It turns out that hand and wrist pain is a common ailment negatively affecting tons of people, many of whom have taken to the ...

Many tendons connecting the forearm muscles to the fingers and thumb run through the wrist. Extensor tendons on the back of the wrist straighten your fingers, while flexor tendons on the front of the ...

This injury is caused by repetitive strain on the tendon due to frequent, awkward positioning of the wrist and/or thumb. It can be brought on by repetition of many everyday activities, including: The ...

With both my son and now my newest baby, I started having pain in my wrist at the base of my thumb a few months in. The pain made it hard to hold and lift objects, but I could tell it wasn’t typical ...

Begin by sitting comfortably with your forearm resting on a table, palm facing down. Slowly and gently bend your wrist ...

Your scaphoid bone is on the thumb side of your wrist. It’s often broken when you fall and catch yourself on an outstretched hand. A scaphoid fracture causes swelling, pain, and tenderness below ...

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The most common type—osteoarthritis, or wear-and-tear arthritis—occurs commonly in the joint at the base of the thumb, where the thumb meets the wrist. This joint, called the carpometacarpal ... or ...

The procedure involves removing the trapezium, a small wrist bone that supports the thumb joint, and replacing it with a graft or implant. This helps relieve pain and restore hand function for ...

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome According to Dr. Choonia, prolonged mobile use can lead to compression of the median nerve at the wrist, resulting in symptoms such as pain, tingling, numbness, and weakness. In ...