They may experience constant or sharp hand pain. They may appear lazy or slow if their hands are in pain. Whenever surgery is performed, a certain amount of scar tissue forms . Scar tissue is dead tissue, just like the atrophied tissue created by cortisone shots. Scarring shortens or tightens surrounding tissue.
Nearby skin feels as if it's being pulled.
Movement in the immediate area feels restricted. Sometimes an elbow , wrist, finger or hand is not able to flex or bend the way it could before surgery. Range of motion becomes narrower. Nearby tissue sometimes has the sensation of feeling cool, numb or painful. All these are indicators of a loss of space in the tissue.