What to do if mild pain recurs after carpal tunnel surgery?

Time: You need time, up to 6 month to recover. Pain, unfortunately , is part of recovering from surgery. Contact your surgeon and ask for pain medications.

After carpal tunnel: Midl pain may be a sign of nrmal healing ( we all go at different pace), pillar pain, pain from joints adjacent to the carpal tunnel, another source such as a trigger finger, scar sensitivity, swelling from overdoing it too soon, and the lsit goes on. Often nerve pain goes away but often if one doesn't qualify that the mild pain may not be from the cts, then after surgery there is disappointment.

Keep an eye on it.: Just take it easy and give the hand a chance to heal. If the pain worsens, follow-up with your surgeon. If takes about 6 weeks for the hand to heal.