexion or extension can increase pressure on the median nerve and carpal tunnel, potentially leading to carpal tunnel syndrome.
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“then that increases the pressure on the median nerve and the carpal tunnel so people can get especially with some extra swelling from the injury they can get actually a acute carpal tunnel syndrome that can be quite substantial in those more extreme positions”