Syndrome of the Carpal Tunnel

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME – WHAT IS IT?

Carpal tunnel syndrome is caused by pressure on the median nerve. The carpal tunnel is a tiny passageway created by bones and ligaments on the palm side of your hand. When the median nerve is compressed, symptoms such as numbness, tingling, and weakness in the hand and arm might occur. Carpal tunnel syndrome may be caused by your wrist morphology, health issues, or perhaps repetitive hand motions. Generally, sufficient treatment alleviates tingling and numbness and enhances the wrist and hand’s function.
Symptoms
Carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms often develop gradually and include the following:

• Tingling or embellishment.
  Tingling and numbness in your fingers or hand are possible symptoms. Typically, the thumb and index, middle, or ring fingers are afflicted, leaving your little finger unaffected. Within those fingers, you may get an electrical shock-like feeling.
• Weakness.
  You might feel weakness in your hand and drop stuff. This might be caused by numbness in your pinching muscles or weakness in your thumb, which is often governed by the median nerve.

CLAIMING COMPENSATION FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

When the more typical carpal tunnel symptoms, such as numbness and loss of grip in the hand, arise, it is critical to seek medical help. Due to the fact that the examination and any prescribed treatment will be documented in your medical records, they may be used to support a carpal tunnel syndrome compensation claim. It is thus critical for the applicant to provide a chronology detailing when the problem began, occupational processes throughout time, training given, protective equipment supplied, and overall health and safety repercussions. If one individual develops carpal tunnel syndrome, it is expected that others in the same job will have developed the similar working habits over time.

A group insurance claim against an employer is possible, but in this situation, we are focusing only on individual carpal tunnel syndrome cases. Medical evidence, in conjunction with data on the work environment and any remarks from witnesses / coworkers, may all add to a compelling case.

When an insurance company believes you have a valid claim, they will often offer you a No Win No Pay arrangement. This means that in our case, no legal expenses may be spent until the action is accepted on a fixed-fee basis and any insurance proceeds are split between the claimant and the corporation. Although the great majority of carpal tunnel cases are resolved without going to court, there are times when a full court hearing may be requested when liability is disputed or when more than one person may be accountable.