As reported by Today, excessive texting can cause the tendons in your thumb can lead to tendonitis. Dr. Natalie Azar, NBC ...

A 2024 study revealed that prolonged smartphone use, around five hours daily, leads to hand pain, stiffness, and reduced grip ...

Many people will experience some form of arthritis in their hand as they age. A common area for arthritis in the hand is in the thumb. Thumb arthritis is often a case of overuse, when the joint gets ...

My patient, a 56-year-old lawyer, was a self-professed mobile-phone addict. His thumb and wrist pain were worsening daily. By the time I saw him, he was no longer able to punch his BlackBerry. His ...

Mommy's wrist, mother's thumb — the condition has a few different nicknames, but any new parent who's dealing with it will agree on one thing: it can be incredibly painful. According to Dr. Tiffany ...

Pain or a lack of movement in the thumb could indicate an underlying health condition, such as arthritis, a sprain, or other injury. Exercises, splinting, and medication are some of the treatment ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- For new parents, lifting and feeding their babies can end up leading to wrist and thumb pain. It's a syndrome doctors have dubbed "mommy wrist". Wednesday, Dr. Morgan Weber, an ...

You use your thumbs throughout the day for holding, grasping, and opening objects, typing on your computer or smartphone, flipping through channels on your TV, and more. You’re likely to notice when ...

What do politicians, massage therapists, musicians, card dealers, carpenters, cooks and painters have in common? They use their thumbs and twist their wrists a lot and commonly have pain at the base ...

WEBVTT DOWNRIGHT HOT. IN THIS MORNING'S DOCTOR YOU PROBABLY DON'T THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU USE YOUR WRISTS UNTIL THEY START TO HURT. THERE ARE MANY REASONS THAT CAN CAUSE WRIST PABE LIKE SPRAINS AND ...

Americans now spend more than five hours a day hunched over, reading emails, sending texts or checking social media sites, according to analytics firm Flurry — and it’s turning into a real pain in the ...

Sandy Boyd's BlackBerry had become her passion. Now it has also become a source of pain. About three months ago, the National Association of Manufacturers vice president noticed that, as she started ...