Your hand is talking, but the story may start in your neck. We trace the median nerve’s full journey—from the cervical roots through the scalenes, under the clavicle, beneath the pec minor, past the pronator teres, and finally into the carpal tunnel—to show why wrist tingling and thumb weakness rarely have a single cause. Instead of fixating on one small space, we map every compression site that can create palm and finger symptoms and explain how smart testing pinpoints the real driver. We s...
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Your hand is talking, but the story may start in your neck. We trace the median nerve’s full journey—from the cervical roots through the scalenes, under the clavicle, beneath the pec minor, past the pronator teres, and finally into the carpal tunnel—to show why wrist tingling and thumb weakness rarely have a single cause. Instead of fixating on one small space, we map every compression site that can create palm and finger symptoms and explain how smart testing pinpoints the real driver. We s...
Matt and Gianna's love story begins where many great partnerships do—unexpectedly, in a college dance class where basketball manager Matt's surprising dance moves caught dancer Gianna's attention. Their parallel journeys through Quinnipiac University's physical therapy program reveal how personal injuries shaped their career paths and eventually brought them together. The couple shares how their athletic backgrounds inform their approach to treating patients. Matt, whose basketball career wa...
The Driven Athlete
Your hand is talking, but the story may start in your neck. We trace the median nerve’s full journey—from the cervical roots through the scalenes, under the clavicle, beneath the pec minor, past the pronator teres, and finally into the carpal tunnel—to show why wrist tingling and thumb weakness rarely have a single cause. Instead of fixating on one small space, we map every compression site that can create palm and finger symptoms and explain how smart testing pinpoints the real driver. We s...
