Services and procedures

Repair of the tendons that bend and straighten our fingers require specialty surgical training, and careful rehabilitation with the supervision of a certified hand therapist. Tendons that are repaired on the flexor, or palm side of the hand, require early motion with careful therapy guidance to avoid stiffness but allow time for the tendon to heal.

The thumb carpometacarpal joint, or CMC joint, is a very common place for arthritis to occur, especially in women. Debilitating joint pain at the thumb can also be managed quite successfully with non-operative methods, such as bracing, exercise regimen, medications, and injections, but sometimes the pain persists and limits our quality of life.

Trigger finger or trigger thumb can be a painful and aggravating condition. While it can often be cured with steroid injections, some fingers require a minor procedure to alleviate the pain and catching.

The radius and ulna are the two long bones in our forearm that come together at the wrist to make a very unique, and sometimes finicky, wrist joint. We may develop problems if the ulna bone, the long bone of the forearm on the small finger side, is longer than the edge of the radius bone next to it.