The Upper Hand: Chuck & Chris Talk Hand Surgery

Season 3, Episode 30.  Chuck and Chris answer a listener question regarding national society involvement.  We share our opinions on societies, leadership, leadership training, traveling fellowships, …

Season 3, Episode 29.  Chuck and Chris discuss overcoming uncertainty as based on the HBR article "How to overcome your fear of the unknown" by authors Nathan Furr and Susannah Harmon Furr.  This art…

Season 3, Episode 28.  Chuck and Chris welcome Farshid Guilak to discuss his remarkable research career and his approach to leadership, mentorship, and change.  This fun and interesting discussion of…

Season 3, Episode 27.  Chuck and Chris catch up, review some listener questions, and discuss their approaches to the scaphoid proximal pole nonunion, based on experience with literature guidance.

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Season 3, Episode 26.  Chuck and Chris return home and back to the familiar format.  After catching up, we dive into cases before pivoting to listener emails.  We close it out with pearls for the upc…

Season 3, Episode 25.  Chuck and Chris on the road again before we head back home.  This is another episode recorded in Providence, Rhode Island during the AOA Annual Meeting.  We share a few cases a…

Season 3, Episode 24.  Chuck and Chris on the road again.  This time in Providence, Rhode Island for the AOA Annual Meeting.  We share a few cases and then share a few more social media insights we l…

Season 3, Episode 23.  Chuck and Chris host a live podcast in London during the IFSSH meeting.  We tried some new technology and learned a lot!  Great audience (that we need to involve even more next…

Season 3, Episode 22.  Chuck and Chris welcome hand therapist Macy Stoner back to the show to continue the CMC joint discussion.  Macy shares her thoughts on the role and specific modalities for nons…

Season 3, Episode 21.  Chuck and Chris welcome hand therapist Macy Stoner back to the show to discuss the CMC joint.  Macy shares her thoughts on the role and specific modalities for nonsurgical care…

Season 3, Episode 20.  Chuck and Chris welcome ASSH Annual Meeting 2022 Chairs Glenn Gaston and Peter Rhee.  We discuss the September/ October meeting including all the planning and work that goes in…

Season 3, Episode 19.  Chuck and Chris discuss a listener submitted question on the difficult patient.  How to best handle a challenging patient in the clinic.  We share our tips and pearls together …

Season 3, Episode 18.  Chuck and Chris use a classic HBR article to discuss generational differences in health care.  Gen Z vs Gen Y vs Boomers- does generation matter?  Are there more similarities t…

Season 3, Episode 17.  Chuck and Chris discuss academia and education.  We also take a deep dive on a listener submitted case on nerve injury during carpal tunnel release.  We share insights on worku…

Season 3, Episode 16.  Chuck and Chris with a grab bag of topics including listener emails and a few very interesting surgical cases.  We will discuss the placebo effect and recovery after long bone …

Season 3, Episode 15.  Chuck and Chris discuss  ECU tendon pathology including tendonitis and instability.  We review pertinent history, physical examination including the ECU Synergy Test, and surgi…

Season 3, Episode 14.  Chuck and Chris discuss a listener suggestion for an episode: hand surgeries for the non hand surgeon.  We discuss common procedures for the non hand surgeon and provide our op…

Season 3, Episode 13.  Chuck and Chris review several listener questions and comments and then discuss coding.  We discuss our views on coding, review some cases and incorportate our clinical practic…

Season 3, Episode 12.  Chuck and Chris take a deep dive on radial tunnel decompression.  We discuss our preferred surgical technique and the pros and cons of the volar vs dorsal approaches.

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Season 3, Episode 11.  Chuck and Chris discuss a leadership topic based on an HBR article from 2001:  "The Making of a Corporate Athlete" by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz.  We discuss the requirements …