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painful thumb If your thumb hurts and you didn’t jam it or injure it in a specific way, this article may help you diagnose the problem. The four most common causes of thumb pain are: Thumb arthritis Trigger thumb Thumb Tendonitis Carpal tunnel syndrome Click here to read the full article on the four . . . → Read More: Thumb Pain – Four Common Causes  cross section of the carpal tunnel Read the full article →  The right way to wash your hands As a hand specialist I often get asked general hand health questions like, What is the right way to wash my hands? Here’s a quick summary of the Dos and Don’ts of proper hand washing techniques.
Find out where I make a trigger finger incision in this short article. I’ve included some pictures and a video to make things clear. Christian Walker of the South Carolina Gamecocks scored a go-ahead run in the College World Series last night with a broken left wrist.  from Flickr - ensign_beedrill What kind of wrist fracture does he have? In this article, I’ll show you where the most common type of hamate fracture is in baseball players. I appeared recently on the Family Health Today program to discuss warm weather injuries in children. There’s one child’s fracture that’s more likely to need surgery than any other broken bone – I’ll show you an example of that injury in this video. . . . → Read More: Family Health Today – Warm Weather Injuries in Kids It’s a scary experience when your child breaks a bone. The most common fracture I see in children is a broken arm, either at the wrist or in the elbow. It’s normal for parents to have lots of questions when they come in the office. These are some of the most frequently asked . . . → Read More: Broken Bones in Children – Five Common Questions From Parents If you’re like me, you’ve hit your funny bone more than a few times in your life. It happens when you bang the inside part of your elbow on the edge of a table or other hard object. Pain and tingling shoot into your hand and sometimes it causes numbness that takes a while to go away.  You’ll learn how to recognize these signs in yourself or in a mom you love – plus an easy way to reduce pain from mommy thumb without injections or splints! Why do orthopaedic surgeons order so many MRIs? Aren’t x-rays good enough? What’s the difference between an MRI scan and an x-ray? |
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Copyright © 2012 C. Noel Henley, MD | Hand Wrist Elbow Surgeon, Fayetteville, Arkansas - All Rights Reserved Dr. Henley's main office is at Ozark Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Clinic, at 3317 N Wimberly, Fayetteville, AR 72703. Dr. Henley and Ozark Orthopaedics proudly serve all of Northwest Arkansas, including Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, Bentonville, Bella Vista, Harrison, and Huntsville.
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