Patient Education Blog

The tendons of the hand and wrist are mostly long white cords of tissue that connect the muscles to the bones and allow for movement....

WHAT SLAC WRIST ARTHRITIS? SLAC stands for “scapho-lunate advanced collapse”. It is a painful condition of the wrist. The scaphoid and...

WHAT IS A MALLET FRACTURE (FINGER)? The phalanx bones (called phalanges in plural) are the long slender bones which form your fingers....

WHAT IS FRACTURE MALUNION AND NONUNION? A fracture is simply a crack or break in a bone. Fractures are very common in the hand and wrist,...

BONE HEALTH AND FRACTURE HEALING Bones are very much alive and constantly changing over time, even in adults. We often hear about how...

WHAT IS A PHALANX FRACTURE (BROKEN FINGERS)? The phalanx bones (called phalanges in plural) are the long slender bones which form your...

WHAT IS A METACARPAL FRACTURE (HAND)? The metacarpal bones are the long slender bones which connect your wrist to your fingers and are...

WHAT IS A SCAPHOID FRACTURE (WRIST)? The scaphoid is a small wrist bone at the base of the thumb that can be fractured (broken or...

WHAT IS TENDONITIS? Tendonitis is a very broad term referring to inflammation of one or more tendons. This commonly occurs in several...

WHAT ARE SCAPHOLUNATE LIGAMENT INJURIES? The scaphoid and lunate are two small bones in the wrist held tightly together by a band of...

WHAT ARE MUCOUS CYSTS (Finger Bumps)? Lumps and bumps on the finger, hand, wrist, or forearm can be a cause of significant anxiety for...

WHAT IS A MALLET FINGER? Mallet finger injuries usually occur due to a sudden jamming of the fingertip which results in either fracture...

WHAT IS HAND THERAPY? Hand therapy refers to a wide range of nonoperative treatments that are administered by hand therapists for hand...

WHAT IS HAND AND WRIST RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS? Arthritis literally means “inflamed joint”, and generally refers to any damage to the joints...

WHAT IS HAND AND WRIST OSTEOARTHRITIS (OA)? Arthritis literally means “inflamed joint”, and generally refers to any damage to the joints...

Lumps and bumps on the hand, wrist, or forearm can be a cause of significant anxiety for patients but are rarely anything too serious....

WHAT ARE GANGLION CYSTS (BIBLE CYSTS)? Lumps and bumps on the hand, wrist, or forearm can be a cause of significant anxiety for patients...

WHAT IS DUPUYTREN’S FINGER CONTRACTURE? Dupuytren’s Contracture is a genetic disorder that causes lumps and cords of abnormal scar tissue...

WHAT IS A BOXER’S FRACTURE ? A Boxer’s fracture is a break or crack in the 5th metacarpal (small finger side of the hand), usually due to...

Bone spurs are sharp spikes of bone that form at the margins of joints with arthritis, or within tendons in the case of tendonitis....