Month: March 2018
Treating a Scapholunate injury
The wrist consists of 8 carpal bones, 2 of them being the scaphoid and the lunate. The scapholunate ligament holds the scaphoid and lunate bone together.
Managing pain and symptoms of DeQuervain’s Tenosynovitis
DeQuervain’s is a condition where the two tendons that insert into the base of the thumb, the abductor pollicis longus (APL) and extensor pollicis brevis (EPB), become inflamed inside of the sheath.
How mallet finger can be treated
A mallet finger is when the terminal extensor tendon avulses from the distal phalanx with or without a piece of bone, resulting in an inability to straighten the tip of the finger. A mallet injury can be classified into:
• A bony mallet, when the tendon comes off attached to a bony fragment called an avulsion fracture
• A tendinous mallet, where the tendon avulses by itself