Treatment for Carpal Tunnel?

Good suggestions so far. I'd only add that he might want to cut out wheat and sugar, as those are both inflammatory and make people retain water too (which swells the arm and pinches the nerves.)

does he have a wrist brace? I have a nice one from walmart, and if it gets really bad I take a few ibuprofen. My BIL has a wrist brace for each, which helps him.

If he wears a brace on his hands at night it will help with the carpal tunnel.

Drugstores sell a brace for $10. Also, a raised keyboard or keyboard with a gelpad for when he is online.
A friend paid $$$ for accupuncture and chiropracty then got the surgery because it only relieved it a short time.

Chiropractic, Chiropractic, Chiropractic!!

chiropractor and or acupuncture

chiropractor I swear by it less than 6 months and I was good if they start hurting again I go get my neck popped. after so long of doing it again when my arms hurt i havent had any pain for years now. :) less invasive than surgery.

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I had very severe tendonitis.. and found that massage helped tremendously. Additionally, have him setup his computer so that a 15 or 20 min alarm goes off (quietly of course :) that signals him to STOP , take a break.. and stretch. I found it's very important to not just sit there and do hand and arm stretches, but stand up and allow ones legs to stretch as well (being as the nerves run up and down the body) it's so important to do a full stretch..
Also, have him try and do things in straight alignment. meaning for example, the computer should sit directly in front of him so that his arms/hands aren't turning at an angel.. additionally, even repetitive movements such as reaching to the side for a phone as oppose to having it right in front of you causes one to be out of alignment. This movement is perhaps nothing for someone who doesn't have tendonitis, but for those who do... every time you make that reach for the phone and or computer mouse (which is usually off to the side of the keyboard) is yet another repetitive movement .. I found that all those movements we take for granted are what add up to big problems...
mostly stretch stretch stretch.... and if he can, get massages once a week.. to me, those helped the most.. and on weekends.. no computer and no texting... again, all those specific finger movements agitate the tendonitis.. at least for me..
best of luck

When my carpal gets too bad, my doc prescribes 750mg of Naproxen. You can try Aleve (get the gel caps--they go down smoothly) over the counter. It helps me.

I can only add that I'll bet there is a specialist or physical therapist who should be referred to him for this. Perhaps there are some other tricks to doing his work that won't continue to hurt him. It's one thing to cure a problem that you stop. But it's another thing to keep on doing the thing that causes it.

I was able to get by for @ ten years wearing the wrist brace at night. In the end, however, I had gotten potentially permanent nerve damage, that was corrected by surgery. By the time I had my 2nd wrist done, I had trouble pushing buttons through buttonholes. My hand surgeon is in Downers Grove across from Good Samaritan Hospital, and is terrific. There is a neurological test ( an EMG, if I remember correctly) that can be done to determine the level of nerve damage. I chose a time for the procedure when I could take 2 weeks off, and that was all I needed to heal. It's been nearly 6 years since my first surgery, and I am still able to work. I know I would not be able to work if I hadn't had the surgery. Sometimes it is the only option.