I will try to be as detailed as possible in my description, hopefully one of you can help me figure out what is causing my issues. I appreciate any and all suggestions and responses.
Some history:
I am a full time student and I spend roughly 5-8 hours a day on my computer. In early November I started noticing my hand started feeling like it was cramping( see the picture, the shaded area is where it felt like it was cramping). I ignored it at first. I hadn't done anything in particular so I just assumed it would go away. It didnt go away and it kept getting worse. I started to lose precision in my hand when moving my mouse and it always felt like the pinky side of my palm was tensed when I was using the mouse. This tense feeling would cause it to ache and I would experience hand weakness after just 20 minutes on my computer.
So, I try splinting and NSAIDs... went thru about 3 different splints until I found one that helped. Spent 2 months using the splint. My hand got significantly better but it still never stopped bothering me. I also tried several different mice, got a new desk/chair.
So I go to see an ortho roughly a months and a half ago. First visit I tell him my symptoms and he tells me to come back and get an EMG. I come back and do the EMG. Im trying to remember exactly what the EMG doctor said but he basicly said I have moderate problems in my ulnar nerve in my right hand. The ulnar/carpal/carpal nerve in my hand and other hand were all "mild".
He says he will get the results to the other ortho doctor I saw first and they will do treatment from there. So, I see the other doctor and I don't think he even looked at the nerve study results. He comes in and asks me where its bothering me as if he completely forgot about me from the first visit. I show him again and he says I should try their physical therapy before they do anything else. I'm a bit annoyed at this point because its my 3rd visit and he wants to give me another 6 physical therapy appointments so I asked him what else they can do. He says they can try a cortisone shot. So I ask for that, he he gives me the shot. The black dot in the picture is where he gave me the shot. He also signs me up for 4 sessions of physical therapy.
That shot is for guyons canal(i think), but it didn't help much. So, the week after I go to my 1st physical therapy session. The guy in charge there says it isnt entrapment at all. He says its just tendinitis from my repeated mouse use. After two weeks of physical therapy(ultrasound, electric stimulation, massage) there is not much improvement. I go for another week and its the same thing.
So thats pretty much where I am now. Three months and my symptoms are still there. Some things have helped to reduce them but nothing has made it go away. Any advice?