it's not uncommon for patients to experience soreness and hypersensitivity after having carpal tunnel surgery it's called pillar pain what that is is you have pain kind of deep under the incision and sometimes on the sides dr janelle van otterlu a mayo clinic physical therapist says nerves are some of the slowest healers in the body and after carpal tunnel surgery to release pressure off of a nerve that nerve can also become kind of irritated and can cause some hypersensitivity some redness some inflammation while the postoperative pain does not affect the outcome of the surgery it can
last up to nine months however there is an option to help speed up the recovery process through ultrasound therapy there's a little crystal inside our transducer head that pulsates that over 20 000 pulses per second that high frequency can help to break up scar tissue that has formed after your carpal tunnel surgery the other thing it can help to increase circulation by heating most patients notice benefits after three to four sessions for the mayo clinic news network i'm deedy stephen
