Kaley Cuoco Announces Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Diagnosis

American actress Kaley Cuoco has revealed she has been diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome.

The "Based on a True Story actress", 37, developed the syndrome from holding her four-month-old daughter Matilda, whom she shares with Tom Pelphrey, 40.

The carpal tunnel starts as tingling or numbness in the hand or fingers. It is caused by pressure on the median nerve, which runs from the forea

rm through the wrist and to the hand, according to the Mayo Clinic. 

The condition required the actress to find new ways to work out. 

The actress announced the diagnosis in a video posted on her trainer Ryan Sorenson's Instagram account to help others with her condition.

“So some of you may know I have this, like, major wrist/hand injury from holding the baby. It’s a very real thing. Google it,” Cuoco said, standing inside a gym where she showed off the stabilizing wrist braces she wore on her hands and she mimicked rocking the tot to sleep.

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“And I think the only thing to make them better is for us to start working out without using my hands. And without using any body weight on my hands, which sounds crazy, and how can you get a workout like that?” she added.

Her trainer pointed out in his caption, “Other than laying off her workouts we just adjust and make them more about lower body and core work.”

Cuoco was ready to give it a shot, saying, “Ryan and I are gonna do it today, and we’re gonna show you that you can still get a workout, even if you are injured.”

Set to the soundtrack of Eminem’s 2002 single “Business”, Cuoco proceeded to carry on with her “no hands” exercises.

 She began with resistance bands around her ankles, keeping them on as she did step exercises. The "Big Bang Theory" star then headed outside for agility work on an obstacle course set up on the driveway, where she stepped in and out of orange honeycombs placed on the ground.

The exercises included Cuoco using the Pilates reformer, doing step-aerobics, and hitting the treadmill as well as hitting the floor for abdominal exercises with an oversized black yoga ball.

However, she did use her hands — albeit briefly — during a boxing session with her trainer, she never held a weight or piece of equipment, keeping on her protective braces the entire time.

If the carpal tunnel doesn’t respond to treatment, which includes breaks from the repetitive motion that caused the injury, as well as splinting and medication, the Mayo Clinic says surgery may be an option.  

“And that is how you do a no-hands workout and still get your a— kicked,” Cuoco said at the end of the video. She shook her hands at the camera with a big smile. 

“So, you can always do it. No excuses!”