When Your Hands Won’t Cooperate: Managing Your Chronic Pain Caused from Carpal Tunnel and Trigger Finger

We don’t realize how much we rely on our hands—until they start hurting. 

Maybe your fingers feel numb after holding the steering wheel for a few minutes. Or you wake up at 3 a.m. with tingling in your hands that won’t let you get back to sleep. Some days, it’s hard to open a jar. Other days, your finger ‘catches’ when you try to straighten it.

These are common signs of carpal tunnel syndrome or trigger finger, two of the most frequent causes of chronic hand and wrist pain. 

If you’re dealing with these issues, you’re not alone—and the good news is, there are modern regenerative treatments that go beyond braces or surgery. We’ve got you. In this article, we’ll take a look at what’s causing the pain and then explain some of the regenerative therapies that treat the root cause, not just the chronic pain. 

What’s Going On?  The Physical Reality of Your Chronic Pain

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) happens when the median nerve gets compressed as it travels through the wrist. Think of it like a crowded tunnel: if there’s inflammation or swelling inside, the nerve gets pinched leading to numbness, weakness, or tingling in your thumb, index, and middle fingers. 

Trigger finger involves the tendons in your fingers. When the sheath around the tendon gets irritated or inflamed, it can make your finger catch, lock, or even stay bent. 

Both conditions are frustrating, especially when simple tasks—like buttoning a shirt or typing an email—suddenly become difficult.

You Don’t Have to “Wait It Out”

Many people ignore early symptoms, hoping they’ll just go away. But when pain or dysfunction lasts more than a few weeks, it’s time to take action.

At NW Regen, we help patients take control of chronic pain through regenerative treatments that treat chronic pain and support the body’s natural healing process.

Splints, over-the-counter meds, and steroid injections are common first steps. But they don’t always offer lasting relief. And repeated steroid use can actually weaken the tissue over time. That’s where regenerative approaches create a difference.

Discover Modern Options for Healing

Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy uses your body’s own growth factors to calm inflammation and support healing in nerves and soft tissue. It’s especially helpful for people with early-to-moderate CTS or tendon inflammation causing trigger finger.

Prolotherapy is another effective option—this time using natural irritants to stimulate your body to repair ligaments and tendon attachments. And because we use ultrasound-guided imaging, we can precisely target the irritated structures, improving accuracy and outcomes—without surgery or downtime.

Nerve hydrodissection uses highly skilled ultrasound guidance to inject a fluid to separate your entrapped nerves from soft tissue or other impingements. The fluid is used to separate nerves from an “entrapment” and relieve nerve pain, while helping to heal and regenerate more normal nerve function.

Peripheral Nerve Hydrodissection (PIT) can be used for the management of chronic pain, such as neurogenic pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and low back pain. PIT treats inflamed nerves with small injections of a pH-balanced dextrose solution that calms nerves and promotes healing. The injection procedure creates a calming effect that travels down the nerve all the way to the central nervous system, often alleviating pain and nerve dysfunction. 

Life’s Too Short for Hand Pain

Chronic pain shouldn’t be part of your everyday routine. You deserve to enjoy the moments in life that bring you joy without dealing with recurring pain. Imagine relishing your morning coffee without dropping the mug. Texting your grandkids or swinging a golf club without wincing.

If you’ve been living with hand or wrist pain, let’s talk. 

At NW Regen, we offer personalized, non-surgical options that help you heal—and get back to doing the things you love.

📞 Call to schedule your consultation: (503) 799-6115.