Many everyday symptoms are inconsequential. You have a poor night’s sleep to thank for your bloodshot eyes, or a new lotion ...

Arizona Diamondbacks reliever A.J. Puk will miss the rest of the season, adding to the D-backs' injury woes for pitchers.

Though cracking your knuckles offers no proven medical benefit, many people say it brings a sense of relief. Some feel their fingers move more freely after cracking, even if temporarily.

“As long as you’re going with normal joint motion, it’s pretty safe to do.” One example is twisting knuckle joints. “Fingers don’t twist, they bend,” he says.

Image credit: LaylaBird / Getty Images. A knuckle is a finger joint. The knuckles are where the two phalanges, or finger bones, meet each other and where they meet the metacarpals, or hand bones.

Q: MY first and second fingers on each hand are starting to curve towards each other from the top knuckle upwards. Although this is painless at the moment, the knuckles are hard and swollen. Is thi… ...

I am currently 57 years of age and am experiencing increasing pain in my fingers and knuckle joints. At this point the pad of my hand below my left finger (ring finger) is extremely sensitive and I ...

The starting guard was ruled out for Friday’s game at TD Garden with a mallet finger injury on his right (shooting) hand. Boston also ruled out center Kristaps Porzingis (illness) for the second ...

Hold your hand up in front of you, straightening all fingers. Curl your fingers, trying to bend from one knuckle at a time until you make a full fist. Do this 5-10 times. Repeat a few times each day.

DRAGONS forward Shane Lewis-Hughes will be out for a month – after deciding to have a finger amputated because of “unbearable” pain.

The science: Knuckle cracking, which stretches the finger joints, is common. People may do it for various reasons — to relieve stress or tension, or simply for the pop.

Mallet finger, also known as baseball finger, is an injury to the last joint on your finger that causes a deformity where the finger appears crooked or drooping. Mallet finger is most often caused by ...