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There may be nowhere unaffected by the stench of corruption.
Sorry guys. Not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but this seems like it might be a good place to insert a reality check. If someone said to you they had a drug to take to marked that was SO GOOD IT DIDN'T NEED PLACEBO STUDIES what would you think? Would it surprise you to know someone actually did a systematic review of different orthopedic surgeries vs sham (placebo essentially)?
"CONCLUSIONS:
This review suggests that sham surgery has shown to be just as effective as actual surgery in reducing pain and disability; however, care should be taken to generalize findings because of the limited number of studies."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27402957
Shocking, but they did mention the limited number of studies, so can we just wait for more and recheck?
"However, there is consensus that surgery
is more effective than no treatment, but a
trial of surgery vs. sham surgery would be
unethical."
http://thepafp.org/website/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2014-Carpal-tunnel-syndrome.pdf
If you aren't questioning this yet....
There is a study showing that surgery works better than non-surgical therapy, but without the placebo trial how do we know it isn't because the non-surgical therapy is flawed?
"... The therapist encouraged continued splinting at night and as
tolerated during the day. The hand therapist also
suggested modifications for work and activity"
https://sci-hub.tw/10.1016/s0140-6736(09)61517-8
A good look through the literature and discussion boards on the topic should reveal similar problems when the standard protocol for plantar fasciitis is followed. You will certainly have a few who are happy with the way things played out, but you will also have many who are not. This is costing us BILLIONS, btw.
So in my world, which anecdotally seems to work much better than the traditional model, a good rule of thumb is we ALWAYS tend to do better when we support ourselves.
Without going off the deep end explaining why, I'll just say you're far more likely to find a REALLY tender-to-the-touch "spot" on the dorsum (hairy side) of your wrist. That needs to be massaged and stretched (the opposite of what a splint would do). Also fix you're ergonomics. Keep the keyboard and mouse close to you. When you sit on the edge of your chair (see above about "when you support yourself") and relax your shoulders, your elbows should fall by your side and you should be able to reach for the keyboard without having to stretch your arms out (that tenses the shoulders and starts a chain reaction). I know it's not something you'll hear everyday, but this approach to this stuff seems to work a lot better, and I would be SUPER skeptical of anyone who tries to tell you their thing is SO GOOD "it would be unethical to do a placebo trial". God Speed.