At UTMB Health, Dr. Baijing Qin, a plastic surgeon specializing in hand and wrist surgery, is dedicated to restoring and ...

These include obesity, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, diabetes, lupus, and hypothyroidism. Repeated hand and wrist movements. They can cause the membranes around the tendons to swell (tenosynovitis).

One is to be mindful of the position of your hands when typing on a computer or using mobile devices. "When you're typing and your wrist is bent it's going to be pinching a nerve. So, you want to ...