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Can carpal tunnel syndrome from playing the piano?
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CTS: Yes. Anything that can lead to flexortenosynovitis (swelling about the flexor tendons) could potentially lead to carpal tunnel syndrome.
Answered 8/22/2013
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Unlikely: Carpal tunnel syndrome is numbness of the median nerve caused by compression of the nerve at the wrist. Most of the time we do not know what is causing the compression. No activity has been proven to actually cause the problem.
Answered 4/1/2016
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