Hand to Shoulder Center sits down with Dr. Donald LaLonde from St. Petersburg, Nova Scotia, Canada where he describes the evolution of wide awake, local anesthesia, no tourniquet procedures, specific to flexor tendon repairs. Dr. LaLonde is a current practicing plastic surgeon who continues to develop new research and is an icon speaker internationally. He provides excellent clinical pearls for tendon healing and progression of tendon gliding with use of splinting. Tune in to listen to a great discussion with Dr. LaLonde. (Please excuse our audio on this specific podcast, we did our best during editing, however, Dr. LaLonde is hard to hear at times)