Scaphoid Fracture of the Wrist
A scaphoid fracture is a break in a small bone in the wrist called the scaphoid bone. It commonly occurs due to a fall on an outstretched hand. If you've fractured your scaphoid bone, you may experience pain and swelling in the wrist just below your thumb.
5 Exercises for Tennis Elbow Rehab
The first steps in treating tennis elbow are reducing inflammation and resting the irritated muscles and tendons. Ice and compression can help. Then you can begin gentle exercises to strengthen the muscles and prevent a recurrence.
How To Treat and Heal Extensor Tendonitis
Extensor tendonitis is an inflammatory condition of the tendons on the back of the hands or the top of the feet. These tendons attach to muscles that straighten your fingers and lift up your toes and the top of your foot.
Physical Therapy for a Colles Fracture
A Colles fracture is a break in one of the forearm bones near the wrist that commonly requires physical therapy after a period of immobilization. The exercises used in physical therapy are focused on restoring wrist flexion (bending the hand down at the wrist), wrist extension (bending the hand up at the wrist), and deviation (bending your hand side to side at the wrist).
UCL repair with internal bracing may yield faster return to sport vs. Tommy John surgery
UCL repair with internal bracing yielded faster return to practice and faster return to competition vs. UCL reconstruction. Both UCL repair and reconstruction had high rates of return to sport.
