Your hands are made of 27 small bones. Eight of those bones are located in your wrist, which leads to your forearm (radius and ulna), elbow and upper-arm bone (humerus). Known as your upper extremities, these bones are controlled by a complex system of ligaments, muscles and tendons. If any part of your upper extremities becomes damaged, it could result in significant pain, a limited range of motion or complications to surrounding body parts.
Speak with an expert about pain in your hand, wrist or elbow.
Conditions We Treat
Our experts treat the full range of injuries and conditions affecting the hand, wrist or elbow, including complex fractures and damaged ligaments.
Additional conditions include the following.
- Nerve Compression Syndromes: The result of consistent pressure on the nerves of your hands, wrists or feet, nerve compression syndromes cause pain, nerve damage (neuropathy) and stiffness. Common examples of nerve compression syndromes are carpal tunnel syndrome and cubital tunnel syndrome.
- Tendon Injuries: Strong cords of tissue that connect your bones and muscles, tendons are essential to normal body movement. Injuries to tendons can be caused by anything from physical trauma to an orthopedic condition such as tendonitis or De Quervain’s tenosynovitis. Our experts offer a range of treatments for tendon injuries.
- Tennis Elbow: Not just a condition that affects tennis players, lateral epicondylitis (commonly called “tennis elbow”) can develop in anyone whose activities involve repetitive motions of their arm and wrist. This type of overuse injury can cause inflammation of the tendons connected to the bony knob on your elbow (lateral epicondyle). Tennis elbow is often treatable through nonsurgical methods.
Using an array of diagnostic procedures, our experts evaluate your symptoms, identify the issue and outline the best possible treatment plan.
Learn about additional orthopedic conditions that may affect your hand, wrist or elbow.
Experts in Orthopedics
Our highly trained orthopedic experts take several factors into consideration when outlining your treatment plan, including your age, medical history and the extent of your injury. While we use conservative methods whenever possible, our skilled orthopedic surgeons perform a range of minimally invasive procedures to address severe hand, wrist or elbow conditions.
Procedures we offer include the following.
- Joint Repair (Arthroscopy): A cutting-edge approach to joint surgery, arthroscopy involves the use of small incisions and narrow tools to repair your hand, wrist or elbow. Guided by a thin tube (arthroscope) that transmits images, this minimally invasive procedure requires less recovery time compared to traditional methods.
- Joint Replacement (Arthroplasty): This procedure involves removing and replacing an entire joint affected by arthritis in your hand, wrist or elbow. The damaged joint is commonly replaced with prosthetic components.
- Tommy John Surgery: Often affecting athletes who play throwing sports, “Tommy John” surgery (ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction) repairs a torn ligament in your elbow by replacing it with a tendon from somewhere else in your body.
- Ultrasound-Guided Carpal Tunnel Release: A unique and minimally invasive treatment option, this procedure uses real-time ultrasound to guide surgical instruments through the process of relieving pressure around your wrist.
The primary goal of our robust orthopedics team is to restore movement and function to the damaged areas of your body so that you can return to normal routines. Speak with an orthopedic expert at Bayhealth about treatment for hand, wrist or elbow pain.
Attend Our Total Joint Class
Because the days and weeks leading up to joint replacement surgery can cause anxiety and concern, we encourage our patients to attend our Preoperative Total Joint Class. During this information session, patients are welcome to bring questions and concerns about their upcoming joint replacement procedure. Ask our orthopedic experts about attending one of these classes.
Recovery Support
Our robust orthopedics team includes dedicated therapists who help you return to day-to-day activities following an injury or procedure. We provide services in physical and occupational therapy, as well as speech language pathology. Our certified hand therapists are industry leaders who use the most advanced techniques to restore function and prevent future dysfunction of the hand or wrist. Bayhealth rehabilitation experts also help you to set goals for your recovery and advise you on pain management.