Living With Hand Pain

Hand injuries are a common malady that often affects the finger, wrist or hand that which causes pain and swelling inside the limb area or joints.

These injuries usually occur during work, accidental trips and falls, work done around the home, sports and other activities, and fistfights. The overall risk of injuring a wrist, hand or finger is highest when participating in contact sports such as soccer, wrestling, football, or sports that involve high amounts of speed such as skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, and biking. Sports that also utilize equipment like ski poles, racquets, hockey sticks also increase the risk of injury.

Children, for the most part, injure their hand, finger or wrist during accidental falls or while at play while elderly patients are at a much higher risk for fractures and injuries due to reduced muscle mass and weakened bone strength.

Injuries or pain can occur in the fingers, wrist or hand via injury or illness, including carpal tunnel syndrome, fractures, dislocation, osteoarthritis, tendinitis, trigger finger, or Dupuytran’s contracture which is a hereditary condition that thickens the tissue beneath the skin beneath the palm.