A Fractured Metacarpal: What You Need to Know
A metacarpal fracture is a common injury of the hand that involves one or more of the five metacarpal bones that run from the wrist (carpal) bones to the knuckles.1 An impact injury, such as a fall or blow to the hand, is usually the cause.
Hand Pain After Punching A Wall? It Could Be A Boxer's Fracture
Do you have hand pain after punching a wall? It could be a boxer’s fracture. Boxer’s fractures are very common hand injuries. The typical cause is striking a hard surface with a clenched fist – such as punching a wall.
What Is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a condition that develops when the median nerve in the wrist and hand is compressed. This condition causes pain, tingling, numbness, and eventually weakness in the hand and fingers.
What to know about scaphoid fractures
A scaphoid fracture involves a break of one of the bones on the thumb side of the wrist. The scaphoid bone plays a role in the ability to move the wrist joint. When it fractures, it impairs the function of the wrist.
Conservative treatment may resolve olecranon bursitis without complications
Results presented at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting showed conservative treatment may lead to resolution of olecranon bursitis without complications, infections, atrophy, skin depigmentation or surgery.
