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Your hand issues don't need to own your every move.
Your fingers, hands, arms, and shoulders are made up of more moving parts than any other area of your body. When they’re healthy, they’re capable of amazing things, from delicate movements to acts of profound strength. But even the smallest manifestation of pain or loss of function can have a huge impact on your quality of life. Whether your knee pain is the result of an injury or a sudden movement that strains the knee , Dr. Matti Palo is here to provide expert care that can help you get back doing the things you love.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common condition that causes pain, numbness, tingling, and weakness in the hand and wrist. It happens when there is increased pressure within the wrist on a nerve called the median nerve. This nerve provides sensation to the thumb, index, and middle fingers, and to half of the ring finger.
Arthritis
The base of your thumb, your knuckles, second joint and top joint of your fingers are common sites for hand arthritis. Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis are common types. Treatments include splints/braces, medications, steroid injections and healthy life choices. Surgeries include joint fusion, joint replacement and tendon transfer.
Fractures
A hand fracture is a break in any in a bone in your hand usually caused by a fall, crush injury, or twisting injury, or through direct contact in sports. Symptoms of a hand fracture may include swelling, bruising, tenderness or pain, deformity, inability to move your finger, shortened finger, or the injured finger crossing over a neighboring finger when making a fist. For most cases, a hand fracture will heal well without any surgery, requiring that you only need to wear a cast, splint, or buddy strap for a period of time. However, for serious fractures, surgery may be required to keep the bone in place.
Thumb Surgery
The base of your thumb, your knuckles, second joint and top joint of your fingers are common sites for hand arthritis. Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis are common types. Treatments include splints/braces, medications, steroid injections and healthy life choices. Surgeries include joint fusion, joint replacement and tendon transfer.
About your Hands
Numerous muscles, ligaments, tendons, and sheaths can be found within the hand. The muscles are the structures that can contract, allowing movement of the bones in the hand. The ligaments are fibrous tissues that help bind together the joints in the hand. The sheaths are tubular structures that surround part of the fingers. The tendons connect muscles in the arm or hand to the bone to allow movement.
In addition, there are arteries, veins and nerves within the hand that provide blood flow and sensation to the hand and fingers.
You're in Good Hands.
Matti has shown his passion for improving the quality of healthcare as demonstrated by his 99th percentile patient satisfaction scores and surgical outcomes. His surgical procedures include partial knee and total knee replacement, shoulder arthroscopy with complex reconstruction and revision surgery, knee arthroscopy, sports medicine, trauma, and hand surgery.