
#339 Hand and Wrist Pain with Dr. Ted Parks
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
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Is There a Trigger on the Tendon?
If you palpate in the palm a centimeter or two proximal to the medicarpal palangial joint, go one centimeter orTwo proximal and press hard there. A lot of times you can feel that p sized nodule on the tendon. And as they wiggle their you'll feel it glide back and forth on the tendon - things are close enough to the skin that you can actually feel that sometimes. So this splint you probably have to wear full time. I would ask a minimum of two weeks. If they're hot to trot at two weeks and claim tat they're not having any improvement, we could go to the next step.
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