I'd go see a hand specialist. I was having back of the thumb pain that my doctor thought was DeQuervain's Syndrome. Got a referral for physical therapy and she tracked the problem up my arms to my brachialis and brachioradialis, and had relief in one session with dry needling and massage.
If you think you have a nerve problem that could a problem in your neck or somewhere in between.
Whether you think you can or you can't, you're probably right.
No stiffness in the morning. I only use my dominant thumb to type on the phone.Originally Posted by gomerpyle
Now that I think of it, I have had issues in the past when doing pressing exercises in the gym (bench and overhead) where I gota similar sensation but going from my hand down my elbow. The origin seemed to be ina similar location to what I'm feeling now.
I want to give the mobility exercises a little more time, but i think I'll be checking with my doctor in the next week or two
I was about to say it might be stenosing tenosynovitis-commonly known as trigger finger (seriously!) or trigger thumb when your thumb is involved.
Last edited by gomerpyle; 11-29-2018 at 01:11 AM.
Bringing this up from the depths a bit - I'm experiencing something similar but not as sever and I'm trying to nip it in the bud before it gets worse.
I work a physical labor job where's I've swung a maddox for 6 or so hours/manually hauled brush for the last 2.5 weeks or so 5 days a week. I get a pain at the basil joint of the thumb when going into a thumbs forward shooting grip on my support hand when the thumb area contacts the frame. I get a bit when typing on a phone as well (dull), and occasionally get it sharply when I grab something 'wrong', and after a re-grab or reposition I have no pain.
The best descriptor I have for the hand positioning is do a knife hand, and with your other hand push the thumb up towards the top of your hand a little bit while keeping the thumb aligned with the rest of the fingers.
95% sure it's an over-use deal, just looking for some relief to get back into dry fire and ease my daily work day a bit.
Thanks!
I can't recommend a sports doc strongly enough. 15 yrs ago I got tennis elbow in right arm. A shot fixed it for a year or so and then back so another shot. OK good. Then I started getting neck pains. Did 3 months of exercises after I was trained w/ 3 visits to a therapist. Fixed it permanently. Got tennis elbow in the left arm & went to a different doc since we had moved and asked for a shot. Uh we don't do that automatically anymore because it was found the shots were causing some problems long term. OK what? Gave me some exercises so simple I could grab a can of soup and do them while serfing the web. I was thinking yeah right. Did the exercises for 6 weeks and pain went away. That was 4-5 yrs ago and I am pain free. Exercises work.
I've cured a bunch of different aches and pains in my hands using stuff like this. Better and longer lasting than shots.
https://www.amazon.com/Therapy-Putty...081327&sr=8-10
https://www.amazon.com/Vive-Hand-Exe...081409&sr=8-26
https://www.amazon.com/5BILLION-Fing...081590&sr=8-25
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