Pain along the ulnar side of wrist during activities that require a strong grip and especially grip with ulnar deviation can be a signal of ligamentous damage or injury. Ulna refers to the bone in the forearm closest to the little finger side of the hand. Ulnar deviation is any movement of the hand toward the ulnar side.

Many athletes at all levels from high school to professional players face the pressure to play when it might not be in their own best interests in the long run. High school athletes who have a chance at a scholarship opportunity or to play at the college level are not immune to these pressures.

Sports medicine specialists such as orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists, and athletic trainers will find this article of interest. Sports-related wrist injuries are reviewed from top to bottom in order to prepare these health care professionals to help affected athletes recover quickly and successfully.

The volar plating system is used to treat complex fractures of the distal radius. Distal refers to the farthest end of the bone. The radius is one of the two bones in the forearm that make up one side of the wrist joint.

For years and years, the main treatment approach for anyone over 65 with a wrist fracture was immobilization. Plaster casting was used for a long time. Then lighter materials were developed. And now sometimes, a removable rigid splint-like cast is used to allow for periods out of the cast such as when bathing.

The authors of this study start out by saying, Approximately 10 per cent of 65 year-old white women in the United States will sustain a distal radial fracture during the remainder of their lifetime. A distal radial fracture is a wrist fracture. Ouch! That seems like a lot. And with the aging Baby Boomers now part of that statistic, that could be you, not your mother. So, now that they have our attention, what's the message?

Discharge planning can be difficult with septic arthritis because of the many and varied complications that are possible. If all goes well and there is no evidence of pus within the first 24 to 48 hours, then the patient may get the thumbs up for a quick and speedy discharge to home.

Septic arthritis is the invasion of a joint by an infectious agent that produces arthritis. It can affect any of the joints in the body but has a tendency to settle in the large joints. This includes the hip, knee, and shoulder. The infectious agent starts someplace else (often a skin infection like cellulitis or from a urinary tract infection. It travels to the joint directly by local spread or through the blood system.

This is the first study to compare the results of open surgery versus arthroscopic surgery for septic arthritis of the wrist. The procedure was an irrigation and débridement. That means once the surgeon accessed the area of infection (either through an open incision or arthroscopically), saline fluid was used to flush the area clean (irrigation). In a second step (débridement), any fluid and any loose tissue or fragments of cartilage were removed.

You may be asking the question: does treatment for wrist fracture vary depending on where you live? Others have asked if it makes a difference how old you are, your race, or sex?