Hand Problems
Your hands are amazing, complex structures. Their skin, muscles, nerves, bones, and tendons help you engage and interact with the world.
That’s why it can be so frustrating when hand problems keep you from being able to do little tasks, like grab your keys, write a note, text a friend, drive a car, give a thumbs up, open the door, and do hundreds of other day-to-day activities.
Common Hand Conditions & Injuries
You don’t have to live with hands that hurt.
At Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center, our hand specialists provide convenient care for a wide range of disorders. Some hand problems we evaluate and treat include:
- Amputated Fingers
- Animal Bites
- Artery Injuries
- Basal Thumb Arthritis
- Baseball Finger
- Blood Flow Problems
- Boutonnière Finger
- Boxer’s Fracture
- Broken Fingers
- Broken Hand
- Burns
- Bursitis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Cellulitis
- Cervical Spondylosis
- Congenital Hand Deformities
- Crush Injuries
- Cysts
- Deep Cuts and Lacerations
- Degloving Injuries
- De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis
- Dislocated Fingers
- Dupuytren’s Contracture
- Extensor Tendon Injuries
- Finger Pain
- Finger Stiffness
- Flexor Tendon Injuries
- Frostbite
- Gamekeeper’s Thumb
- Ganglion Cysts
- Gangrene
- Glomus Tumors
- Hand Abrasions
- Hand Arthritis
- Hand Stiffness
- Hand Masses
- Hand Tumors
- Hand Weakness
- Infections
- Inflammation
- Jammed Fingers
- Jersey Finger
- Lead poisoning
- Ligament Injuries
- Mallet Fingers
- Metacarpal Fractures
- Mommy Thumb
- Nail Bed Injuries
- Nail Infections
- Nerve Injuries
- Nerve Pain
- Osteoarthritis
- Paralytic Deformities
- Pediatric Conditions
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- PIP Joint Dislocations
- Raynaud’s Disease
- Repetitive Stress Injuries
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sagittal Band Tear
- Septic Arthritis
- Skier’s Thumb
- Smashed Fingertips
- Sprains
- Strains
- Subungual Hematomas
- Swan Neck Deformity
- Tendonitis
- Trigger Finger
- Tumors
- Vascular Disorders
- Viking Fingers
- Wrist Pain
We also help patients with hand pain caused by cerebral palsy, fibromyalgia, lupus, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries, strokes, transverse myelitis, and vitamin B12 deficiencies.
“This place is how healthcare should be across the country. Dr. Peck didn’t rush me into surgery like the first specialist I saw. She genuinely listened, answered my questions, and gave options.”
Meet our Hand Doctors
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William B. Kleinman, M.D.
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Robert M. Baltera, M.D.
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Jeffrey A. Greenberg, M.D., M.S.
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F. Thomas D. Kaplan, M.D., FAAOS
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Greg A. Merrell, M.D.
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Nicholas E. Crosby, M.D.
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Kathryn M. Peck, M.D.
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Reed W. Hoyer, M.D., FAAOS
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Brandon S. Smetana, M.D., FAAOS
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Sameer K. Puri, M.D.
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Ian Chow, M.D.
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Gregory J. Schmidt, M.D.
How Hand Problems Are Treated
There are lots of ways to treat hand pain. We’ll work one-on-one with you to develop a customized care plan using tried-and-true non-surgical techniques and cutting-edge surgical approaches for managing symptoms that best fits your way of living and needs.
Conservative
- Anti-Inflammatory Diet
- Heat and Cold Therapy
- Injections
- NSAIDs
- Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy
- Splints and Braces
- Stretches
- Swelling Control
Operative
- Artery Repair
- Arthritis Surgery
- Carpal Tunnel Release
- Contracture Release
- Fracture Care
- Fracture Fixation
- Joint Fusion
- Joint Replacement
- Mass Excision
- Nerve Repair
- Nerve Transfer
- Tendon Repair
- Tendon Transfer
- Tendonitis Release
- Thumb Replacement Surgery
- Trapeziectomy
- Trigger Finger Release
- Wound Care
Put the Control Back in Your Hands
We treat every hand injury or condition, even the toughest issues.
Pain shouldn’t keep you from enjoying a normal life. Rev up your recovery from hand problems with complete care from Indiana Hand to Shoulder Center’s world-renowned group of hand surgeons, advanced practice providers, and prominent hand therapists.
Call us directly at (317) 875-9105 or (800) 888-HAND.