Medically reviewed by Stella Bard, MD Early treatment can help relieve symptoms and protect joint function from arthritis in your fingers.Symptoms of finger arthritis often include stiffness, ...

You reach for your coffee mug in the morning and notice your fingers feel unusually stiff and achy. You shake your hands a bit, attribute it to sleeping in an odd position, and go about your day. But ...

If one (or more) of your fingers feel sore and stiff throughout the day—and extra-tender at the moment you open your eyes in the morning—you could be dealing with osteoarthritis of the hands. For ...

Millions of people in the U.S. have some form of arthritis and suffer from achy, stiff joints. And while there are several different ways to go about finding pain relief and improved joint mobility, ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: How do I know if joint pain in my fingers is arthritis or something else? Will cortisone injections help joint pain and swelling in my fingers? If not, what are my options? It sounds ...

While there’s no cure for psoriatic arthritis, there are treatments that can help ease the joint pain, swelling, and stiffness it causes. Some also help keep the disease from further harming your ...

As many as 54% of people crack their knuckles – often several times a day – whether out of habit, boredom, stress relief or simple satisfaction at that sharp pop. Yet despite how widespread it is, the ...

We spend a good chunk of our day, probably longer than we'd like to admit, glued to our smartphones. We use them to communicate, socialize, work and even avoid awkward social encounters. Between the ...

Considered the most common type of inflammatory arthritis, gout primarily affects joints in the feet. However, it can also affect other joints, including those in your fingers. Gout is a type of ...