That unusual bend in your thumb isn't a cool party trick. Discover what hitchhiker's thumb might reveal about your health and ...

Hitchhiker’s thumb can be present in people with diastrophic dysplasia, a condition that affects cartilage and bone ...

Common conditions that cause thumb pain include arthritis, tendonitis, trigger thumb, carpal tunnel syndrome, and ligament injuries. Thumb pain can come on suddenly or develop over time from ...

A 2019 study in Arthritis & Rheumatology found that nearly 10 million Americans have gout. While gout can affect any joint, the thumb is an unusual place for urate crystals to develop. The big toe ...

A person may also experience joint pain in the fingers and toes. Tendons surrounding the finger and toe joints control the movement of the digits. A sheath, called the synovial membrane ...

We have discussed in the past some procedures for basilar joint arthritis of the thumb and we have discussed the diagnosis of basilar joint arthritis of the CMC joint of the thumb. However ...