Hand and Upper Extremity Specialist
Recently I appeared on Jon Williams’ show to talk with Jon about his hand injury.
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When doctors run late in the office, it’s a frustrating experience for patients. It may surprise you to learn that we’re frustrated, too! I was featured in a recent article on the website EveryDayHealth.com commenting on this issue.
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.
“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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
