Q. I spent many hours at my computer and got this awful pain in my forearm that made me stop. Do you think I have carpal tunnel syndrome? A. I’m not qualified to diagnose, so I suggest that, ...

You may have heard of carpal tunnel syndrome, which is when the median nerve gets compressed ... The radial nerve is more likely to blame if symptoms are in the same ­fingers but on the back ...

and when the median nerve is squeezed, it can cause a range of troubling symptoms such as tingling, numbness, and weakness in the hand, particularly affecting the thumb, index, and middle fingers.” ...

to see if symptoms are reproduced. Nerve conduction studies, or EMG, will confirm the diagnosis by measuring the electrical ...