Hands endure a lot. More than 900,000 workers sustained a workplace injury in 2018. More than 120,000 workers injured their hands, making hand injuries the second most common form of injury. A hand injury is often a finger injury. Fingers are small yet packed with tissues that become damaged. It can be hard to tell […]
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5 Ways to Avoid a Finger Tendon Injury That Need Surgery
Every year in the United States, patients across the country suffer 33 million musculoskeletal injuries. These can be extremely painful and have a huge impact on your ability to work and carry out basic daily tasks. But did you know that the majority of these injuries involve tendons? In fact, 50% of musculoskeletal injuries involve […]
Continue reading15 Effective Wrist, Hand and Finger Exercises for Preventing Injuries
Your hands, fingers, and wrists are an important part of your daily life. We use them every day for almost any task. Driving, cooking, typing, using a phone, reading a book, picking up our children all require healthy hands and wrists. Injuries and pain in your hands can be incredibly debilitating, so it is important to […]
Continue readingWhat Causes Stiff Fingers?
Finding it difficult to handwrite a note, or struggling to button a shirt? If holding on to your hot cup of coffee is becoming almost impossible, stiff fingers are probably the reason. Let’s learn what causes this pesky issue.
Continue readingWhat Is Texting Thumb?
Whether you love it or hate it, many people use texting as their primary way to communicate. It seems to save time, but has clearly become an impersonal way to make contact with friends, family and work associates. Proponents who text a great deal must admit there can be some downsides, namely painful tendons in […]
Continue readingJammed Finger 101: Symptoms, Treatment Options and Causes
Finger injuries are no laughing matter. In fact, more than 100 million Americans go to the emergency room every year for hand and finger injuries. Experiencing problems with your fingers can mean time away from work, loads of pain, and difficulty accomplishing daily tasks. If you think you happen to have a jammed finger, it’s […]
Continue readingFollow Up Care For A Mallet Finger Injury
From professional baseball players to little league, mallet finger can occur if the ball hits the top of a finger and bends it down forcefully. Mallet finger is sometimes called baseball finger because it occurs so often when playing this particular sport. Once injured, the result is a finger that bends down toward the palm […]
Continue reading5 Extremely Common Symptoms Of Trigger Finger
Trigger finger is a condition causing discomfort and pain in your hand and finger, but no, it doesn’t occur from practicing your shooting skills at a state fair or at the range. Known medically as stenosing tenosynovitis, it affects the tendons in your hand. If you suspect you may have it, here are 5 extremely […]
Continue readingIs My Finger Broken? 5 Signs You Have a Broken Finger (And What to Do About It)
About 38.4 percent of all broken bones are broken fingers. Your finger might be broken, and you don’t even know it. That’s because you can still move around a broken finger. If your finger is injured, in most cases you will want to seek medical attention as soon as possible. You also want to make […]
Continue readingAct Fast and Prevent Infection: How to Clean a Cut Hand
Did you know that the place you’re most at risk of sustaining an injury is right in your own home? In fact, people commonly sustain injuries while cooking, cleaning, doing DIY or working in the garden. And, if you’re using sharp objects, you’re putting yourself at risk for a cut hand. In this blog post, […]
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