hand injury need help

hey dudes, ive hury my hand some how unsure, and iam battling to grip anyhting .like a battle to put the hand break down in the car. where my thumb is just below ,it seems swollen and like a piece of string has come to the surface (tendon or something ), used ice man and straped it up, but cant grip anything espically when i train bis , is there anything i can take to relieve the pain or must i go to physiotherapy ? thanks guys ( maybe spike will know )

Hi mate
Sounds like it could be either a tendon or ligament injury, cant tell too much from what you have described. Where exactly is the pain? Where is the "string"? Is there any pain or tenderness in your forearm? Any particular movements other than grippping that hurt it?

Ice is always your first response with any injury like this, next is to rest it and protect it. How long have you had it for? If it persists then yes, it should be examined. A chiro or physio can assess and treat it. Obviously i favour chiro's for this sort of injury as they have more experience with joints. Where about are you from?

addcutor pollicis, flexor pollicis brevis, and adductor pollicis brevis and into the thumb. now that string is running through them all. the angle is when i do a bicep curl i cant grip , i did have a forearm strain a few months ago running down the side, but cant do straight bar curls any more so have do to do ez bar, so its just that angle with the straight bar but every other angle is fine. ja been doing ice packs now and joint supps and msn, iam from jhb but if i was in durbs would of come to you.

Very tricky to treat that area much as its almost into the palm. Sounds like a tendon/muscle injury then. Slight stretching, ice, anti-inflammatories... Get the joints of the wrist and hand palpated and checked. Could possibly dry needle there, but I've never seen it done in that location before. Shouldnt involve the forearm with the muscles you described as they are all short and local. How long has it been? Most important thing with something like that is rest.

Tho, are you sure you dont remember any trauma to the area, bending the thumb backwards maybe?? If not its prob a repetitive micro trauma

yeah, ja its killing me, the forearms was from straight bar curls along time ago,and still plays up, i just change thee angle and its fine. no trauma but i was thinking from the lifting straps say on deadlifts the weight pulling down ,putting pressure on the thumb and palm area . but i think ill go to the chiro on Monday and see what he says and let you know, iam taking traumell and ice packs, anything else that you would recommend? thanks for your help dude.

Sounds like you've done all the right things. No prob bro, get it checked out and hopefully it can be sorted out

ja for sure , just stared with dj getting so strong but the hand is holding me back. but any way keep hitting that diet dude so you can go on stage again lol

+1 for spike, woohoo :woohoo:

:blush: haha, thanks guys