Nerve Entrapment Guide
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Shoulder / Arm / Hand Problems
| Carpal Tunnel Syndrome |
Ulnar Neuropathy |
Radial Neuropathy |
- Dropping objects
- Numbness tingling, hand/wrist Thumb, Index, Middle finger
- Symptoms primarily at night
- Patient wakes up and shake their hands
- Frequently both hands
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- Weak hand, difficulty turning keys, ignition, doorknobs
- Numbness/tingling fourth, fifth fingers
- Wasting of the hand muscles
- Occasional elbow soreness
- Frequently on both sides
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- Wrist drop, Patient unable to extend wrist or fingers up
- Almost always on one side
- No associated pain
- Occasional forearm/hand/thumb numbness
- No night/day preference
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Thigh / Leg / Foot Problems
| Peroneal Neuropathy |
Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome |
Meralgia Paresthetica |
- Foot drop, Patient unable to pull foot or toes up
- Usually unilateral, could be bilateral
- No associated pain
- Main complaint is tripping, falling, occasional leg/top of foot numbness
- Symptoms always present, no night/day preference
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- Foot, Ankle, Sole pain/burning and aching, worse at night
- Occasional numbness/tingling sole of foot
- No muscle weakness
- Usually unilateral
- Difficulty walking because of pain and discomfort with shoes
- Positive Tinel sign behind the medial malleolous
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- Pain, burning in the thigh
- Poor tolerance to touch, clothes, cover or anything that rubs against thigh (children sitting on lap of mothers or fathers)
- No thigh or leg weakness or atrophy
- Usually unilateral
- Symptoms always present, no night/day preference
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