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Mary Lane Satellite office, The Hand Center of Western Massachusetts
Ware, MA
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About
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Dr. Wint is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Boston University School of Medicine and a Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at UMass Chan-Baystate. He is licensed in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Dr Wint is a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand on the membership committee and in the past served on the patient and public education committee, website commitee, Public Awareness Committee and the Public Education Committee. Here he has used his expertise in communication to help further public awareness of hand and upper extremity problems. Dr. Wint will continue these goals through work on the for the ASSH and encourages everyone to visit the patient education site of the hand society, Handcare.org
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Hand Surgery
Orthopedic Surgery
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United States: Connecticut, Massachusetts
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Hand Surgery 37 years experience
Range: A wide range depending upon the patient, location, severity , acuteness and a host of factors. Orthopedic surgeons care for fractures.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Colles fracture: Usually implies a fracture of the distal radius , this can be a misnomer as fracture pattern differs greatly from person to person and colles didn't ... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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Ultrasound: Ultrasound as therapy heats and soothes tissues . It needs to be applied by an experienced therapist under the right conditions nd for the right diag... Read More
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A 22-year-old member asked:
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Long thin flexible: Tendons can also be broad and flat. Tendons connect muscle to bones.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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For most: It all is based upon where you start from and how healthy you are and timing.
I like to use the water hose analogy.
If you run your car over your ga... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Median nerve : Well carpal tunnel for one thing is associated with numbness in the hand. By numbness many people mean decreased sensation or tingling and it frequent... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Video carpal tunnel: Ill do one better here is a link to page with diagrams and a video
http://www.Handctr.Com/carpal-tunnel-syndrome-q-a.Html
essentially the ro... Read More
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A 16-year-old member asked:
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Carpal tunnel Marfan: Not typically thought there have been case reports of acute cts due to bleeding assocaited with marfanoid issues with blood vessels, the anatomy of t... Read More
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A 27-year-old member asked:
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Depends: If you need surgery for a deformed broke n bone that is not in proper alignment then it should be done fairly soon. Its not how long you should wait b... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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6-8 weeks: Is a typical bone healing time but for fractures that need reduction and or surgery while the bone is mechanically healed after 6-8 weeks i always tel... Read More
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A 27-year-old member asked:
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Work after surgery : It really depends upon what surgery you have, what your job is and what other factors there are such as realistically as much as we dont want to often... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Can be, it sounds : Like there is pain. But tendonitis, nerve compression and others can cause simialr issues.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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The small finger is: innervated by the ulnar nerve, this nerve can be compressed from the upper arm down to the wrist in several locations. Other areas of nerve compressio... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Soft tissue: Disorders are affected by general health so yes . If you are hypothyroid, have gout have a baseline inflamm disorder have fibromyalgia etc so yes.
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A 18-year-old member asked:
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Stress fractures: ca occur but more typically in the long bones, however a nondisplaced fracture in the wrist can occur as well, Another common source of ulnar sided ( ... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Abraham Colles : Described a fracture his treatise on surgical anatomy paper on the fracture of the carpal extremity of the radius in 1814 before x-rays . He used t... Read More
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Arthritis: The best treatment is what is right for you!
rest, antiinflammatories, injection of corticsteroid, splinting , activyt modifiaction or surgey, its de... Read More
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A 52-year-old member asked:
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Cod liver oil is: Rich in vitamin a and d. It was given to millions of kids at one time for the vitamin d mostly when rickets was a more common problem in the us. I thi... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Volkmann's ischemic : Contracture from vascular injury to the muscles in the forearm. Typically related to a fracture or crush elbow or 4arm. There is no cure after it hap... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Cast smell: Is from dirts and bacteria and old skin. There are water resistant casts that can be rinsed. If you do not have that type, dryer sheets, aerosols like... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Ice, not too much: But ice in 15 minute intervals may helo a lot and is often undervalued. Splinting too but the wrong splint can do harm and too much splinting is bad... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Musician: Muscians from the novice to the professional need to adapt as they age. The string player who changes technique for vibrato, the guitar player who slo... Read More
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A 52-year-old member asked:
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6 pack: http://www.nd.gov/risk/files/website_pics/assessment/hand_exercises.pdf
great overall for the hand and wrist.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Wrist ganglia: Commonly come from the dorsal or palmer surface they arise from the radiocarpal joint near the scapholunate interval or palmar at the radio carpal jo... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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Heat up, cool down: underworked stiff tendons respond to heat such as in the am after sleep or after sitting. while too much over doing it and inflammation needs cold to... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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2-3 days: Swelling achieves a maximum at 2-3 days.
Make sure you don't over elevate such as over your head and interfere with circulation. A pillow on you r ch... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Depends: Location, degree of injury, tupe of fixation, age, general health all come into play but in most adults farctuers on average take 6-8 weeks to heal wi... Read More
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A male asked:
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An ip Jtlw fusion: at the thumb tip or an MP joint fusion at the large knuckle typically cannot be taken down and made to move. However if you have had a fusion at the b... Read More
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A 45-year-old female asked:
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Unknown: A baby should not have a noticeably swollen hand
see your baby's doctor :
thoughts include circualation issues, congenital issues, infection, soft ti... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Lump in muscle : should be evaluated certainly could be any number of benign condition are benign tumor or muscle strain or injury but there's also the possibility th... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:
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Pain, swelling, loss: Of motion, deviation, rotation, stiffness, throbbing, numbness, discoloration, tightness all can be symptoms of a finger fracture. If one suspects a f... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Knuckles. Can : fractures and a late effect of a fracture maybe joint pain and irritation and even posttraumatic arthritis. Something else that can affect the tendon ... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Why bother breaking: your bone, just get the cast, much simpler
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A 19-year-old male asked:
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Pain joint: swelling can be inflammatory, traumatic, infectious in a younger person. There are other things too that are rarer. Pain that has persisted for more ... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Fingertip wrinkles: from a change in turgor or the fingertips blood flow and capillary refill, can change the shape and the firmness of a finger, this includes circulatio... Read More
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A 27-year-old male asked:
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Joint pain: First, reduce your workout intensity, either by weight or repetition or duration, a good rule is to drop everything 50%. If pain persists, especially ... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Dizziness with neck: Motion is not to be taken lightly. While muscle tightness or spasm can be in play there are more serious things like vertebrabasilar artery issues and... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Ra v oa. Hands: oa affects distal joints more commonly and the base of the thin while ra affects the large knuckles and the distal ulna initially. It's more complex t... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Wrist pain: Can come from 100 s of things but bilateral wrist soreness makes one think of inflammation in joints or tendons. Common causes are activity but rulin... Read More
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A 22-year-old member asked:
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POssibly: It is tough to establish causality in many situations but htere are cases where it is felt to be work related at times.
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A member asked:
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Check around: Many local charities/programs/fire or police departments/ civic groups/ health plans/ etc offer car seats for free.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Treatment : Treatment for carpal tunnel can range from conservative to surgical.
Antiinflammatory medication, splints to start. Injections in the wrist. Nerve ... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
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Fluid: The most common reason for cts in pregnancuy is fluid retention, while yo can't take diuretics and other drugs you can watch oout for excessive salt i... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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carpal tunnel: Here is a link to page with diagrams and a video
http://www.Handctr.Com/carpal-tunnel-syndrome-q-a.Html.
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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Arm span to height: Ratio of greater than 1.05 as one of the skeletal criterion for Marfan's syndrome is the only defined ratio as far as i know. Arachnodactyly is more ... Read More
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A 42-year-old male asked:
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Carpal tunnel often: Begins with wrist pain, tingling in the fingers that often begins at night with burning that is with or without activity. This progresses with increa... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Several : Several things can be occuring
1. A trigger thumb where the tendon gets transiently locked causing the distal joint ( near the nail) to become stuc... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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VariesI : I always tell patients that the time to healing is variable in that no two patients are exactly the same. However typically you can go back to light a... Read More
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A 29-year-old male asked:
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Clairfy Hansen's?: Do you mean hansen's disease?
Can you clarify?
Curved fingers can result form many things.
Contracture, arthritis, born that way, scarring.
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A female asked:
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Trigger finger: Limited mobility in the finger, pain where the finger meets the palm, often called the finger palm crease, pressure causing pain can be a sign of st... Read More
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Thank you notes
Dr. Martin Fried
Nov 7, 2014
We are fortunate to have Dr Wint here on health tap. I know him for many years and he is knowledgeable on hand and nerve surgery. He is a major contributor to the health tap website.
Oct 31, 2017
Excellent work ethics and also excellent bedside manners ,very good in what he does
Aug 12, 2013
Dr. Wint in an exceptional hand surgeon and highly recommended.
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Thanks. No, I'm the only one in my entire family -also the only one who's left-handed-. It doesn't hurt or anything but I was always curious if it's a specific condition...Read More
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Thank you for your time, I appreciate it! I thought it might be to do with crohn's disease as I have a rash on the bicep area of the same arm, very confusing! always s...Read More
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This made me feel good. Thanks! Thank you for your quick response. I will rest it and consult with orthopedic if it prevents me from jogging after a month. I do appreciate your time, again thank you.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY
Graduated 1986MD
Residency
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey,Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Surgery
Residency
UMDNJ ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DEPT OF ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Awards
Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine
Clinical Instructor in Orthopedic Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Surgery, UMASS Chan-Baystate, Springfield, MA
2020
Affiliations
JHSGO; JournaL OF HAND SURGERY GLOBAL ONLINE-- REVIEWER
Journal of Orthopedic Experience and Innovation, Editorial Board
Umass Chan Medical School - Baystate
Publications
Wint JC: Examination of the shoulder. In Peimer CA (ed): Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity, Ch. 3A, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1996. ,
Wint JC: Examination of the Elbow. In Peimer CA (ed): Surgery of the Hand and Upper Extremity, Ch. 3A, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1996. ,
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