Advice From A Certified Hand Therapist: Pickleball Wrist Pain: What’s All The ‘Racket’?
Do you experience a dull and aching pain or soreness in your wrist during or after playing racket or paddle sports? Does your wrist feel stiff when reaching for low balls or flicking your wrist for those difficult and awkward shots? If you answered yes and your symptoms are located on the “pinky” side of your paddle wrist, then you have ulnar sided wrist pain.
Give praise to the elbow: A bending, twisting marvel
The elbow is an underappreciated joint that brings many daily tasks within your reach.
What Causes Ridges in Fingernails?
Ridges in fingernails can run horizontally or vertically.1 They are common and harmless, but some fingernail ridges-particularly horizontal ones-can indicate a health problem such as a thyroid issue.
How Depression Affects Hand And Arm Symptoms
Studies have shown that 1 in 8 patients who see a hand surgeon have symptoms of depression. This means that many patients can have hand issues and depression at the same time.
Risk factors associated with throwing injuries in young baseball players
Few studies have retrospectively analyzed the relationship between joint range of motion (ROM) and muscle flexibility and shoulder and elbow throwing injuries in a large number of elementary school baseball players. The purpose of this study was to retrospectively identify the physical factors related to shoulder and elbow throwing injuries in younger baseball players.
