The swelling may be due to a chronic (persistent or recurrent) condition, like osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, or gout.

Surgeons have grown new living finger joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Remarkable 'before and after' pictures of a hand of one of the patients show how the new joints helped to reduce ...

SLUCare Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery specialists developed the following physical therapy protocols for SLUCare clinicians to use when recommending treatment and rehab for SLUCare patients.

A knuckle is a finger joint. Like other joints, it can experience injury or be affected by a health problem. Each of your ...

Arthritis is a painful condition that affects many people around the world, and is mostly associated with age. Living with this condition means pain, swelling, and stiffness in a joint or multiple ...

You’ll start physical therapy after 3-6 weeks. Fully recovery can take about 6 months. Boutonniere deformity. This looks like the opposite of a swan neck. The joint in the middle of your finger ...

In Japanese, shiatsu means “finger ... Watsu therapy is used to alleviate pain and discomfort caused by a range of ailments. The idea is that the resistance of water soothes physical tension ...

The Physical Therapy Department at the University of North Georgia offers a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree. The Doctor in Physical Therapy is the first doctorate degree offered at the ...

If your outer wrist feels sore and achy, you might chalk it up to arthritis. But that discomfort could be ulnar wrist pain, ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) deformities are changes caused by the disease that can make the small joints of your hands and feet become disfigured. As a result, your fingers or toes may bend in an ...

PsA most often affects the hands, fingers ... involves physical exams, blood tests, and imaging techniques such as MRI and X-rays. Early treatment is crucial to prevent joint damage and manage ...

Sticky’s Finger Joint, the New York–based chicken finger restaurant, announced the opening of its second location at 484 Third Avenue in Murray Hill. Paul Abrahamian and Jon Sherman, Sticky’s founding ...