Worried about having a second carpal tunnel surgery, is there any more i can do in pt to prevent?

What have you done?: Pt, steroids, splints, ansaids (flurbiprofen) and activity changs would cover just about everything you could do.

Second opinion: Although carpal tunnel syndrome can recur after carpal tunnel surgery, it's rare. Therefore, if you have "recurrent" symptoms after surgery, be sure you have been evaluated for more proximal nerve entrapment, such as in the forearm, shoulder (thoracic outlet syndrome) and neck (cervical radiculopathy). See a good neurologist or upper extremity specialist for a complete evaluation for 2nd opinion.

Depends on symptoms: Surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome (cts) should eliminate night pain, numbness and tingling associated with cts. These symptoms may not have improved since surgery, due to severe and/or long standing cts may take a long time to resolve. The transverse carpal ligament was incompletely incisied, the nerve was injured or has become scarred. Also consider diabetes or cervical nerve compression.