Extensor tendonitis can occur in your feet or hands due to overuse of the tendons. Treatment can involve medication to reduce inflammation and physical therapy, depending on the severity. Extensor ...

Extensor tendons are found just under the skin of the hand or the top of the feet. Extensor tendonitis is an inflammation of these tendons, and many factors can cause it. Tendons are bands of tissue ...

A defenseman's torn extensor tendons will sideline him for months, once again impacting the Hurricanes' blueline depth.

De Quervain’s Disease is a painful tendinitis that develops at the base of the thumb at the wrist level. A Swiss surgeon, Fritz de Quervain, first described this problem in 1895. Numerous tendons pass ...

De Quervain's disease, a form of stenosing tenosynovitis, predominantly affects the tendons within the first dorsal compartment of the wrist, namely the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis ...

Introduction Chronic compartment syndrome is well recognised, although rare in the forearm. In our chronic compartment syndrome clinic, we successfully identified and treated four cases. This prompted ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ganglion cysts are benign soft tissue masses that are known to occur about any joint in the human body, but most ...

“‘TIS said, fantastic ocean doth enfold,” William Wordsworth reminds us, “the likeness of whate’er on land is seen.” For those who would explore the oceans’ depths, though, there has been until now ...