If you’re dealing with frequent, lingering pain or numbness in your wrist, hands, and arms, it could be time to investigate whether you have carpal tunnel syndrome. For example, most people’s symptoms start slowly and begin with numbness or tingling. However, carpal tunnel syndrome is a fairly common condition that typically affects adults who engage […]
Continue readingPinched Median Nerve: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment Options
Do you work with your hands a lot? Studies show that those who work desk jobs or people who work with their hands (particularly in assembly-style work) a lot, such as gardeners and musicians, are more likely to experience a pinched median nerve, also known as carpal tunnel syndrome. Suffering from a pinched median nerve […]
Continue readingThe Top 4 Signs You Might Need Trigger Finger Surgery
These days, you’re having trouble buttoning your blouse and even playing your favorite song on the guitar. And it’s all because of your trigger finger. Trigger finger is a condition where your thumb or finger remains stuck in a flexed or bent position. This condition impacts 2-3% of people in the United States. The question is, […]
Continue readingWhat to Do If You Feel Tingling in Your Hands and Arms
As many as 50% of people diagnosed with diabetes experience something called diabetic neuropathy. It’s a condition where people experience tingling in their hands and arms. However, diabetes isn’t the only cause of this type of physical sensation. Quite often patients with diabetic neuropathy may have also pressure on the nerve in a localized area, […]
Continue readingWhat Are Your Treatment Options for Chronic Wrist Pain?
Wrist pain has a prevalence rate of about 19.1% among adults. From typing to writing, your wrist plays a vital role in basic movements. Although it is a small part of your body, it comprises several bones, ligaments, and tendons. This makes it a somewhat delicate area. Most people experience occasional wrist pain at some […]
Continue readingWhat to Do if You Injure Your Hand – From Cuts to Broken Bones
Some of the most common ailments treated in emergency care are hand injuries. Because of the frequency with which we use our hands, strains, sprains, fractures, cuts, burns, and dislocated joints. Over one million hand injuries are treated annually as a result of workplace injuries alone. While you can take preventative measures to avoid a hand injury, accidents […]
Continue readingHand and Elbow Injury Report
Bryce Harper of the Philadelphia Phillies has been dealing with an elbow injury for several months. Now it is the off season, and the question is will it require surgery? What is Bryce Harper’s elbow injury? Bryce Harper has an medial collateral ligament injury of the elbow What is a medial collateral ligament injury? A […]
Continue readingHand Injury Report by Hand Surgery Specialists of Texas
World Series champion, and reliable catcherMartin Maldonado surprisingly played through the entire world series with a broken hand. Certain media outlets reported it was the “bone near the little finger.” He is supposed to have surgery in the off season. This brings up a good question on whether or not one should delay surgery whether […]
Continue readingWhat to Do if You Sustain a Severe Cut to Your Hand
It will come as no surprise that the most commonly reported injuries happen to our hands. We’ve been interacting with the world with them for as long as we can remember, so it’s easy to forget just how much we rely upon them until their use is taken from us for one reason or another. […]
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Alex Bregman finger injury game 6 World Series World series champions Houston Astros had one of their key players sustain an injury in the epic game 6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. While the noise and celebrations of victory fill the Houston air, little is known about the extent of Alex Bregman’s finger injury. […]
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