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Hours
Monday - Friday: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Allergy Clinic Closed
YOUR JOURNEY
Consultation
If lifting your baby, typing, or gripping has become a sharp ache at the thumb side of your wrist, this consultation starts with your real daily tasks—not a textbook diagram. Our team reviews what makes the pain spike, examines the first dorsal compartment in the office during that visit, and explains what treatment options exist before surgery. Dr. Potter discusses what release can improve, what recovery typically looks like for someone with your demands, and what therapy may add afterward.
The procedure
When conservative care is not enough, surgical release addresses the tight compartment that irritates tendons during thumb motion. Dr. Potter performs the release with attention to protecting nearby structures and closing in a way that supports early comfortable motion when appropriate. The goal is dependable relief for pinch and grip without unnecessary disruption to surrounding tissues.
Recovery
Recovery includes soreness and swelling that improve over days to weeks, with guidance on lifting limits and wound care. You will know when therapy helps, when to return to keyboard or childcare tasks, and what signs should prompt a call. Our team stays easy to reach while your thumb returns to being quietly reliable again.
Restorative Precision
Dr. Potter approaches release with hand-specialty discipline: precise exposure, controlled release of the involved compartment, and protection of adjacent nerves and tendons so motion feels smoother as healing progresses.
Clinical Indicators
This pathway is for patients with persistent De Quervain tenosynovitis symptoms—pain and swelling at the thumb side of the wrist—that interfere with work, childcare, or daily grip despite sensible splinting, activity changes, and injections when appropriate.
Comprehensive Recovery & Refinement
Once healing allows, many patients appreciate calming skin support on the wrist and dorsal hand—often Morpheus8 or Laser PhotoFacial when timing is appropriate, Signature Facial for overall skin comfort, and medical-grade moisturizers from our Product Hub for scar-friendly home care.
Options & Innovation
