Hand Surgery - Wrist Surgery Los Angeles

Everyone uses their arms and hands every day and without them most people would agree that our quality of life is completely changed

. Without hands one must be re taught how to do everything. The hands and arms are used daily to eat, dress, write, earn a living, create, introduce and etc but to do any of these things the hands require sensation and movement. The arms and hands must have all joint motion tendons gliding, and muscle contraction. When a problem takes place in the hand alone care must be given to all of the types of tissue. Other parts of the arm that could be harmed and would need medical attention would be the wrist and the elbow. The most common reason for having wrist surgery is serious carpal tunnel syndrome or for reconstructive surgery for broken ligaments. Elbow surgery is typically done for elbow tendonitis which is the swelling of the inside or out side of the elbow; this typically happens to golfers, tennis players and baseball players.

Hand surgery Los Angeles is the field that deals with care of the hand, wrist and forearm, but most surgeons are also expert in dealing with problems of the shoulders and elbows. Leading hand surgeon Los Angeles generally deal with any problems in this area without surgery until and only if necessary. Hand surgery can be done for a variety of reasons but generally done to cure carpal tunnel and hand tendon. After the surgery the hand will go into a few months of recovery time in which the hand will be in a splint only with minimal movement. For Wrist surgery Los Angeles to cure carpal tunnel almost the same is done and the wrist will also be in a splint after surgery with only minimal movement. After hand and/or wrist surgery the patient must place their hand away from the bed as they sleep possibly on a night stand, to minimize the chances of injuring by rolling over the hand. After the bandages are removed one must move their hand and wrist through activity slowly avoiding heavy lifting or applying pressure.

These problems in the hand wrist and elbow occur from over use and exhaustion of the area, so the best way to cure this is preventative medicine. For elbow tendonitis less than ten percent of the cases require Elbow surgery Los Angeles because one can also do elbow therapy which does not eliminate the pain but makes it manageable. Elbow surgery provides long term relief of pain. Elbow surgery is usually a short surgery done on an out patient basis. After surgery the patients arm is placed in a sling to ensure that the patient is comfortable and reduce swelling. Medication is administered to make the pain after surgery manageable for short and long term.

For all hand, wrist, forearm, elbow and shoulder surgery depending on the doctors assessment the patient will be enrolled in a short term physical therapy program. The patient is enrolled in this program in order to rehabilitate the function in the arm. For this physical therapy the splint or sling will be completely removed. The patient may return to regular activity in a month or so depending on how serious the injury was and how the surgery went. Strenuous activity must be avoided because of fear of re injuring and delaying the healing process.

by: Dr.Younai

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