I seem to be experiencing some degree of constant numbness in my thumb and index and middle fingers, which sounds like carpal tunnel. Has anyone had the carpal tunnel surgery done to relieve pressure on the median nerve by cutting the ligament pressing on it?
If you did, did you have open surgery or endoscopic surgery?
Did you discover that your bowling was impacted by the surgery? If so, how?
Note: I think the carpal tunnel is due to work habits (not bowling).
Thanks.
I had the open surgery in 1995 on the right hand and endoscopic in the early 2000s on the left hand. The right hand had the larger scar but I've never had trouble with it afterwards; the left hand had the smaller scar, of which the orthopedic surgeon was so proud (schmuck!), but I had problems with it a few years later, in that it became slightly numb again.
After rehab. I had zero problems bowling with the right hand. No loss of ball speed or loss of revs or loss of feeling.
Not sure how much yo have researched this problem, but get it handled soon. AS the swollen tendons press and compress the nerve fibers, there's a larger and larger probability that you will do them permanent, unrecoverable damage.
Mine was caused by typing; I was a programmer and typed a lot daily, including writing documentation. When I first got carpal tunnel syndrome, I had not been bowling for 8 years. I started bowling again about 6 months after I had surgery. I had stopped bowling to a leg/hip problem much earlier.
