The Celtics operate as a well-oiled machine that is the sum of all its parts. When a key part is missing, their absence is evident. As the season enters its final stretch, Boston has worked to ...

Bone can heal itself, but not always in the ways we expect. Some animals regrow entire limbs. Others, like humans, can only ...

Sporting News contacted medical expert Dr. Michael S. George of the KSF Orthopaedic Center in Houston, who explained what Boston's guard is dealing with and how it will impact him moving forward.

often happens in joints at the ends (distal) of your fingers. People most often pop their middle finger joints — the second most common place for arthritis to occur. “Knuckle cracking is ...

After physical examination, severe tumefaction of the finger was evident (figure 1). Spontaneous flexion of the distal interphalangeal joint with full incompetence to active extension and severe pain ...

Heberden’s nodes are bony enlargements occurring at the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints—the joints of the fingers closest to the fingertips below the fingernails. These nodes are very similar to ...

Hitchhiker’s thumb can be present in people with diastrophic dysplasia, a condition that affects cartilage and bone ...

On the March 24 episode of 'Today', host Jenna Bush Hager and her sister Barbara Bush joked about how this is the third time ...

Some conditions cause the finger or toe joint tissue to thicken, making movement difficult. This may affect how the joint bends and may feel like it is locking up. A person may also experience ...