Basketball players, especially females, often suffer from knee injuries like anterior cruciate ligament tears or ACL tears and meniscus injuries. Dr. Moira McCarthy and colleagues (2013) conducted an epidemiological study looking at the demographic data of female college basketball players. Research results showed that about 48% of the athletes suffered from an ankle sprain.
Posts Categorized: Hand, Wrist, Arm and Elbow Injuries
Pain in the Elbow? Learn More about Cubital Tunnel Syndrome from Louisville Orthopedic
Sometimes the arm’s ulnar nerve is irritated or pinched causing ulnar nerve entrapment at a person’s elbow. This is called cubital tunnel syndrome. Based on where this nerve entrapment happens, the symptoms can include elbow pain and sometimes a numb feeling in the hand, elbow, fingers and wrist. While the cause of cubital tunnel syndrome… Read more »
Do you have Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Learn More from Louisville Orthopedic Surgeon
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a condition where the median nerve at the level of the wrist gets inflamed and compressed. Symptoms may include a burning, swollen feeling in the palm and fingers. Some people experience night pain, numbness and tingling involving the thumb, index and middle finger. Often times these symptoms begin slowly and get… Read more »
What is Kienbock’s Disease? Find Out More from Louisville Orthopedic Surgeon
While researchers don’t know what causes Kienbock’s disease, this painful condition often starts with the symptoms of a wrist sprain. Other symptoms include pain when turning the hand up, limited hand grip, stiffness and decreased motion in the wrist and sometimes swelling in the affected area. The symptoms of Kienbock’s Disease tend to get progressively… Read more »
Suffering from Wrist Pain? Louisville Orthopedic Surgeon Explains De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis or “Gamer’s Thumb”
Are you suffering from De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis? If you are experiencing pain on the inside of your wrist that causes you discomfort whenever you hold things or clench your fist, you might have De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis. This condition, which is also sometimes called gamer’s thumb, affects the two
11 Facts About Tennis Elbow from Louisville Sports Medicine Specialist
1. You do not have to be a tennis player to get tennis elbow 2. Tennis elbow is typically caused by overuse or some type of trauma 3. Also called lateral epicondylitis and “archer’s elbow,” tennis elbow is a type of tendonitis
Louisville Orthopedic Demonstrates Tennis Elbow Exercises in YouTube Video
Are you experiencing pain from tennis elbow or lateral epicondylitis? Check out the latest YouTube video from Louisville orthopedic surgeon Dr. Stacie Grossfeld for specific tennis elbow exercises that you can try! https://youtu.be/LlRa23O69WI
Kentucky Orthopedic Explains Tennis Elbow aka Lateral Epicondylitis
What is Tennis Elbow? Tennis elbow is a condition that ranges from a simple inflammation of two of the tendons in the elbow (extensor Carpi radialis brevis ECRB and the extensor carpi radialis longus ECRL) to an actual tear within the tendon.
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