Answers to Common Hand and Wrist Questions
Premier Health providers answers frequently asked questions about common hand and wrist conditions.
- Do hand therapists have special training? What do they do?
- How do you distinguish between cubital tunnel syndrome and a pinched nerve somewhere else?
- How is carpal tunnel syndrome diagnosed?
- How is carpal tunnel syndrome treated?
- How is cubital tunnel syndrome diagnosed?
- How is thumb basilar joint arthritis treated?
- Is cubital tunnel syndrome more common in the dominant hand?
- Is cubital tunnel syndrome the result of overuse or direct trauma?
- What are common conditions that are treated with hand therapy?
- What are signs and symptoms of cubital tunnel syndrome?
- What are some common therapies for arthritis of the hand?
- What are some common therapies for cubital tunnel syndrome and carpal tunnel syndrome?
- What are tendon problems?
- What are the non-surgical treatment options for cubital tunnel syndrome?
- What are the surgical treatment options for cubital tunnel syndrome?
- What causes carpal tunnel syndrome?
- What causes cubital tunnel syndrome?
- What causes thumb basilar joint arthritis?
- What happens if you decide not to seek treatment for cubital tunnel syndrome?
- What is a tendon rupture and how is it treated?
- What is a tendon strain and how is it treated?
- What is carpal tunnel syndrome?
- What is cubital tunnel syndrome?
- What is hand therapy?
- What is tendonitis and how is it treated?
- What is the benefit of a specialized therapist?
- What is thumb basilar joint arthritis?
- What occupations are more prone to cubital tunnel syndrome?
- What treatments do hand therapists provide?
- What's the difference between occasional numbness from sleeping the wrong way and being diagnosed with cubital tunnel syndrome?
- Which is more common, cubital tunnel syndrome or carpal tunnel syndrome?
Source: Beth Berrettoni, MD, Hand and Reconstructive Surgeons and Associates; Matthew Cavo, MD, Hand and Reconstructive Surgeons and Associates; Krista Storms, OT, Premier Health
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