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Scaphoid fractures are the most common carpal fracture in a wrist. The scaphoid is a small, peanut shaped bone that makes up one of the eight carpal bones in the wrist. It is located on the thumb side of the wrist, and can be easily found when making a ‘thumb’s up’…

 What is an ulnar collateral ligament injury? The ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) of the thumb is an important, strong ligament that sits on the inside of the thumb and helps to keep the metacarpophalangeal joint stable (MCJ) when gripping and pinching. Thumb UCL…

In our fingers we have two flexor tendons that help pull our fingers down into a fist. The Flexor Digitorum Profundus (FDP) tendon bends the very tip of our finger (at the distal interphalangeal joint) and the Flexor Digitorum Superficialis (FDS) bends our finger from…

Hand injuries are a common part of playing sports, whether it is footy, soccer, boxing, or something else. Most of us have or know several people who have hurt themselves during a sporting endeavour. Our hands are often the part of our body that bears the brunt of an…

Volar plate injuries occur when your finger bends too far backwards (also known as hyperextension), and is a common sporting injury. It typically affects the middle joint of your finger (proximal interphalangeal joint), but can affect all finger joints. It commonly…

Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder that makes it difficult for people to control their muscles. Common symptoms include abnormal position in part of the body, muscle spasms & cramps as well as pain. The

Chronic Pain is one of the fastest growing medical conditions in Australia, currently 1 in 5 Australians live with Chronic Pain. Complex reginal pain syndrome (CRPS) is a form of chronic pain that normally effects an arm or leg and typically develops after an injury…

Condition and cause Tennis elbow, also known as lateral epicondylitis or epiconydlalgia, is an overuse injury of the muscles and tendons in the back of the forearm. This causes inflammation, and in some cases micro-tearing, of the tendons in the outer (lateral) elbow….

Osteoarthritis at the base of thumb joint, known as the 1st CMC joint, is common and is often part of the aging process. Most people in their 30’s and 40’s will have signs of degeneration in this joint, however it may not become painful until later in life.  The 1st…

When we are born we all have a high degree of flexibility in our joints, as infants need to be able to bend into all sorts of positions. As we age, this flexibility decreases and our joints become much stiffer. This is due to our ligaments maturing and becoming firmer…

Wrists are highly complex regions of the upper limb. Our wrists are responsible for positioning our hands to facilitate function and tolerating heavy loads that allow us to lift, carry, push and weight bear through our arms. Heavy demands are placed on our wrists…

You may have heard the saying “use it or lose it”.  There is some truth in this statement and it encapsulates Wolff’s law, a rule that can describe how bone grows and changes over time, depending on the demands placed on that bone. Wolff’s law was developed by a…