This week we are going to talk about one of the great imitators of more common elbow problems, the posterior interosseous. The posterior interosseous nerve (PIN) is a nerve that is a deep motor branch ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 78-year-old woman. Last September I had severe pain in my right hand. The pain was so bad that I had to go to the emergency room, where they did an MRI. Results showed I have ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and cubital tunnel syndrome (CuTS) are both common conditions that involve nerve compression, but they affect different nerves and parts of the arm. CTS affects the median ...

Cubital tunnel syndrome (CuTS) is the compression of the ulnar nerve in your elbow, while carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the compression of the median nerve in your wrist. Treatment options focus on ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome severely affects your quality of life and capacity to do day-to-day tasks. But can it also be a hint ...

Patients who undergo surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome and other upper extremity nerve compression syndromes are more likely to have a diagnosis of migraine headaches, reports a study in the December ...

Persistent tingling and burning sensations are often ignored as fatigue. However, these symptoms can signal underlying ...

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is the world’s most common neuropathy caused by nerve compression. It happens when the median nerve, which runs through your wrist, gets squeezed inside a narrow passage ...

Piriformis syndrome is often characterized by pain and numbness in the buttocks and leg. At the German Pain and Palliative Day 2022, Heinrich Binsfeld, MD, vice president of the German Society for ...

The Tinel sign test dates back to 1915 and is used to check for nerve problems called neuropathies. Experts disagree about how well the test works. The Tinel sign is the result of a simple, ...