BOSTON — Among patients who sustained a traumatic digit amputation, investigators found less pain, better appearance, easier performance of activities of daily living and improved satisfaction for patients who underwent... read more →
A traditional Dupuytren narrative is that Dupuytren is primarily a painless nuisance problem of bent fingers in old men. This perception does a disservice to many. Not only is Dupuytren... read more →
Many of us may have seen athletes on the court, the field, or even in the pool sporting large strips of brightly colored tape — not wrapped around the limbs... read more →
Finger endurance is one of the traits that separates advanced climbers from novice climbers. Your ability to stay on the rock is in large part due to how long your... read more →
If you have ever broken an arm and had to wear a cast or splint for a few weeks, you will be familiar with the alarming loss of muscle and... read more →
Almost every golfer knows the feeling. Minutes after a picture-perfect drive down the fairway, a cascade of inexplicable missed putts leads to a disappointing triple bogey. Golfers' lapses in play... read more →
Your doctor can treat you with more than just pills If you're one of the 30 million adults in the United States who suffer with joint pain, you know the... read more →
Buddy taping is the practice of bandaging an injured finger together with an adjacent healthy one for support. Serving as a type of splint, the healthy finger is wrapped closely... read more →
Tennis is a physically demanding sport which, in avid players, is most often associated with hand and upper extremity overuse or repetitive stress conditions, such as tennis elbow and other... read more →
A recent study to determine whether reduction and splinting or cast immobilization is necessary for fractures of the fifth metacarpal neck, also known as boxer’s fracture found that in most... read more →
