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De Quervain's tenosynovitis occurs from overuse of the thumb and wrist. The primary symptom is pain along the thumb side of the wrist. You might also have swelling. This condition can make it ...

This injury is caused by repetitive strain on the tendon due to frequent, awkward positioning of the wrist and/or thumb. It can be brought on by repetition of many everyday activities, including: The ...

Many tendons connecting the forearm muscles to the fingers and thumb run through the wrist ... These structures provide your wrist with exceptional range of motion. Pain and stiffness are the most ...

Learn about the various causes of hand or wrist pain, including different kinds of arthritis ... the joints at the base of the thumb, the middle finger joints and the joints closest to fingernails. In ...

This causes an inflammatory response that results in swelling and pain, especially when the joint is ... This eliminates wrist motion, but arm rotation and finger/thumb motion are usually preserved.

“Most patients achieve complete pain relief and mobility equal to that ... surgeons remove the trapezium bone in the wrist and, with a wire, temporarily immobilize the thumb. The wire is removed six ...

With both my son and now my newest baby, I started having pain in my wrist at the base of my thumb a few months in. The pain made it hard to hold and lift objects, but I could tell it wasn’t typical ...

The pain is more acute when trying to lift against a force. De Quervain’s tenosynovitis occurs due to inflammation of the sheath surrounding the tendons between the thumb and wrist. The tendon ...