Hand Problems
The Raleigh Hand to Shoulder Center physicians have treated patients with hand and upper extremity problems for three decades. From a minor cut to a severe hand injury, we have been specialty-trained to diagnose, treat, and rehabilitate patients with a variety of hand and arm problems. The hand is one of the most intricate and delicate areas of the human body, comprised of nineteen bones in addition to joints, tendons, muscles, nerves, and blood vessels. As you know, our hands are critical for independent function and livelihood. An alteration in the normal function of the hand can significantly impact a person’s life. At the RHSC, we strive to improve a patient’s quality of life through effective non-surgical and surgical treatments. We work personally with on-site hand therapists to optimize outcomes. High-level and recreational athletes alike have been treated successfully at our center.
Hand problems we commonly treat:
- Arthritis (degenerative joint disease)
- Boxer’s fracture
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Congenital (pediatric) hand conditions
- Crush injury and burns
- Dupuytren’s contracture
- Finger amputation
- Hand infection
- Hand pain
- Hand tumors and ganglion cysts
- Joint contracture (finger stiffness)
- Joint dislocation
- Laceration (cuts)
- Ligament tears and sprains
- Metacarpal fracture (broken hand)
- Mucous cyst (finger cyst)
- Nailbed injury
- Nerve Injury
- Numbness in the hand or fingers
- Pediatric hand injuries
- Phalanx fracture (broken finger)
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sports injuries
- Tendon injury or tendonitis
- Trigger finger (stenosing tenosynovitis)
Prompt diagnosis and treatment are often very important in the recovery from an injury to the hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder. If you have an injury to your finger or hand — such as a broken finger, deep cut, crush injury, or swelling, bruising, pain, and/or hand numbness — please call the Raleigh Hand Center at 919-872-3171 to schedule a consultation with an orthopedic hand specialist in Raleigh, North Carolina. Chronic problems, such as osteoarthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, and Dupuytren’s contracture, are also treated in our hand clinic.