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Sun safety for your hands

With the ongoing hot weather this summer, we should all be staying safe in the sun. The SunSmart message of slip, slop, slap, seek and slide protects us from skin cancer but what about those moments where you don't think you could get burnt. Such as a long drive in the sun travelling home after holidays. Or the hours fishing from your tinnie. Your hands receive just as much exposure to UVA and UVB rays during these activities and can become sunburnt quite quickly. It may not be fashionable ... Read More

January 4, 2019 By Jai Sungaran in Burns, Hand & Wrist, Skin

I think I’ve just “jammed” my finger…

Finger injuries are common in sport, especially ball sports. One pattern of injury is the direct blow to the tip of the finger by a ball. As the joint is hyperextended the force goes through the volar plate. This is a thick ligament that prevents further hyperextension at the PIP joint (proximal interphalangeal joint). It is also common for a part of the bone to be torn off by the volar plate. This is called an avulsion fracture. Often these injuries can be managed with a custom made ... Read More

August 14, 2018 By Jai Sungaran in Hand & Wrist, Joint pain, Sporting injury, trauma, Work injury

What is that lump on my hand?

Finding a lump on your hand can be distressing for obvious reasons. If there is no real injury to the area then it is difficult to understand why the lump could occur. Fortunately the hand is a relatively uncommon area to develop a cancerous lump. The majority of lumps in the hand are benign and can be easily removed. Ganglion cysts are the most common benign lump to find in the hand and wrist. They typically develop around joints or tendons and are filled with a jelly-like fluid. They can ... Read More

June 18, 2018 By Jai Sungaran in Arthritis, corticosteroid, Hand & Wrist, Injections, Joint pain, Sporting injury, Tendon, trauma, Work injury

What should I do with my clicky finger?

Trigger digits are a common condition that patients present with. Usually it is more a nuisance problem, but sometimes when a finger "locks" and stays in a flexed position it can lead to permanent damage to the joint and reduce the likelihood of regaining the motion in the finger. A trigger finger or thumb is caused by thickening of the covering sheath through which a flexor tendon runs. The A1 pulley thickens and causes friction against the tendon below. This leads to a cycle of ... Read More

June 28, 2017 By Jai Sungaran in corticosteroid, Hand & Wrist, Injections, Joint pain, Tendon, Work injury

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