All that texting and scrolling might be stressing out your fingers. The term texting thumb can describe a wide range of phone ...

Gentle exercises and stretches can help reduce wrist pain and improve mobility when performed correctly. Regular movement ...

Thousands of Americans suffer from thumb arthritis. This disorder can greatly affect daily life and can make it a struggle to do simple things like opening doors or holding objects. Dr. Sanj Kakar, a ...

A peculiar modern ailment has emerged in medical offices worldwide as patients present with thumb pain, stiffness, and mobility issues without obvious injury. The seemingly innocuous smartphone—now ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) can affect the thumb. It occurs due to pressure on the median nerve and can cause numbness and tingling in the fingers and thumb. The median nerve runs through a narrow ...

A few weeks ago, I was finally sent to orthopaedics and told I had a condition I had never heard of: De Quervain's ...

MedStar Health hand surgeons in both D.C. and Baltimore became the first in their respective regions to perform a break-through treatment for patients living with debilitating thumb carpometacarpal ...

We spend a good chunk of our day, probably longer than we'd like to admit, glued to our smartphones. We use them to communicate, socialize, work and even avoid awkward social encounters. Between the ...

Millions of people in the U.S. have some form of arthritis and suffer from achy, stiff joints. And while there are several different ways to go about finding pain relief and improved joint mobility, ...

Hand arthritis is nearly inevitable with age, but for some, the pain can interfere with daily life. Orthopedic surgeon Doug Hutchinson, MD, talks to Tom Miller, MD, about when surgery can make a ...