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Welcome to the Health Hub, your resource for expert guidance on hand, wrist and elbow health. Browse the categories below to explore helpful articles on common conditions, injuries, treatment options, recovery and everyday ways to support your joint health.
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Take Control of Your Hand Health: Join Our Free Hand Health Patient Event in Solihull!
Ask the expert information evening plus a free consultation with Mr Shyamalan Are you experiencing persistent pain, stiffness, or discomfort in your hands, wrists, or elbows? Are you curious about common conditions affecting these areas and the treatment options available? Then we invite you to an informative and engaging free hand health patient event hosted by Midland Hand Clinic, right here in Solihull! We are delighted to offer you the opportunity to hear directly from Co


How to keep your hands, fingers and wrists strong
We know how important our hands are, but do we look after them as much as other joints in our body? The hand and wrist are made up of several small bones, with each finger containing three joints and your thumb containing two. Arthritis of the hand can be particularly painful and that's why it is important to look after them. Maintaining strong and healthy bones can help to reduce the onset of conditions such as arthritis later on in life by strengthening muscles and protecti


Immune boosting foods
It is important to maintain a healthy diet in order to keep our immune system strong so we can fight off viruses and bacteria that can make us ill. What foods are good for our immune system? Ginger Ginger has antioxidant properties and is good for reducing inflammation and also reducing nausea. Green tea Green tea is also rich in antioxidants and helps improve your immune system by increasing white blood cells which fight off infection and other diseases. Green vegetables Sup


Wrist exercises
Strengthening exercises are a virtual part of our workout routines, particularly the legs, arms and core but what about our wrists? Our wrists are so important to most of our everyday activities, such as lifting the kettle, vacuuming or driving our car. By exercising your wrists you can not only improve your grip strength, it can help you avoid injury from repetitive motions. A strong grip can also improve your performance lifting weights at the gym and playing sports. Our su


Time for a hand health check
The past year has seen many of us spending more time at home. For some of us that has been working from home and maybe spending longer periods of time sitting and using computers. For others it may have been an opportunity to tackle DIY projects or get to grips with the gardening. Pretty much everything we do involves our hands, yet we rarely take the necessary proactive steps to look after them! There are many things we can do to ensure we keep our hands in the best of healt


Put your hands in our hands
Do you have pain, clicking, numbness or tingling in your hands? Have you noticed any signs of hand lumps, swellings or muscle wasting? If you answered yes - see below for some common hand conditions. Carpal Tunnel Common symptoms include pins and needles, numbness and tingling in the fingers waking you from sleep. Trigger Finger Signs of finger locking and clicking in the fingers and thumb. Dupuytren’s Contracture A thickening of skin in the palm and fingers are experienced,


Hand Health Check
Our hands are so important to us, yet like many other areas of health and wellbeing we take them for granted and probably don’t look after them as much as we could. There are many things we can do to ensure we keep our hands in the best of health. Avoid static or repetitive activities When you stay in one position for a long time some muscles overwork pulling the joint out of alignment. This leads to more pain and damage to the joint. Take regular rests when performing repeti
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