HAND & WRIST

Gordon D. Walker

Signs of Wrist & Hand Conditions

If you’re experiencing hand or wrist pain and the symptoms below sound familiar, we advise you to make an appointment with a specialty-trained hand surgeon or wrist doctor as soon as possible.

  • Difficulty squeezing or grabbing objects

  • Inability to straighten your fingers completely

  • Inability to turn or bend your wrist joint

  • Pain when turning a doorknob or opening a jar

  • Pins-and-needles sensations in your hand, wrist, or elbow

  • Swelling in the fingers or hands

  • Weakness in the hands or fingers

You May Have One of These Common Conditions

Our wrist doctors and hand doctors can diagnose your pain and provide treatment that can get you feeling better. Common conditions include:

  • Arthritis

  • Broken wrist (scaphoid fracture)

  • Carpal tunnel syndrome

  • Cubital tunnel syndrome (an elbow condition that can cause hand pain and affect the wrist and forearm)

  • De Quervain's tenosynovitis

  • Dupuytren's contracture

  • Ganglion cyst

  • Hand and wrist tendonitis

  • Hyperextension

  • Ligament tear

  • Sports-related injury

  • Trigger finger

  • Wrist and finger sprains

  • Wrist dislocation