{"id":5208,"date":"2016-02-12T10:48:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T14:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handsurgeonsnyc.com\/?p=5208"},"modified":"2016-02-12T10:48:42","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T14:48:42","slug":"world-10-golfer-jim-furyk-undergoes-wrist-surgery-prior-to-u-s-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handsurgeonsnyc.com\/world-10-golfer-jim-furyk-undergoes-wrist-surgery-prior-to-u-s-open\/","title":{"rendered":"World #10 Golfer Jim Furyk\u00a0Undergoes Wrist Surgery Prior to U.S. Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>After injuring his left wrist in September, golf pro Jim Furyk has been out of the running for the better part of the year. Following a wrist surgery performed Monday, February 1 golf veteran has a recovery time line that indicates he will likely return to the links in competitive play before the U.S. Open.<\/p>\n<p>According to Furyk, the cause of his current <a href=\"https:\/\/handsurgeonsnyc.com\/patient-education\/wrist-pain\/\">wrist pain<\/a>\u00a0was the increased size of a <a href=\"https:\/\/handsurgeonsnyc.com\/patient-education\/osteoarthritis\/\">radius bone spur<\/a>, which was first noted at his <a href=\"https:\/\/handsurgeonsnyc.com\/patient-education\/triangular-fibrocartilage-complex-tears\/\">triangular fibrocartilage surgery<\/a>\u00a0in 2004. Damage to the scaphoid, primarily, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/handsurgeonsnyc.com\/patient-education\/wrist-anatomy\/\">lunate and capitate<\/a>\u00a0was also found at his recent surgery. Cartilage injury and thickening of the ligaments and synovium between the radius bone spur and the first carpal row- the scaphoid and lunate &#8211; causes increasing pain, as the impingement grows with greater soft tissue swelling and bony overgrowth and projection.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Chronic partial <a href=\"https:\/\/handsurgeonsnyc.com\/patient-education\/carpal-instability\/\">wrist ligament tears<\/a>\u00a0cause abnormal carpal bone movements, leading to damage of the above bones and soft tissues.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After injuring his left wrist in September, golf pro Jim Furyk has been out of the running for the better part of the year. Following a wrist surgery performed Monday, February 1 golf veteran has a recovery time line that indicates he will likely return to the links in competitive play before the U.S. Open. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handsurgeonsnyc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handsurgeonsnyc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handsurgeonsnyc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handsurgeonsnyc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handsurgeonsnyc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/handsurgeonsnyc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handsurgeonsnyc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handsurgeonsnyc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handsurgeonsnyc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}