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08/26 Locating The Ulnar Collateral Ligament

Locating the ulnar collateral ligament on your hand isn't too difficult of a task. All you need to know is that each of your fingers is made up 3 small bones. Interesting, huh? And it's those three little bones that give each of our fingers the extreme dexterity that they have. Now, on your thumb, this ligament connects the first bone to the second one in the middle of your thumb.

08/18 Bionic Man Tether Thumb Stabilizer

My 13 year old son busted up his hand pretty badly last weekend when he and his buddy were pretending to sword fight out in the back yard. Somehow his thumb got bent way out of place and now he has to wear a tether thumb stabilizer to make sure it heals correctly and quickly. He likes it because it makes him feel like a bionic man or something like that.

07/21 My Stomach Hurts

If you have a paraesophageal hiatal hernia your stomach should hurt a lot. A paraesophageal hiatal hernia occurs when the upper portion of the stomach is pushed through the hiatus up next to the lower esophagus. The esophagus however stays in the place that it should be in. Certain complications can occur with this type of paraesophageal hiatal hernia because the hernia will remain inside of the chest cavity at all times.

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