Non-Surgical Treatment For TFCC Tears Appropriate treatment approaches for managing symptoms of TFCC tears depends on both the stage and severity of injury. Assessment by an orthopaedic surgeon, with regard to the appropriateness of surgical intervention is useful. Because traumatic tears and degenerative tears are frequently managed differently. Many traumatic tears are repairable. Whereas degenerative… Read More >
TFCC tears are most commonly associated with falls onto an outstretched hand. Situations where the individual falls, landing on the hand with the wrist backwards and the forearm rotated into pronation.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, A Condition Common In Pregnancy Carpal Tunnel Syndrome experienced during pregnancy is typically only a mild and temporary episode. With symptoms generally resolving soon following giving birth. However, some women may suffer with more severe symptoms, lasting several months, going on to cause discomfort postpartum and is often made worse when performing… Read More >
What Is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Carpal tunnel syndrome is a painful condition of the wrist, hand and fingers resulting from pressure on nerves that run through the wrist. Specifically the nerve that is the source of symptoms is know as the median nerve, in the wrist the median nerve passes over the carpal bones at… Read More >
Diagnosis Of Thumb Pain A diagnosis of de Quervain’s tenosynovitis is typically a clinical one, made via the location of the pain and associated history of thumb stress, combined with a positive ‘Finkelstein’s test’. The Finkelstein’s test is performed through starting in the hitch hiking position and then making a fist with the thumb tucked… Read More >
De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis Is A Common Cause Of Thumb Pain De Quervain’s tenosynovitis is a condition causing pain around the wrist at the base of the thumb. Discomfort is often experienced when the individual uses their thumb in a hitch hiking type posture and when performing actions where the wrist and thumb are pointing down… Read More >
Anatomy And Function Of The TFCC The triangular fibrocartilage complex, or TFCC for short. Is as the name would suggest a complex of structures. The TFCC is located on the little finger side of the wrist. It is comprised of ligaments, cartilaginous structures and a tendon sheath. The triangular fibrocartilage complex separates the radiocarpal from… Read More >