My SO (same age as Strasburg) had a carpal tunnel surgery on one of her hands and mt dad (twice his age) had it on both of his hands. Both within the last couple of years, both fully recovered pretty quickly. In and out of the hospital same day and a little PT/rehab. Little aches here and there but nothing like it was before the surgery. Not even close. So yeah, from what I've witnessed, I don't think it's that big of a deal.