PHILADELPHIA --New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns has a bone chip in his right thumb to go along with the sprain he sustained in Monday's loss to the Detroit Pistons, sources confirmed to ...

It is important to appreciate the basic anatomy of the carpal tunnel ... tunnel consist of the median nerve and nine tendons (the tendon of the flexor pollicis longus, the four tendons of the ...

Rupture or transection of the digital pulley may necessitate repair or reconstruction to treat symptomatic flexor tendon bowstringing. When reconstruction is necessary, intrasynovial tendon grafts ...

There are several types of arthritis. The most common type—osteoarthritis, or wear-and-tear arthritis—occurs commonly in the joint at the base of the thumb, where the thumb meets the wrist. This joint ...

A jersey finger is an injury to the flexor tendon. This is the tendon that pulls the fingers toward the palm as the flexor muscles of the forearm are contracted. The injury starts at the tip of the ...

The wrist flexor stretch improves wrist muscle flexibility ... grab hold just below the base of your thumb with your other hand, and stretch your thumb away from your palm until you feel a ...

This article presents a selection of five highly effective exercises for building thumb flexor strength. These exercises are easy to do, require little to no equipment, and can be done anywhere.

If you have ever found thumb.db files in a Network folder where several computer users are connected to each other and access the same folders, you know it’s hard to delete them as they are read ...

Split anterior tibial-tendon transfer with extrinsic toe-flexor release and percutaneous achilles-tendon lengthening has been reported to result in substantial functional improvement and plantigrade ...

Runners often concentrate on building strength in their calves, glutes, hamstrings and quads, but one crucial muscle group that's often neglected is the hip flexor muscles. These muscles ...