Tendons are strong bands of tissue that cross over the wrist. They connect the muscles in the forearms to the hand and finger bones. Flexor tendons on the palm side of your hand allow your fingers ...

One common cause could be carpal tunnel. ‘If you adopt the same position for too long, nerves in the wrist and hand can ...

Flexor Tenosynovitis: An infection of the flexor tendon sheath in the hand, often characterized by pain, swelling, and difficulty moving the affected finger. Cellulitis: A bacterial skin infection ...

“Any time those tendons become inflamed, or the wrist is flexed or extended for a prolonged period, the pressure within the carpal tunnel goes up,” says Shaun Mendenhall, MD, a hand surgeon at ...

Pa and Dr. Litts is staff hand surgeon at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. Bozentka DJ, Litts C. Late Reconstruction of Flexor and Extensor Tendon Injuries. MedGenMed 1(1), 1999 ...

Tennis elbow, also known as lateral epicondylitis, occurs when a person strains the tendons in their forearm ... Use the opposite hand to raise the wrist up as far as possible.

In this six-part series, we'll give you quick exercises for different body parts to help you stay limber and alleviate pain ...

Karsten Knobloch, Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hanover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hanover, Germany; kknobi{at}yahoo.com Background: Tendinopathy of the flexor carpi ...

tendons and one nerve (the median nerve – so-called, since it lies in the middle of the forearm and the wrist), to pass from the forearm to the hand. This passageway lies on the carpal bones and ...