Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a repetitive motion injury that is caused by repeated strain on the hands and wrists. Any job that requires frequent repetitive motion can put you at risk for carpal tunnel syndrome. Suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome is debilitating, often affecting your livelihood as well. Carpal tunnel syndrome is one of the most common workplace injuries, and leads to more lost time from work than any other workplace injury.

Carpal tunnel syndrome is one of the most common hand conditions. It is caused by pressure on the median nerve in the carpal tunnel of the wrist. The carpal tunnel is a narrow passageway surrounded by bones and ligaments on the palm side of the hand. When the median nerve is compressed, symptoms can include numbness, tingling and weakness in the thumb and fingers.

The symptoms which should encourage you to seek medical help are:

• Pain
• Tingling
• Wrist pain
• Weakness
• Numbness
• Inability to hold items
• Difficulty picking up items
• Slight shaking of your hands
• Swollen feeling in the fingers

The following occupations are most at risk of sustaining CTS injuries:

• Construction work
• Assembly line work
• Keyboarding occupations
• Managing the cash register
• Repetitively pressing objects
• Repetitively pushing objects
• Repetitively slicing objects

Just because your profession isn’t on the list doesn’t mean that you are safe from developing the condition. Any worker in Cook County with extensive hand use can be susceptible to Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and pursue a workers’ compensation claim. If you’ve suffered a repetitive stress injury like carpal tunnel syndrome at work, it is important to consider your legal rights. We pride ourselves on the personal, one-on-one approach we deliver to each client. For immediate help with a work injury case, call (312) 726-5567 for a free consultation or contact us online.