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carpel tunnel release swelling - pilaar pain and will it go away

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ali79972
ali79972

Just a further question to a previous one  I saw my hand surgeon the other day as I have a swelling in the palm of my hand which is quite hard.  Surgery was 7 weeks ago  He says its nothing to worry about and its mild pillar pain.  It hurts hugely!! quite hard though he says its soft  What I want to know is is this scar tissue or just swelling that actually will go away?  I have been told to massage it and dig into it but that seems to make it worse  I have now taken to icing it as it feels like inflammation and am avoiding the deep digging into the palm of my hand  Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated  Thanks 

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  • 976pamela
    976pamela ali79972

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    I have hard lump too and was told this us scar tissue and to massage around 4 times day with E45 cream pressing and pushing as hard as I can tolerate and eventually it should improve . As yet it's still the same after week but will persevere until my next Physio appointment. Hope this helps .

    Regards

    Pam

    • ali79972
      ali79972 976pamela

      Posted

      Hi Pam thanks for getting back to me. That is exactly what I was tiold  to do too. But it has made the swelling bigger and tighter so then I was told to leave off for awhile not by the surgeon but it's still swollen and very tender even though it's nearly 7 weeks since being done. Hope yours gets better very soon. Ali 
    • Tazchurch
      Tazchurch 976pamela

      Posted

      It took a couple of months but got better all the time and the lump has gone completely
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