Thumb arthritis

Arthritis is an inflammatory condition of joints. There are several types of arthritis and the most common type is osteoarthritis or wear-and-tear arthritis. Arthritis affects various joints in the body and the arthritis in hand affects the joint at the base of the thumb.

Symptoms:

• Swelling
• Pain
• Stiffness
• Malformation of the hands which may interfere with the use of hand

Investigations

• Physical Examination
• X-ray

Non-surgical Treatments

• Dry Needling
• Steroid and Hyaluronic Acid Image Guided Injections