Carpal Tunnel in Pregnancy: Why It Starts, and Why It Usually Goes
Numb, burning hands in the third trimester are usually pregnancy-related carpal tunnel. Why it happens, what is safe to do, and the twelve-month mark that changes the plan.
Conditions & Injuries
Conditions and injuries of the finger, hand, wrist, forearm and elbow: what they are, how they behave, and when they stop being minor.
Trigger Thumb: Why It Locks, and Why It Isn’t Quite Trigger Finger
Trigger thumb is the same pulley problem as trigger finger, in a joint that behaves differently. Why it locks bent, what the window is, and what actually reopens it.
TFCC Repair and Wrist Arthroscopy: What Recovery Actually Involves
Wrist arthroscopy leaves two tiny scars and hides two very different recoveries. A debridement takes weeks; a TFCC repair takes months, and the movement that has to be locked down is forearm rotation rather than wrist bending.
Ganglion Removal Recovery: Recurrence, Scar and Stiffness
A small operation with two under-discussed parts: ganglions can recur because the stalk back to the joint is the real target, and the scar on the back of the wrist can leave you stiffer than the lump ever did.
Finger Joint Replacement: What It Gives You and What It Doesn’t
Finger joint replacement buys pain relief and straighter fingers, not more movement or more strength. The scar capsule that forms around the implant is what holds the result, which is why the splinting program decides the outcome.
Wrist and Finger Fusion: What You Actually Lose
Fusion sounds like the worst option and is the most reliable one for pain. A fused wrist still turns palm-up and palm-down, because rotation happens somewhere else entirely, and finger fusions are set at an angle chosen for the job that finger does.
Elbow Release for Stiffness: The Six Weeks That Decide It
Surgery for a stiff elbow restores the range in theatre; the six weeks afterwards decide how much you keep. The elbow scars faster than any joint in the arm, so a week of resting it because it hurts can undo the whole operation.
Wrist Fracture Plate Surgery: Recovery Week by Week
A plate on a broken wrist exists so the joint can move while the bone heals. Move early, load late. Plus the tendon complication that can turn up a year after a perfect operation.
Cubital Tunnel Surgery Recovery: What Comes Back, and In What Order
Cubital tunnel surgery relieves pressure; it doesn’t repair a nerve. Symptoms return in a fixed order: pain first, tingling next, numbness slowly, strength last and least reliably. Plus how decompression and transposition differ.
Nerve Repair Recovery: Why It Takes a Year, and How to Track It
A repaired nerve regrows at about a millimeter a day, and there’s a sign you can track at home each month to watch it happening. Plus the sensory re-education that decides whether the hand ends up usable.