10 Bringing health care news to your home If you have an illness or an injury that’s affecting your hand, wrist or elbow, life as you know it can suddenly change. Everything from your hobbies to your daily activities and job becomes difficult because of stiffness or pain. If that sounds familiar, know this: Hand and upper extremity conditions are treatable, and specialized care is available at Columbus Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Clinic. Many conditions treated Board-certified orthopedic surgeons Kerri A. Kulovitz, DO, and Matthew R. Delarosa, MD, are the two doctors at Columbus Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Clinic who specialize in treating hand, wrist and elbow conditions, such as: HELP for aching hands, wrists and elbows Expert care is near at hand ● Arthritis. ● Carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel syndromes. ● Fractures. ● Sports and other overuse injuries. ● Tendon or ligament injuries. ● Trigger finger. “The majority of patients come in with some degree of pain, whether it be elbow pain when they grip objects or achiness of their hands when they wake up, or maybe they used to sew and now they can’t because they aren’t able to grasp a needle,” explained Delarosa. “Pain is a common component, and also numbness and tingling or decreased sensation — loss of function.”
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