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Sports Injuries - Wrist and Forearm
| Wrist & Forearm | ||
| Term | Also Known As | Description |
| bursitis in the wrist | Bursitis in the wrist results when there is irritation and inflammation of the fluid-filled cushioning sac at the end of or between one or more of the wrist bones. | |
| carpal tunnel syndrome | Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when a tendon, ligament, muscle and/or sheath in the wrist repeatedly pinches or traps the median nerve. | |
| dislocation of the carpel bones | Dislocation of the carpal bones results when wrist bones are misaligned or displaced from their normal position within the wrist joint. | |
| muscle and tendon inflammation | Muscle and tendon inflammation happens when there is swelling in the elastic tissue that contracts when stimulated and the fibers that connect muscle to bone. | |
| fractured scaphoid | A fractured scaphoid is a partial or complete crack or break in the biggest wrist bone on the thumb side. | |
| fracture of the distal radius | wrist fracture | A fracture of the distal radius is a partial or complete crack or break in or near the end of the lower arm bone on the thumb side. |
| fracture of the hook of the hamate | A fracture of the hook of the hamate is a crack or break of the part of the bone on the thumb side of the wrist that you can easily feel. | |
| de Quervain's tenosynovitis | De Quervain's tenosynovitis is inflammation of both a protective tendon covering and a tendon in the thumb and wrist. | |
| ganglion cyst | A ganglion cyst is a small fluid-filled sac usually attached to a tendon, its protective covering, or the lining of a hand or wrist joint. | |
| distal radial epiphysis injury | A distal radial epiphysis injury is physical damage caused to the far end of the thumb-side lower arm bone. | |