Article featured on MedicalNewsToday The most common cause is overuse of the muscles, bones, and tendons in the feet or hands. In the feet, it’s most often caused by: spending a lot of time on the feet wearing shoes that are too tight using inappropriate footwear for a sport or activity In the hands, the most common cause of extensor tendonitis is doing an activity that uses the hands and wrists in a repetitive motion such as: prolonged or high-impact typing with a non-ergonomic keyboard practicing or playing an instrument, such as piano or guitar, excessively regularly playing sports that ..read more

Article featured on American Society for Surgery of the Hand What is arthritis? A joint is where two or more bones meet each other. The ends of these bones are covered with a smooth substance called cartilage which allows the bones to slide past each other smoothly. This cartilage layer can be worn away with time or due to other things, and when this occurs the rough bone ends start to rub against each other. This is arthritis. Sometimes arthritis does not cause any problems, but sometimes it can cause pain, swelling, stiffness, and deformity. What causes arthritis? The most common causes of a ..read more

Article featured on Mercy Health What are hand, wrist or elbow dislocations? Hand dislocations occur when one of the eight carpal bones (bones located at the base of the hand) fall out of the joint to cause a hand dislocation. The capitate (largest bone in the hand) or lunate bones are the bones that most frequently dislocate. Wrist dislocations occur when one of the eight bones of the wrist fall out of socket due to a fall. Elbow dislocations occur when the joints of the elbows somehow separate. In a partial elbow dislocation, the joint surfaces are not completely separated (a ..read more

Description A mallet finger is a deformity of the finger caused when the tendon that straightens your finger (the extensor tendon) is damaged. When a ball or other object strikes the tip of the finger or thumb and forcibly bends it, the force tears the tendon that straightens the finger (see Figure 1a and 1b). The force of the blow may even pull away a piece of bone along with the tendon (see Figure 2). The tip of the finger or thumb no longer straightens. This condition is sometimes referred to as baseball finger. Signs & Symptoms In a mallet finger, the fingertip droops: it cannot straig ..read more