Hand Therapies for Rheumatoid Arthritis When rheumatoid arthritis affects your hands and wrists, a variety of treatment options are available to help relieve pain, offer better mobility and prevent joint deformity With its 29 joints and intricate network of muscles, ligaments and tendons to support them, the human hand is capable of exacting tasks such as performing surgery or
Treatments for Rheumatoid Arthritis in Hands Other treatments, including integrative medical treatments such as an anti-inflammatory diet, may also help reduce rheumatoid arthritis symptoms in the hands and other joints Hand Surgery While most people with rheumatoid arthritis never need hand surgery, it may be recommended if a deformity or joint malalignment prevents a person from being
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Signs Treatment | The Hand Society Rheumatoid arthritis affects the whole body This is why patients with rheumatoid arthritis complain of pain in multiple joints Patients usually have pain in joints on both sides of the body Rheumatoid arthritis usually involves the wrist and joints of the fingers (see Figure 1)