A 41-year-old male presents to the office with a two-month ...



A 41-year-old male presents to the office with a two-month history of numbness and tingling in the right hand localized to the first three digits. He reports that the numbness and tingling have progressed to the point that he now has difficulty holding a pencil. A Tinel test reproduces the symptoms. To perform direct myofascial release to this patient’s restriction, the most appropriate position is

A) approximating the thenar and hypothenar eminences with wrist adduction

B) approximating the thenar and hypothenar eminences with wrist extension

C) approximating the thenar and hypothenar eminences with wrist flexion

D) distracting the thenar and hypothenar eminences with wrist adduction

E) distracting the thenar and hypothenar eminences with wrist extension

F) distracting the thenar and hypothenar eminences with wrist flexion

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