Carpal Tunnel Culprit: Sex

All that weight on wrists may result in syndrome: researcher

By Will McCahill, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 1, 2010 10:11 PM CST

(Newser) – Bothered by carpal tunnel syndrome but don’t spend those hours in front of the computer normally associated with the painful condition in the lower arms? Could be sex, one researcher says. “It is proposed,” reads an abstract published by the National Center... Read full story »

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