Trigger Finger Surgery: What to Expect
While trigger finger (stenosing tenosynovitis)—a condition that causes your finger to get stuck in a bent or curled position—is often just an inconvenient nuisance, it can also be incapacitating. If the condition has caused your finger to chronically get stuck in a bent position, and conservative treatments are unable to help, your hand doctor will […]
Recovering from Carpal Tunnel Release
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a progressive condition in which there is excessive pressure on the median nerve – one of the three major nerves of the hand. CTS causes pain, numbness, weakness as well as shock-like and tingling sensations, which can render a person unable to perform even simple day-to-day tasks, such as those […]
Is Trigger Finger Affecting Your Daily Activities?
Stenosing tenosynovitis, more popularly known as trigger finger, is a condition that causes your fingers to get stuck in a bent or straight position. Not only does it cause pain, but it can also render you unable to perform certain tasks effectively, such as driving or typing. If your trigger finger is already affecting your […]
Reasons to Never Ignore Your Trigger Finger Pain
Do you sometimes hear or see your finger snap and pop, or feel pain when you move the finger? These are telltale signs of trigger finger. You might be tempted to ignore trigger finger pain and expect it to go away on its own, but that may not happen. There are effective treatments that can […]
Surgical Treatments for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
An estimated 1 in every 350 people develops carpal tunnel syndrome every year. This painful condition involves the carpal tunnel – which is a thin passageway that runs through the wrist from the arm to the hand – and the median nerve, which is housed inside the tunnel and is largely responsible for hand sensation […]
What A Carpal Tunnel Expert Wants You to Know About the Surgery
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common cause of hand pain occurring when the passageway in your wrist, known as the carpal tunnel, compresses the median nerve. Since the median nerve carries signals for sensation and muscle movement, it causes pain and won’t function when compressed. If you have carpal tunnel syndrome, your doctor will begin […]
Is sports medicine just for athletes?
When you hear “sports medicine,” you may dismiss it as a service that’s provided to athletes. While it is true that sports medicine benefits athletes, you do not have to be one to reap its benefits. Sports medicine is a branch of medicine that focuses on treatments that help people with a physically active lifestyle […]
Physical Therapy for Migraine Headaches
When you hear the term “orthopedic physical therapy,” you would likely think it only treats musculoskeletal conditions and injuries. However, did you know that it can also help control migraine headaches? Let’s discover how exactly you can benefit from physical therapy if you’re suffering from migraine headaches. How Physical Therapy Can Help Once your specific […]
What happens if trigger finger is left untreated?
Trigger finger or stenosing tenosynovitis can cause your finger to become locked in a bent position and then suddenly release and snap back, straightening itself out. It is clear why it’s referred to as such. Look at your fingers when they’re in a bent position — doesn’t it seem like they are pulling the trigger […]
Signs and Symptoms of Carpal Tunnel
If you have recently or for quite some time noticed changes in the strength of your hands, it could be due to pressure on the median nerve. The median nerve is the sensory-motor nerve of the upper limb. It originates in the spine and comes together to form a single nerve in the arm, and […]