Fix that nagging thumb pain!

It might be De-Quervain’s tenosynovitis. Although sounding rather obscure it’s actually a pretty common condition which causes pain around the tendons that control your thumb.

It is especially common for people who use their hands a lot, maybe as part of their sport, or their profession!

Most people get told to rest by a lot of health professionals but in fact this is one of the worst things you can do for this. Instead, you need to be doing some light resistance training for your thumbs!

Here’s a few examples of easy to do thumb exercises that will help to make your tendons stronger and more able to take on high demand!

The exercises are:

- Isometric thumb extension (just fingers as resistance)

- Thumb opposition (good for mobility if your thumb is stiff)

- Thumb extension against band (great to progress from just the isometrics)

- same as above but with an extra band (progress even further by adding extra resistance)

- eccentric radial deviation (helps to build strength around other muscles of your wrist to help offload the thumb)

These exercises are just an example of what might help but all cases are different. Please consult a Physio if you’re struggling.