CTS results from pressure on the median nerve in your wrist. Shooting pain from your hand up your arm to shoulder. A swollen feeling in your fingers.
Hands feel stiff in the morning.
You have trouble grasping objects. In many people the cause is unknown. Injuries, such as a wrist or forearm fracture. Arthritis-related diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. Work activities that require repetitive wrist or finger motion.