If one (or more) of your fingers feel sore and stiff throughout the day—and extra-tender at the moment you open your eyes in the morning—you could be dealing with osteoarthritis of the hands. For ...

Background Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) commonly affects the hands and wrists with inflammation, deformity, pain, weakness and restricted mobility leading to reduced function. The effectiveness of ...

You can do gentle moves to ease pain, avoid injuries, and improve your balance. They help your joints work well. There are two basic types of flexibility exercises. Stretches keep your muscles elastic ...

Imagine a day when you will find it difficult to brush your teeth, button your shirt, open a jar, cook, clean, or type, and just about anything else. Scary? Well, it can be, if arthritis attacks your ...

Joint stiffness is a common occurrence for people with rheumatoid arthritis. Over-the-counter medication, a hot or cold compress, and a healthy diet has been known to help, but in addition to those, ...

a SIMPLE optical illusion can halve arthritis pain. Sufferers saw their hand projected on to a TV monitor, then stretched and shrunk by a computer, like a funhouse mirror. And more than eight in 10 of ...

Arthritis, which means ‘inflammation of the joints’, is actually a symptom that has a number of causes. The most common form of arthritis is osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is caused by local ...

The warmer days of spring can give your hands a workout from gardening, sports, and outdoor activities that can bring stiffness and pain after a day in the sun. Pain from tendonitis can be caused by ...

Which fingerless gloves for arthritis are best? Whether it’s your wrist, palm or fingers, pain or discomfort due to hand-related arthritis can make life tough. Thankfully, there are ways to minimize ...

Impairment and dysfunction of hands and upper limbs are key concerns for patients with RA and optimal conservative management has yet to be defined and documented. This pragmatic randomised controlled ...