HAND/WRIST PAIN
Much like the feet and ankles, hand and wrist pain is commonly caused by repetitive motions such as typing (carpal tunnel), arthritis, or an acute injury.
Types of Hand/Wrist pain
Chronic
Chronic, acute, or intermittent
Diffuse pain
Both referred and diffuse pain that typically radiates or spans only as far as the wrist or elbow
Causes of Hand/wrist pain
- Carpal tunnel
- Trauma such as fractures, sprains, or jamming of the fingers
- Baseball finger
- Ganglion cysts
- Scleroderma
- Raynaud’s phenomenon
- Arthritis
- Trigger finger
- De Quervain’s tenosynovitis (swelling of tendons of the thumb)
- Peripheral neuropathy (damaged nerves causing pain, numbness, and tingling in the hands)
Symptoms of Hand/wrist pain
- Feeling of pins and needles
- Tightness of hand or wrist
- Sharp, dull, burning, or freezing pain
- Extreme sensitivity
- Decreased range of motion
- Difficulty clasping or pinching items or moving fingers
- Numbness, or tingling sensations
- Thumb stiffness, sticking, or pain
- A red, white, or blue coloration
Complications and Risks
Damage and laxity in the hand may lead to complications with the wrist and vice versa.
Risks Factors
- Repetition of motion such as excessive typing or texting
- Over extension (bending) of the fingers or wrist, both forward and backward
- High impact sports
- Smoking
Treatments
This procedure involves the injection of an irritant into the soft tissue of a joint that is experiencing pain with the objective of providing pain relief. It basically kick starts the joint and body’s healing mechanism.
Prolotherapy and other injectable-based procedures for the treatment of injured joints, ligaments and tendons.
Derived from autologous (your own) bone marrow tissue for the treatment of knee, shoulder and joint pain.