You reach for your coffee mug in the morning and notice your fingers feel unusually stiff and achy. You shake your hands a bit, attribute it to sleeping in an odd position, and go about your day. But ...

Doctors share common rheumatoid arthritis symptoms, from wrist pain and swollen joints to fatigue, dry eyes, and skin nodules ...

Rachel Tavel is a doctor of physical therapy, certified strength and conditioning specialist and writer. She works as a physical therapist in an outpatient orthopedic physical therapy setting and as a ...

Is it true that cracking your knuckles can lead to arthritis? Knuckle cracking, which stretches the finger joints, is common. People may do it for various reasons — to relieve stress or tension, or ...

Women face a higher arthritis burden due to hormonal shifts post - menopause, anatomical differences, and daily physical ...

Liposuction typically is used to flatten your stomach or shape up your booty, but a new study argues that it could also help people suffering from arthritis of the fingers. Injections of body fat into ...

VIENNA — "These are exciting times in the field of finger polyarthritis, as there are new data that help us better understand and possibly treat arthritis in the hands," said Margreet Kloppenburg, MD, ...

For patients with painful finger osteoarthritis, a nonsurgical procedure called lipofilling – in which fat obtained from another part of the body is transferred into the arthritic joints – produces ...

Arthritis and arthrosis—both start with the same letter. And if we’re honest, they sound similar at first glance. But while ...

Anita C. Chandrasekaran, MD, MPH, is a rheumatologist at Hartford Healthcare Medical Group in Connecticut. She is board-certified in both rheumatology and internal medicine. Symptoms of a swollen ...