De Quervain’s Tendonitis: What It Is & How It’s Treated
By Michael G. Soojian, M.D., Hand & Upper Extremity Surgeon What is De Quervain’s Tendonitis? If you are experiencing a shooting pain from your wrist into your thumb, you may be suffering from a common form of tendonitis called de Quervain’s tendonitis. This condition gets its name from Dr Fritz de Quervain who first described […]
Tennis Elbow
By Paul D. Protomastro, M.D. Hand & Upper Extremity Surgeon, OrthoConnecticut TENNIS AND GOLFER’S elbow are common orthopaedic conditions that lead to pain, weakness and disfunction of the elbow. Both conditions actually represent tears of the forearm tendons off of the humerus bone at the elbow. A tear on the outside (lateral) part of the […]