Wrist, hand and finger pain

There are many conditions that are associated with pain in your wrist, hand and fingers as outlined below.

Physiotherapy treatment can relieve acute and chronic hand, wrist and finger pain and other symptoms and restore function by improving range of motion, reducing scar tissue and adhesions, remodelling tissue architecture, stimulating tissue regeneration, improving blood supply and normalising nerve activity.

Long term resolution can be achieved by identifying and managing underlying causative factors.

Wrist, hand and finger conditions that may respond well to Physiotherapy treatment include:

• Tendinopathy – painful, thickened or lumpy tendons;
• De Quervain’s tenosynovitis – pain at the back of the wrist at the base of the thumb;
• Pectoralis minor syndrome – tingling or numbness in the entire hand;
• Thoracic outlet syndrome – tingling or numbness in the entire hand;
• Carpal tunnel syndrome – tingling, numbness, burning pain, and/or hand weakness on the thumb side of your hand;
• Cubital tunnel syndrome -tingling, numbness, burning pain, and/or hand weakness on the small and ring finger side of your hand);
• Tardy ulnar palsy – tingling, numbness, burning pain, and/or hand weakness on the small and ring finger side of your hand;
• Triceps ulnar compression – tingling, numbness, burning pain, and/or hand weakness on the small and ring finger side of your hand;
• Guyon’s canal syndrome – tingling, numbness, burning pain, and/or hand weakness on the small and ring finger side of your hand;
• Dupreytren’s contracture  – thickening and shortening of palm tendons with flexion deformity of fingers;
• Trigger finger or thumb (stenosing tenosynovosis) – painful straightening of finger or thumb;
• Ganglion cyst – lump at the back of the wrist;
• Cartilage defect (triangular cartilage chondromalacia) – pain in the little finger side of your wrist;
• Arthritis.

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For more information on how we can further assist you, please call our clinic number on 0479 080 800  or send us an email on admin [email protected] for further details. Our Physiotherapists are Medicare, NDIS, DVA and Work Cover approved, specialising in injury management and rehabilitation to get you back on track.