Are you female and experiencing pain in your upper limbs? You’re not alone. Many women encounter discomfort in their arms and hands at various stages of life, often due to work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs).
Category: Hand Therapy
Why does my finger look funny?
Quite often when you knock your finger on a hard surface or the tip of it gets hit by a ball and then suddenly… we cannot straighten the tip of it! Why does this happen? What evil forces of the world are working against your finger?
Why does my hand feel strange at night? Is it Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
Pain, numbness, tingling or other sensory changes are often our body’s way of alerting us to the fact that something is happening to our neural (nerve) system.
A pain in the thumb
Pain at the base of the thumb is an unpleasant reality for many older Australians. For most, this is due to wear and tear on the cartilage surfaces at the basal thumb joint. This wear and tear results in a thinning of the cartilage and a loss of the protective cushioning that allows our joints to move smoothly.