C. Noel Henley, MD

Hand and Upper Extremity Specialist

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When You Hit Your Funny Bone, It’s Not Funny!

March 15, 2011 by Dr. Henley 21 Comments

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.

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Filed Under: anatomy, common problems

Tennis Elbow Video – Where is the Pain?

January 14, 2011 by Dr. Henley Leave a Comment

lady with tennis elbow pain

Tennis elbow is on the outside part of the elbow - check out the video!

In this video, I’ll show you where tennis elbow is.

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Motion of the Fingers, Thumb, and Wrist – Language of Hand and Arm Surgery Series

December 7, 2010 by Dr. Henley 2 Comments

Know the correct terms to describe the motions of your fingers, thumb, and wrist so you can accurately describe when you have pain and what makes it worse.

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Trigger Finger – Dr. Henley Drawings

November 8, 2010 by Dr. Henley Leave a Comment

Many common problems in the hand, wrist, and elbow can be illustrated with simple drawings. In this series of articles, I’ll show you an example of a simple drawing I use in the office to help patients visualize their problem a little better.

For each drawing, I’ll type out what I tell each patient when I draw this for them. That way you can get a little glimpse into the exam room and see how I educate patients.

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Joints of the Thumb – Language of Hand and Arm Surgery Series

September 2, 2010 by Dr. Henley

My thumb hurts in the joint!

Many patients want to use the right technical terms when talking with their physician, and this can certainly improve the efficiency of your office visit. In this article, I’ll quickly show you how to identify the joints in your thumb.

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Hand Surface Anatomy – Language of Hand and Arm Surgery Series

August 14, 2010 by Dr. Henley

Is it called the pinkie finger or the little finger? Many patients want to use the right technical terms when talking with their doctor, and this can improve the efficiency of your office visit. Here I’ll show you how to accurately discuss where your hand problem is by teaching you some hand surface anatomy.

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Filed Under: anatomy

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Featured Articles

Mallet Finger Injury

“my finger doesn’t work”“my finger is bent”“my finger won’t straighten”“my finger is drooped” These are several of the most common things I hear when patients come in with a mallet finger.  A mallet finger is the name for a ruptured (torn) tendon at the tip of the finger. A tendon rupture is where a tendon […]

Bad Thumb Arthritis – What Does It Look Like?

The video below shows a patient’s thumb moving back and forth. As you’ll see, most of the range of motion is at the MP (metacarpophalangeal) joint. This is abnormal – in a normal thumb, the majority of the motion is through the CMC (carpometacarpal joint, at the base of the thumb). When the CMC joint […]

Forearm Fractures In Kids – What Parents Need To Know

Bones in children are different from bones in adults. They break differently and they respond differently to injury. Some fractures occur both in adults and kids – some fractures occur only in children. Forearm fractures occur in both, with some important differences. This article will cover some of the basics of forearm fractures in kids. […]

Fingertip Ganglion Cysts – Mucous Cysts

The most common tumor in the finger is a ganglion cyst. A ganglion cyst is simply a fluid-filled sac. It can be visible from the outside or buried deep underneath the skin. Sometimes it causes symptoms like soreness and pain; other times patients have no idea it’s there. What is a mucous cyst? Ganglion cysts […]

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