• Arthritis: Inflammation of the joint. Implies presence of warmth, swelling, heat, tenderness and erythema.

• Fracture and dislocation can occur with any bone or joint

• Splinting and casting

• Shoulder

  • Rotator cuff tear

  • Calcific tendonitis

  • Bursitis

  • Dislocation

  • Arthritis

• Elbow

  • Tennis elbow/ Golf elbow/ Epicondylitis

  • Olecrenon bursitis

  • Pediatric supracondylar humerus fractures

  • Arthritis

  • Rheumatoid nodule: A subcutaneous or subperiosteal nodule found on the extensor surface of forearm and elbow.

• Wrist

  • Carpal tunnel syndrome

  • DeQuevains Tenosynovitis

  • Wrist ganglions: Cystic enlargement arising from joint capsules and tendon sheaths.

  • Colles fracture

  • Arthritis

• Interphalangeal joints

  • Rheumatoid arthritis

    • Swan neck deformity

    • Boutonniere deformity: A characteristic deformity found in rheumatoid arthritis, which includes a flexion contracture of the proximal phalangeal joint associated with hyperextension of the distal interphalangeal joint.

    • Ulnar deviation: Fingers drift inward at the MCP joints

    • Synovial thickening: Palpable thickening of synovial membrane.

  • Dupuytren's contracture

  • Osteoarthritis

    • Bouchard's nodes: Bony enlargement of the proximal interphlangeal joints.

    • Heberden's nodes: Bony enlargement of the distal interphalangeal joints.

  • Gout

    • Tophi: A collection of monosodium urate crystals, palpable beneath the skin.
  • Psoriatic arthritis

  • Sclerodactyly

  • Tendon injuries

  • Boxers fracture

  • Fingertip injuries

• Hyper mobile joints (Ehler-Danlos Syndrome)

You should record for each joint Swelling (S), Tenderness (T) and Loss of motion (L) using a rating scale.