It was the worst pain she had ever felt, the 57-year-old woman told Dr. Mark Vitale. He was a hand surgeon in Greenwich, Conn. — part of the same practice she had visited earlier that year for pain in ...

Medically reviewed by Lauren Schlanger, MD Key Takeaways A ganglion cyst is the most common cause of a lump on your hand or ...

A scaphoid fracture involves a break of one of the bones on the thumb side of the wrist. The scaphoid bone plays a role in the ability to move the wrist joint. There are surgical and nonsurgical ...

Hours of gaming, endless swipes, and marathon controller sessions might be fun — until your thumbs revolt. That’s exactly what happened to 22-year-old Rahul, a college student and rising online gaming ...

A triquetral fracture happens when you break or crack the triquetrum, one of the 8 small carpal bones that form a part of your wrist. ‌Falling on an outstretched hand is the most common cause of a ...