Pathologies

Doctors call it	It feels like	We might treat it with…
Carpal tunnel syndrome	Numbness and tingling in the fingers, hand weakness, wrist pain	Wrist splints, corticosteroid injections, surgical referral
Osteoarthritis	Joint pain and stiffness in the neck, lower back, knees, hips, thumbs, and the small joints of the hand	Corticosteroid injections, physiotherapy, PRP (platelet rich plasma injections), surgical referral
Peripheral polyneuropathy	Numbness, tingling or burning pain in feet. Feet may feel spongy or as if there’s something under the ball of the foot	Oral medications, topical creams
Radiculopathy	Sudden onset of pain in the neck or low back that refers into arm or hand, leg or foot, with persistent numbness	Corticosteroid injection around the affected nerve root, physiotherapy, or surgical referral
Tendinopathy	Pain with touch to irritated tendon. Range of motion is painful	Gentle range of motion exercises, steroid injections, tendon fenestration, PRP (platelet rich plasma injections), or surgical referral
Ulnar neuropathy	Hand numbness and tingling, pain at elbow, tingling into hand from elbow	Corticosteroid injection, ulnar nerve transposition surgical referral
Other focal neuropathies aka “foot drop”	Numbness on the top of the foot and/or outside of the calf with weakness when picking up the foot	Braces, corticosteroid injection