Your hands, wrists, and elbows are complex body parts that help you engage in fine motor activities like typing, writing, and gripping the handle on your coffee cup.

Pain may develop from an acute injury or an underlying condition, including:

Arthritis

Arthritis causes joint inflammation, stiffness, and pain and may affect any joint in your body, including those in your hands, wrists, and elbows.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome causes tingling, burning, and muscle weakness in the hand. These symptoms develop from compression of the median nerve as it passes through the carpal tunnel in your wrist.

Dupuytren’s Contracture

Dupuytren’s Contracture causes an abnormal thickening of the tissue under your skin in the palm of your hand.

Trigger finger and trigger thumb

Trigger fingers and trigger thumb occur when the tendon and tendon sheath in your finger or thumb thickens and swells.

Fractures

Fractures of the bones in the hand, fingers, wrists, or elbows may also cause pain.

Ganglion Cyst

Ganglion Cysts are fluid-filled cysts that develop in the hand and may cause wrist pain.