The scaphoid bone is one of the eight smaller carpal bones in your wrist. It lies on the thumb side of your wrist right below the radius, one of the two larger bones in your forearm. It’s involved in ...

This week we are going to leave the leg and move into the upper extremity (arm) to discuss a condition that occurs in the wrist and can be significantly debilitating—the scaphoid fracture. The ...

A scaphoid fracture involves a break of one of the bones on the thumb side of the wrist. The scaphoid bone plays a role in the ability to move the wrist joint. There are surgical and nonsurgical ...

Eight small bones in your wrist give it flexibility and the necessary range of movements. These bones, arranged in two rows, include the scaphoid and lunate bones in the upper row, close to the ...