Hand Therapist Nigel Chua Climber’s elbow is medial, not lateral. Plus the brachialis ache nobody names and the lumbrical tear routinely misdiagnosed as a pulley injury — and the loading that fixes all three.
Repeated impact through a closed fist produces a specific injury pattern. The fractures, the sagittal band tear that ends careers, fight bite, and why the wrap is for the wrist.
Basketball, volleyball and netball fingers get taped and forgotten. The four serious injuries that look exactly like a jam, the 60-second sideline check, and how to tape properly.
The lead wrist takes most of it. Where golf hurts hands and elbows, why the hook of hamate fracture gets missed, and what actually changes the load on your swing.
Down dog, plank and chaturanga all ask for 90 degrees of wrist extension most people don’t have. The ten-second test, what each pain location means, and what to change in class.
Front rack, bench, curls, deadlifts. Gym wrist pain comes from three loaded positions, and which one hurts tells you which structure is complaining.
A short stiff paddle puts the work through your wrist. The falls that fracture wrists, the overuse problems that build slowly, and the five changes that prevent most of them.
Aching hands with no swelling, no locking and no single sore spot. What general overuse pain actually is, the specific conditions it hides, and why rest is the wrong treatment.
The commonest bone tumor in the hand, and usually harmless. Why it’s often found by a finger that breaks too easily, what gets done about it, and the warning signs that change things.
Benign, despite the name — the second commonest hand lump after a ganglion. How to tell it apart, why it recurs after surgery, and when a firm painless lump needs imaging.