Instructions for Treatment of Ulnar Neuropathy

•  Sleep with the arm at side, and to facilitate this, wrap a rolled-up towel about the arm.
• Set the alarm clock to awaken at 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning and re-adjust position until this habit is learned.
• Do not sleep with arm curled about the body.
• When working at a desk, pleace a padded pillow beneath elbow and sit with chair farther from the desk so that your forearm rests on the desk.
• Alter the angle of the computer console and the height of the desk chair to bring the wrist into a neutral position, so that the elbow is only 30 degrees at flexion.
• When reading, get a reading stand. This can be placed on the bed to straddle legs. This way the arm only needs to be raised to turn the page, not to hold the book.
• Do not leave elbow flexed on the window sill of a car.
• When relaxing, sit with arm placed in the lap and forearm supinated. The elbow should be placed at a 30 degree flexion.
• Do not cross arms or lean head on hand.
• Minimize the use of the telephone in hand and get a headset or speaker phone.

If you have any questions, please call our office at 423-578-1518. Our office hours are Monday-Friday 8:00-4:30 p.m.

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