The expert hand specialist Nashville team at Elite Sports Medicine and Orthopedics provides sophisticated care for the full range of injuries and diseases that affect the hand and upper extremities, including:
- Ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injuries: The ligament on the inside of your elbow becomes torn or inflamed.
- Lateral and medial epicondylitis (tennis elbow and golfer’s elbow): The inside or outside of your elbow becomes inflamed with these conditions.
- Arthritis, including osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: The joints in your upper extremities, including your hands, wrists, and elbows, experience pain or stiffness.
- Arm, wrist, and hand fractures: The bones in your hands, arms, or wrists experience hairline or significant breaks.
- Dislocated fingers: A bone in your finger is bent past its normal range, often occurring in sports events or falls.
- Trigger finger and mallet finger: The sheath around the tendons in your fingers shrinks, causing it to get stuck in a bent position and suddenly snap straight. Mallet finger occurs at the end of your fingers.
- Carpal tunnel syndrome: The median nerve is pinched inside your carpal tunnel, which can cause, pain, tingling, or numbness in your arms, hands, and fingers.
- De Quervain’s tenosynovitis: The tendons on the thumb-side of your wrist experience pain and swelling.
- Dupuytren’s disease: The tissue under the skin on the palm of your hand thickens, causing nodules or enlarged cords that can force the finger to contract.
- Ganglion cysts: The outer portion of your wrist can become swollen or bothersome due to a fluid-filled cyst.
- Wrist sprains: A ligament inside your wrist is damaged, causing pain or bruising.
- Tendonitis: The tendons in your hands or wrists are inflamed, leading to pain, irritation, or swelling.
Our hand specialist Nashville doctors also treat many shoulder conditions, including rotator cuff tears, shoulder dislocation, and instability.