Expect about 12 weeks before a repaired flexor tendon handles real gripping, and 3 to 6 months to near-full use. The splint stays on full-time for about 6 weeks, and the repair is weakest around week 3, exactly when the hand starts feeling fine.
CRPS is pain that escalates after a hand or wrist injury instead of settling, with swelling, color and temperature changes and fast-building stiffness. It’s real, most people improve over months, and the hand has to keep moving while it hurts.
Yes, a stiff hand after a cast or surgery can usually be fixed, and most of the gain comes in the first 3 months. Here’s the timeline, the two self-tests, the exercises with reps, and why time at end range beats pulling harder.
About 3 months for everyday life, 6 to 12 months for full strength. A hand therapist’s week-by-week trapeziectomy recovery: splint, pain, driving, work, and why pinch feels weaker at month 3.
Carpal tunnel surgery recovery takes 3 to 6 months for grip strength and scar comfort, while night tingling usually stops within days. Pillar pain, a sensitive scar and a weak grip at week 4 are all normal; here’s the week-by-week.