A 2019 study in Arthritis & Rheumatology found that nearly 10 million Americans have gout. While gout can affect any joint, the thumb is an unusual place for urate crystals to develop. The big toe ...

If your thumb’s tip extends back toward your knuckle more than 50 degrees, you may have hitchhiker’s thumb. The nickname replaces its more technical moniker, distal hyperextinsibility, which is a ...

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 ...