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Hand Surgery
Orthopedic Surgery
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. John Evansanswered
Hand Surgery 52 years experience
It depends : The splint will have to limit motion in the joint above and the joint below the break. If a finger is broken, adjacent fingers may need splinting as w... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
Not much: Glucosamine benefits are hard to scientifically measure. It seems to help joint pain in about 50% of people who take it. The dose level is unclear and... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
No: Generally a shoulder dislocation affects only the shoulder. If you are having other pains down the arm, you may have stretched some nerves during the ... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
Splint, NSAIDS: Start with an over the counter wrist splint. Add Aspirin or alive if you can take either one. If you pain doesn't improve, changes in severity or degr... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
Not yet.: Wrist ganglions are benign bulges of joint fluid like a bulge on a tire. The can come and go on their own. They hurt because of pinching of deep senso... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Evansanswered
Hand Surgery 52 years experience
Not yet.: It is difficult to answer. Where is the pain? Sharp or dull? Activity related? Aggravating factors? Alleviating factors? Any numbness, swelling, redne... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. John Evansanswered
Hand Surgery 52 years experience
No.: Surgery may be necessary if your shoulder is unstable. If not unstable, do the exercises that your surgeon has recommended and see how it goes.
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
You : You are posting multiple questions that need to be answered by a physician who is interested in upper extremity problems from spinal cord injury. This... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
A visible difference: Any difference in size , motion or rotation when compared to the finger on the opposite hand.
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A 38-year-old male asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
Physicians : Physicians have been stiffed too many times by attorneys who said they would protect the doctor's interest. Your best bet is to get your attorney to f... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
Tendonitis: You are describing de Quervain's tendonitis which is pain over the radial styloid in the sheath of two tendons. They are not really inflamed just sore... Read More
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
Specific: Is the mass on the arm between the shoulder and elbow? Is it getting bigger and over how long a time? Does it pulsate? Does it move with the shoulder... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
No, not necessary: The nerve conduction test is not painful. I agree with others that the test is not needed now. If your symptoms are improving with splint age. In fact... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
Loss of motion: A tendon forms the link between a muscle and its insertion on a bone. When your brain sends a signal to a muscle, the muscle contracts and the appropr... Read More
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A member asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
No. : No. Five minutes is a short time. The real question is does your knee hurt when you bend it or does it not bend because it is "locked". If the knee is... Read More
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A 48-year-old female asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
What : What has happened to the numbness? Numbness can be due to pressure on nerves, some abnormality in a specific nerve or a general condition. Numbness ma... Read More
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A male asked:
Dr. John Evansanswered
Hand Surgery 52 years experience
Possible : Possible a nerve compression, a vascular aneurysm, for example.
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
Old trauma: You wrist pain can be caused by structures around the wrist , such as a sore tendon. It may be caused by old wrist trauma that is now becoming a probl... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
Mass and Pain: This depends on your age, sex history and the nature of the pain and the mass. If this persists more than a few days, get an examination. Better than ... Read More
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A 46-year-old male asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
Hard to say, but: Look for a hand surgeon who does the procedure with local anaesthesia in his office. This avoids the extra cost of hospital or surgery center facility... Read More
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A 64-year-old female asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
Agree: Dr. M. Is right. Without trauma and with a "deformity" present, other causes such as he mentioned are more likely. A good history needs to address exp... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
Specifically?: Answer some questions: where does it hurt, when does it hurt, what makes it better, what makes it worse, is it hot, is it cold, is it red, is it whit... Read More
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A 45-year-old male asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
"Pinched Nerve": This sounds like a nerve root impingement by disc spurring in your neck. Like treatments will include non-steroidal oral medication, physical therapy... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. John Evansanswered
Hand Surgery 52 years experience
Rotator Cuff: Your daddy has shoulder pain and the radiologist read a "tear". Depending on your dad's age and the history of his pain, the signal change the radiolo... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
Yes: It takes a few days after fracture for swelling to start to decrease. The pain from a fracture gradually diminishes as the fracture begins to heal and... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
Please : Please give us some more of your history such as why the surgery was performed, what were your goals and the surgeon's goals, how are they "messed up"... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
Pain: Pain, swelling, deformity and limitation of motion.
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A female asked:
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Hand Surgery 52 years experience
Numbness : Numbness is a symptom just like a noise in your car is a symptom. Ask yourself questions about the numbness. Is it everywhere or in specific areas? Wh... Read More
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Evans is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Evans is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
HealthTap member
It actually got dislocated because of my accident and no fracture and was away from its position and got increase in diameter
HealthTap member
Thanks! Going to PT and seeing the surgeon in 6 weeks to re-evaluate.
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful!
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Minnesota Medical School
Graduated 1971MD
Residency
West Virginia University Hospitals
Residency
St. Paul-Ramsey Hospital
Awards
Order of the Palmetto, State of South Carolina
Top Doctor, Third Place, Greenville, SC - Winter
2013
Most Influential, Third Place, Greenville, SC - Winter
2013
Affiliations
South Carolina Medical Association
South Carolina Orthopaedic Association
American Medical Association
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