3000 Colby Street, Suite 304A randomized clinical trial led by Sydney researchers called the COMBO study, has found rather than a single solution, a combined approach of already available options including education, a splint to support the thumb, hand exercises, and a pain relief gel could be a promising lead in helping volunteers with thumb base osteoarthritis regain hand function.
Golfer's elbow, known more precisely as medial epicondylitis, is an injury to the tendons attached to the medial epicondyle.1 It is considered an overuse injury in which repetitive force places stress on connective tissues, causing pain, inflammation, and a reduced range of motion.
Lumps can develop along the joints and tendons of the back of the wrist or hand. A lump on the wrist can appear due to a variety of causes.
If you’ve suffered an injury, are recovering from surgery or are living with a condition that affects your hands, chances are you’ve seen a hand therapist or have received instructions to do so by your hand surgeon. Hand therapists are essential to helping patients recover from injuries or surgeries and can help those in pain get back to living a normal life. Hand therapists and hand surgeons often work closely together to determine the best outcome for their patients.
Throughout our lifetime joints can be stressed during activities like carrying a grocery bag, wringing out a washcloth, or twisting off a bottle cap. These activities can stretch ligaments and wear out cartilage in your joints resulting in inflammation and pain. There are simple strategies you can use to protect your joints which will reduce pain during daily tasks.
I always knew that working both hands/wrists together after coming out of a cast was beneficial for the injured limb, but now it looks like exercising the uninjured limb while the cast is still on can have benefits too.
Three more outs. That's all coach Sam Tropiano needed to advance his Bishop Eustace High School baseball team into the 2018 New Jersey Non-Public South A championship game.
I take issue with this article, published in Medical News Today. It is written and reviewed by people who are not responsible for the outcome of treatment for jammed fingers. A jammed finger is a common injury, but treatment ranges from doing nothing to having surgery, and you can't always tell which it is going to be just by looking at the finger.
