You also need to rest painful joints. It helps to use hand or finger splints to ease pressure if your RA flares up. To exercise your hands and fingers, you can use a soft foam ball. Squeeze it and ...

surgery may be necessary to remove the damaged tissue in the affected joints (debridement) and free up the finger tendons to improve functional hand and finger use. The affected finger joint will ...

Many of the joints in your hand and wrist can be replaced surgically with an artificial implant. If you receive a hinged finger implant, it will be flexible, but may not move the same way it did ...

Medically reviewed by Stella Bard, MD Arthritis in your fingers often starts with subtle changes. At first, you might wake up ...

Hand and finger exercises can be a noninvasive way to: keep your joints flexible improve range of motion relieve arthritis pain Hand exercises can help strengthen the muscles that support the hand ...

Some conditions cause the finger or toe joint tissue ... especially gripping or pinching hand motions — could help prevent locked joints. Lifestyle measures to manage associated conditions ...

The finger joints provide movement and allow you to perform activities such as pinching and grasping, according to the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH). It’s possible to injure or ...

Don't ignore these 6 early finger arthritis warning signs. Spotting symptoms early could prevent permanent joint damage and years of pain.

Surgeons have grown new living finger joints in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Remarkable 'before and after' pictures of a hand of one of the patients show how the new joints helped to reduce ...

Impact injuries, infection, and several health conditions can damage the joints, muscles ... Causes can include: falling on the hand knocks and blows jamming a finger overextending the fingers ...

Restricted wrist movement often forces compensatory patterns that strain other joints ... rapid movement while improving finger independence: Place your hand on a table with fingers extended ...