Parker Hand Doctor Can Diagnose and Treat Your Pain
Your hands are critical to everyday life, so when you have hand pain or limited function, it’s important to see a hand doctor to get the right diagnosis and treatment. Located in Parker, hand doctors at Advanced Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Specialists have extensive expertise diagnosing and treating a wide variety of injuries and disorders, […]
Nerve Pain in Your Hands? Common Causes and Treatments
Nerve Pain in Your Hands? Common Causes and Treatments Nerve pain in your hands can keep you from many important daily tasks. From texting and typing, to eating, grooming and sometimes even writing (yes, with a pen – people still do it!), healthy hands are, at once, remarkably efficient and incredibly vulnerable. The hands’ complex […]
What to do if you experience numbness in hands or numbness in fingers.
Numbness in hands or fingers is a symptom that can be serious and should not be ignored. As with all health emergencies, call 911 or get emergency medical help if hand or finger numbness starts suddenly – especially if it occurs with weakness or inability to move, dizziness, or a sudden, severe headache. Aside from […]
Don’t let your hand go numb when your yard goes green: Carpal tunnel symptoms
As things green up and it feels safe to turn on the sprinklers, May in Colorado brings warm days, beautiful budding trees and plants…and an outdoor to-do list longer than the checkout line at Home Depot. From gardening and raking to painting and cleaning, many of the most common spring maintenance tasks require the repetitive […]
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” av_uid=’av-lss6dx’] Signs & Symptoms | Causes | Diagnosis | Prevention | Treatment | Conservative | Surgery | Rehabilitation [/av_textblock] [av_textblock size=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” font_color=” color=” id=” custom_class=” template_class=” av_uid=’av-laagc5′ sc_version=’1.0′ admin_preview_bg=”] Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a medical condition due to compression of the median nerve […]
Gamer’s Thumb causing you pain? Stop chasing Pokémon, see a hand doctor.
Do you have “texting thumb,” “gamer’s thumb” or carpal tunnel? Believe it or not, they’re all related to overuse and repetitive motion of the hand and wrist. Read on to learn the symptoms and when to see a hand doctor. No matter what you call it, injuries to muscles, tendons, and nerves from repetitive use […]
A sparkler burns at a toasty 1,200 degrees!
A sparkler burns at a toasty 1,200 degrees! That’s hot enough to cause very serious injury. The 4th of July is a great time for celebration and it’s also a really important time to be safe. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) says fireworks are the cause of more than 10,000 injuries annually; and hand, arm […]
It’s all in the wrist…
Your wrist and hands are home to more small bones, joints and ligaments than you may realize. These joints can become inflamed and ligaments injured in the most instinctive of activities. Did you know that most wrist injuries are either the result of an impact or the byproduct of repetitive use (e.g. carpal tunnel syndrome, […]
