Conditions

HAND & ELBOW

Options for Hand, Wrist & Elbow Pain

Pain in your hand, wrist, or elbow can pursue trauma or from a variety of medical conditions. Arthritis, tendon, and ligament injuries can produce elbow pain. Tennis elbow can disturb those who play tennis or do activities engaging in repetitive motion of your elbow. Radial nerve impingement can create a similar pain. Golfer’s elbow affects your medial epicondyle nerves and bones. Your wrist can develop painful conditions from overuse, which can come from repetitive activities like typing on your computer. Your fingers and hands also can be affected by painful conditions such as trigger finger and arthritis.

Elbow Pain Treatment

Common causes of elbow pain include:

• Injuries – Sprains, tears, dislocations, breaks, and fractures

• Golfer’s Elbow – Pain on the inner side of the elbow, where forearm tendons and muscles attach

• Tennis Elbow – Pain that occurs where tendons in your elbow are overworked from repetitive motions in your wrist and arm

• Osteoarthritis – Joint pain and inflammation known as the “wear & tear” arthritis

• Tendonitis – Inflammation & irritation of tendons in your elbow

• Trapped Nerves – Nerves that get stuck or trapped creating nerve pain in your elbow or forearm

Trigger Finger Treatment

Trigger finger is a painful condition that can incorporate one of your fingers becoming stuck in a bent-like position and then promptly straightens out like the trigger of a gun. This condition is lead by a narrowing of your sheath that surrounds your tendons in your finger and is generally in those who operate repetitive gripping actions. Trigger finger causes stiffness, pain and can ultimately lead to inefficiency to fully straighten your finger.

Treatments for Trigger Finger

Moderate cases of trigger finger can usually be treated through traditional home methods such as rest, finger exercises, and bypassing repetitive movements. More serious cases can require an injection of cortisone.

This outpatient cortisone injection can be done by numbing your arm using a very small incision. Light activities with your hand are allowed to occur right away and the use of your hand can be progressive as tolerated.

Arthritis of Your Hand

Arthritis can involve any joint in your body, but it is most obvious when it affects your hands and fingers. Each hand has nineteen bones, plus eight small bones and two forearm bones that form your wrist. Arthritis of your hand can be painful and disabling. The most familiar types of arthritis in your hand are osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and post-traumatic arthritis (after an injury). Other causes of arthritis of your hand are infection, psoriasis, and gout.

Hand Arthritis Treatment

Our arthritis treatments will depend on the seriousness of your underlying condition. Our main goals are to reduce inflammation and improve the function of your affected joints before more severe issues appear. In addition to treatments you receive at Atlanta Medical Clinic, we also recommended you use dry heat from a heating pad or moist heat in the form of a hot bath to help alleviate pain and stiffness. Rest and heat are very efficient in the short run for most people with hand arthritis pain.

Atlanta Medical Clinics’ team of pain management specialists will help you diagnose your arthritis pain and suggest the best treatments for your particular condition.

Treatments We Offer For Arthritis:

• Physical Therapy

• Trigger Point Injections

• Chiropractic Therapy

• Non-Steroidal Injections

• Joint Injections

• Low-Dose Steroid Injections

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Treatment

Depending on the severity of the disease, CTS may get better with non-surgical treatments. Our non-surgical treatments include:

• Joint Injections

• Braces & Support

• Physical Therapy

• Applying Cold Packs