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Sports Injuries - Wrist and Forearm Injuries
Sports Injuries - Wrist and Forearm
| Wrist & Forearm |
| Term |
Also Known As |
Description |
| bursitis in the wrist |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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De Quervain's tenosynovitis is inflammation of both a protective tendon covering and a tendon in the thumb and wrist. |
| ganglion cyst |
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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 |
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A distal radial epiphysis injury is physical damage caused to the far end of the thumb-side lower arm bone. |
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