Tendonitis is pain in or around a tendon, which is a band of strong tissue that connects a muscle to a bone. Tendons bend, stretch, and twist to help joints and muscles move. They can become inflamed ...

De Quervain tenosynovitis is pain and swelling in the tendons around your thumb. Specifically, it affects the tendons of two muscles called abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis. De ...

Hamstring tendonitis is swelling or tearing to one of the three hamstring tendons. It may cause pain around the knee and throughout the leg. Hamstring tendonitis may also lead to mobility impairment.

Boutonniere deformity causes the middle joint in a finger or thumb to bend inward and the end joint to bend outward. It is possible to correct this using a splint, but sometimes, other treatments are ...

You can usually treat extensor tendonitis with simple at-home treatments, which include resting the affected tendon, applying ice and compression with a bandage to reduce swelling, and keeping your ...