WRIST PAIN and discomfort can be a major headache—and sometimes, there's no clear root cause. Could spending too much time on your laptop or phone be to blame? What about strain from everyday tasks ...

I confess: I used to resent slopers. Perfect circles, rounded aretes, open-handed jugs, the topouts of boulders—you name it. Every few times that I slapped, grabbed, or hung on for dear life from ...

Traditionally, wrist fusion has been the gold standard for pan-carpal wrist arthritis due to low complication rates, pain relief and durability. But one of the disadvantages of wrist fusion lies in ...

Kienbock’s disease is a rare bone disorder that affects the lunate, one of your eight wrist bones. The disorder prevents the lunate bone from receiving the necessary amount of blood supply. This lack ...

Joint pain is no longer something only grandparents complain about. Today, many in their 20s and 30s are noticing stiff ...

After years of suffering with pain in her left wrist, Keisha Triplett underwent total wrist replacement surgery at Henry Ford West Bloomfield. After years of suffering with pain in her left wrist, ...

‌Lumps that appear on the wrist are usually noncancerous. Most often, they are ganglion cysts. These fluid-filled sacs are not a threat to health. Doctors can remove them if they become painful or ...

A 58-year-old, right-hand dominant woman fell in the shower and injured her left wrist. She was seen 3 days later at an outside emergency department (ED) where radiographs were obtained. Her wrist was ...

The hamate is a small bone in the hand, just above the wrist. Hook of hamate fractures are uncommon, and doctors often miss them, leaving them undiagnosed. The hamate is a wedge-shaped bone with a ...

Remember that tiny click in your wrist you felt while texting last week? Or that fleeting ache in your knuckle when you opened a stubborn jar? If you’re like most people, you probably shrugged it off ...