Carpal tunnel syndrome or CTS is a painful and debilitating condition of the hand and arm caused due to pinched or pressed nerves in the wrist (median nerve). Carpal is derived from the word ...

Carpal tunnel is a specific type of pinched nerve, says Gittings. The condition happens when the median nerve, one of three major nerves in the arm, is pinched in an area of the wrist called the ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome is numbness ... Conditions or illnesses that can cause or contribute to arm pain or swelling in the joints and soft tissues in the arm, or to reduced blood flow to the hands.