The Raptors guard is playing through a painful hand injury, even though his team has no chance to reach the postseason.

IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Scherzer, 40, said he’s felt fine while pitching, but the pain comes a day later ... it’s the CMC joint and the MCP joint, between those two.

On Tuesday, Scherzer reportedly received a shot of cortisone in his ailing thumb to make the pain more manageable ... receiving cortisone shot in the MCP joint, where thumb connects to the ...

The hope is that it will calm the inflammation and reduce the pain. Only time will tell if ... the cortisone shot was administered in the MCP joint where the thumb connects to the hand.

Careful nursing and physician assessments should be done serially to assess changes in limb swelling, pain level ... in a functional position (metacarpophalangeal joint at 70° to 90° of flexion ...

The 39-year-old described the injury as inflammation between the CMC and MCP joints in his right thumb ... Opening Day remains uncertain, as any pain won’t reveal itself until the following ...

Thus, the joints assessed for tenderness included the distal interphalangeal, proximal interphalangeal and metacarpophalangeal joints of ... VAS scores of patient pain, patient global, physician ...

A rheumatologist discusses how her understanding of chronic pain in PsA has evolved—and how it affects her approach to ...

Learn to recognize subtle signs like stiffness, fatigue, and grip loss that signal your joints may need care before pain sets ...