Hand and wrist health
December 18, 2015
This is the time of the year when your house transforms into Santa’s workshop. There is wrapping paper and ribbons everywhere while you wrap all the presents for family and friends in neat packages. A beautifully wrapped…
Read articleDecember 17, 2015
Being a mom is hard enough without unnecessary hand and thumb pain. Can you imagine wrangling a toddler with hands that don’t work correctly? It would be a nightmare, not to mention a huge…
Read articleNovember 25, 2015
Are you planning a ski trip this holiday season? Winter sports are a fun way to exercise and to get plenty of fresh air. However, the cold weather can be extremely rough on your hands,…
Read articleNovember 23, 2015
Cooking dinner with the family is a pleasurable pastime with the perfect end product, delicious food! But if you don’t take the necessary precautions to keep your hands safe, your favorite pastime could quickly turn…
Read articleNovember 13, 2015
Have you ever heard of Dupuytren’s disease? Even though this hand problem is often painless, it can limit the mobility of your fingers and cause contraction of your finger joints. If you are experiencing…
Read articleNovember 5, 2015
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a painful hand condition. It occurs when the tendons in your wrist outgrow a space on the palm side of your wrist, called carpal tunnel. This causes compression that builds up…
Read articleOctober 22, 2015
Halloween celebrations start this weekend! It’s time to prepare your costumes for trick-and-treating and decorate your home with spider webs and pumpkins. For most Americans, carving pumpkins is an essential part of Halloween celebrations.…
Read articleOctober 15, 2015
De Quervain’s Tendonitis. That sounds like something extremely painful and difficult to resolve. While this medical condition affecting your thumb and wrist might indeed get really painful, in most cases its treatment is simple…
Read articleOctober 15, 2015
If you think about it, you use your hands every day for almost every activity. They’re needed for driving a car, cooking dinner, using your phone, and much more. The hands are constantly in…
Read articleOctober 8, 2015
As the fall sporting season progresses, doctors see an increase of sport-related injuries. Two popular fall sports, football and volleyball, often result in injuries to the fingers, hand and wrist. Hand injuries occur because…
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