Hand problems are myriad and complex because of their many causes and symptoms. It is essential that any hand problem be accurately diagnosed and correctly treated. Besides surgery, numerous conditions can be treated with medication, splints, therapy, or pain relief injections. At CHARMS, we provide comprehensive and expert treatment for all hand conditions, such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Trigger Finger, DeQuervain’s Tenosynovitis and Ganglion Cyst, among others.
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The hand and the wrist is always involved in any sports and therefore is very prone to injuries. The types of injuries include ligament sprain, tears and fractures...
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Nerves can be compressed in many parts of the body, resulting in pins and needles in the area. Two of the most common Nerve Compression Syndromes often occur at the wrist area, resulting in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome...
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This condition is an inflammation of the tendons in the thumb, at the wrist region. This is often the result of a tightening and thickening of the tendon sheaths where these tendons run...
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Osteoarthritis, also known as degenerative arthritis, is a mechanical abnormality, involving degradation of the joint cartilage and bone. Symptoms include joint pain, stiffness, locking and sometimes, swelling as a result of a joint effusion. All joints are predisposed to developing arthritis...
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These come in various forms from overgrowth to undergrowth and from absence of the digits to extra digits. Surgery is usually the best option. In thumb duplications, correction improves the function and appearance...
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The distal radius is the bone that very near the wrist. The end of the bone articulates with wrist bones and this constitutes the first half of the wrist joint. It is very common to sustain a fracture of the distal radius following a fall on an outstretched hand...
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The scaphoid bone is a unique boat-shaped carpal bone, also synonymous with carpal navicular bone. The scaphoid fracture is the most common type of carpal bone fracture. Various factors affect the rate and possibility of bone healing, including the vascularity of the fracture fragments, site of fracture, patient age, smoking, previous surgery etc...
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Trigger finger (also known as stenosing tenosynovitis) is a condition in which one experiences pain and swelling over the base of the thumb or finger. This is associated with a jerking, snapping or clicking when one extends the affected digit from a fully clenched...
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