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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla – Wrist pain causes many people to often to miss work or stop doing the activities they enjoy while visiting hand doctors and searching for the cause and the treatment for what ails them.

What is it about wrist pain that causes it to affect so many people?

Congratulations to the Florida Hand Center triathletes for competing in the Tri Charlotte Triathlon on Sunday, April 1st!  Participants in the event included several Florida Hand Center staff members, friends and family members, all sporting their Florida Hand Center wet suits designed by our own Dr. Stephen Helgemo. 

Dr. Ivan Olarte, our new physician at Florida Hand Center, took The American Board of Surgery General Surgery Certification exam this past week.  We want to extend a warm and sincere congratulations to him on a job well done in passing his examination to officially become a Board Certified General Surgeon! 
 

Carpal tunnel sufferers often wonder upon diagnosis whether their carpal tunnel symptoms will require carpal tunnel treatment or carpal tunnel surgery.

Florida Hand Center, founded and run by Florida’s leading carpal tunnel surgeon, understands that doctors who diagnose carpal tunnel properly can frequently provide a successful carpal tunnel treatment.  But some suffers are reluctant to see a doctor because they think their symptoms could be attributed to some other minor affliction.

Dequervain’s tendonitis  is a common cause of wrist pain that can lead to the need for wrist surgery, if non-surgical treatment is unsuccesful, but it is not the only cause of pain and luckily not all wrist pain ailments require surgery.
 
Some causes of wrist pain aren't nearly as severe and the ailment can be remedied with a cortisone injection, activity modification, splinting and simple exercises. That's a good thing, because at Florida Hand Center, wrist surgery is a last resort.