The most common type—osteoarthritis, or wear-and-tear arthritis—occurs commonly in the joint at the base of the thumb, where the thumb meets the wrist. This joint, called the carpometacarpal ...

Acidosis. Halitosis. Yoko Osis …” “It’s most likely plain old arthritis. Wearing down of the cartilage. Although it could also be ‘texting thumb,’ also known as ‘trigger finger.’ ...

Here’s what you can do to look after arthritic hands. Osteoarthritis of the hands particularly affects the base of the thumb, so when you pinch or grip something very hard, the base of the thumb ...

Bradley Vance, MPT, BSc., discusses what occurs when someone develops osteoarthritis of the thumb joint and what treatment ...

We have discussed in the past some procedures for basilar joint arthritis of the thumb and we have discussed the diagnosis of basilar joint arthritis of the CMC joint of the thumb. However ...

Arthritis sufferers in Bolton are seeing their lives transformed thanks to revolutionary thumb replacement surgery at Royal Bolton Hospital. The procedure, which is called, Thumb Carpometacarpal ...