Karate

Karate, the Japanese martial art, has a high risk for many injuries due to its propensity for bodily stress. Karate is predominantly a striking art using punching, kicking, knee strikes, elbow strikes and open hand techniques. If you find yourself injured from Karate, choose the HandSport Surgery Institute, the premier practice for hand and upper extremity surgery, and the treatment of sports injuries.

Below is a partial list of the sports injuries and other activities with their related injuries treated at HandSport Surgery Institute in New York:

• Bennett’s fracture
• Boxer’s Fracture
• carpal instability
• distal radius fracture
• extensor carpi ulnaris tendinitis
• perilunate dislocation
• sagittal band and extensor aponeurosis injuries
• elbow fracture
• metacarpophalangeal joint dislocation
• interphalangeal joint dislocation
• phalangeal fracture
• SLAP lesion