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Question: What are some ways to ease ulnar neuropathy a.k.a. handlebar's palsy?
Answer: Treatment for ulnar neuropathy would aim at decreasing local inflammation that may be causing the problem. This would include modalities to the area to include electrical muscle stimulation, ultrasound, and heat packs. Massage over the entrapment site could be useful as well. Once the inflammation starts to decrease, exercises for the forearm and wrist musculature will be needed. Of course, most cases of peripheral neuropathies are secondary to trauma or repetitive actions. If yours is due to repetitive actions, you need to be instructed on proper mechanics/ergonomics. Also, ulnar neuropathy could be secondary to diabetes. If this is the case, control of the diabetes is the best attack.
Question: Do you have TARDY ULNAR PALSY? If you've had surgery to correct nerve damage, I would like to know what the recovery is like, and the time factor involved, as well.
Thanks.
Grizz
Answer: If you are talking about a tardy ulnar nerve palsy following an old fracture of the humerus, your surgeon could be offering you one of two options. The first and simplest is to perform an ulnar nerve transposition, the second is to correct the humeral deformity as well as the nerve.
To answer your question, if we take the nerve transposition alone, the surgery is small. The wound heals within 2 weeks, and the arm may be used for activities of daily living almost immediately. More manual activity can be reintroduced about 1 month following surgery.
The nerve will likely improve and hopefully recover, but it can take up to a year for this to occur in the presence of long-standing symptoms.
