Hand And Wrist Conditions We Treat
Pain in the wrist and hand has a significant impact on one’s dexterity, making everyday tasks difficult to complete.
We specialize in diagnosing and treating various hand and wrist conditions, including the following:
Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis can cause painful swollen joints of the wrist and hands.
Throughout the body, bursae, which are small, fluid-filled sacs, cushion the joints. These sacs may become inflamed as a consequence of frequent, repetitive motion, resulting in bursitis. This is often related to workplace demands or sports, especially ones that emphasize wrist motion (e.g., tennis, baseball). Symptoms include redness, swelling, achy joints, and tender areas that become painful when placed under pressure.
Tendinitis refers to inflammation affecting the thick, fibrous tissue that connects bone to muscle. It causes pain, tenderness, and swelling and is often the result of injury or overuse. Like bursitis, tendinitis is frequently seen in athletes and workplaces with manual labor. Severe tendinitis may lead to a rupture or tear, so urgent medical care is essential.
Thickening of the fibrosis band causing compression of the medial nerve. This results in stabbing pain, swelling, weakness of the hand.
Our Treatment Options
Dr. George J. Arcos offers a broad range of treatment options to ensure he can meet each patient’s unique needs.
Involving the patient throughout the entire decision-making process, he may develop a treatment plan that involves one or more of the following:
- RICE method: This acronym stands for rest, ice, compression, and elevation. It is designed to eliminate the most common barriers to recovery while encouraging the natural healing process.
- Assistive aids: These include casts, splints, slings, and supportive bandages, which stabilize and compress the joint and contribute to recovery while preventing setbacks or complications.
- Medication: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including aspirin and ibuprofen, work to relieve pain and reduce inflammation while your joint heals.
- Steroid injections: Dr. George J. Arcos can administer corticosteroid injections to ease the itching, redness, and inflammation resulting from a hand or wrist condition.
- Platelet-rich plasma injections: Also known as PRP, these injections boost natural healing by increasing the local platelet population. Platelets are essential to repairing damage to the body.
- Nerve blocks: Dr. George J. Arcos injects a numbing medication to relieve the stabbing, burning nerve pain.
