Patience may denote calm, self-possessed, and unrepining bearing of pain, misfortune, annoyance, or delay; or painstaking and untiring industry or (less often) application in the doing of somehing: to bear afflictions with patience.
Â« Carpal Tunnel Interview on Blog Talk Radio | Main | Self Care is Critical for Carpal Tunnel & Thoracic Outlet Symptoms Â». If you have pain in your thumb, maybe it seems like Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, but... There are lots of reasons why you can have pain in your thumb, and most of them involve your muscles! Let's count the ways... There are muscles on the outside of your lower arm that cause pain in your thumb. There are muscles on the underside, or palm side, of your arm that refer pain into your thumb. Also, the muscles on the palm side of your thumb cause thumb pain. But, wait! There's more!
Carpal tunnel release. Carpal tunnel release is surgery to treat carpal tunnel syndrome. Carpal tunnel syndrome is pain and weakness in the hand that is caused by pressure on the median nerve in the wrist. The median nerve and the tendons that flex (or curl) your fingers go through a passage called the carpal tunnel in your wrist. This tunnel is narrow, so any swelling can pinch the nerve and cause pain. A thick ligament (tissue) just under your skin (the carpal ligament) makes up the top of this tunnel.