I am a "marathon" knitter & am developing worsening thumb arthritis, probably aggravated by the death grip with which I hold my work - pinching is much too mild a word to describe the hold! I just signed up for the wait list for your 30 day thumb program & have subscribed to your channel. Thanks for all the great info!
Sounds great! After a fall, my wrist slammed down on the floor. Doctor's only answer was cortizone injection. I really really want to crochet again. Hope you can help Thank you
@@VirtualHandCare My pleasure. I'm 41 and new to arthiritis in general and specifically tackling it in my thumb base. After the steroid shot in the joint, felt it was cured. Two weeks later and fews days after the shot the pain and weakness returned. So I stopped your strengthening exercises. Any advice what to do next? Thank you Ironically, my strength used to be my grip and hands, arms and arm wrestling weight lifting, so no clue where this arthirits came from
I am wondering what that means for players of string instruments - we are pinching with our left thumbs all the time. Are there compensating exercises? Could you please elaborate on this? Considering the three types of pinches you mention (tip pinch, key pinch, 3 point pinch), which is preferable?
Good one! Not that I have been using a ball or otherwise and pinching, but that motion definitely causes pain for me and being warned not to start using a ball that way is good info.
This video is really helpful and I will subscribe. I do wish it did not take until 5:51 to get past what *not* to do and start with what you should do.
I do aromatherapy massage and reflexology but only 1 per week And I woke up from sleeping and couldn’t move my thumb was in so much pain (trigger thumb) And still is painful I can’t unscrew lids or pinch or even rub cream into my own feet ? The pain is at the inside base of my thumb Any ideas please ? Didn’t think I could wake up just like this It also moves into other thumb sometimes but not for long I have had this now about 6 weeks ? What is it ? 😊
Michelle, thanks as always and I really need some help here. Though I don't do those pinching exercises per se, I AM doing the same movement pretty much all day long in many of my daily tasks...hundreds of different grips, grabs, squeezes and torques each day, most of them, quite automatic or unconscious. Your workshop is full. What to do? My basal thumb joints are always on fire.
Do you have any insights regarding playing the guitar? I’ve been playing since the mid-70s, and have always been careful with my hand/arm position to prevent carpal-tunnel syndrome which is common with poor technique. But just in the last month or so (age 77), I’ve developed this type of arthritis and also “trigger thumb” for about a year previously. So far, been using wrist brace, anti-inflammatory drugs, and exercise such as you recommend.
Thanks so much for all your helpful videos! I broke my wrist, both distal and ulna and did not have surgery. Therefore I am dealing with the resulting deformity. I developed carpal tunnel and had surgery for that. Because of the deformity I don’t have the normal extension of my thumb which was arthritic before the wrist injury. Will the program still work for me? I do have an arthritic thumb in my other hand too. Btw I was given cortisone shots in both thumbs at time of the carpal tunnel surgery, which was 3.5 weeks ago. Thanks so much for all you do, it’s invaluable to so many!❤
Really appreciating your thumb videos, so thank you so much! But $97 for your 30 Day Thumbs arthritis program you plug at the end of the video??? That's WAAAY out of my price range. 😢
So, the worst exercise is playing guitar. 😢😢😢 I also have more of a hitchhiker's thumb, which place greater stress on the CMC. (I look forward to your other videos to hopefully continue to play guitar.)
I am now post-thumb (arthoplasty) surgery. Cast is off and I have just started therapy. They have me pinching. Is this different than the pre-surgery exercises you are showing here?
When your osteopathic surgeon refers you to pain management for surgery acute management before doing surgery might indicate that her his technique results in chronic pain management results..usually onlt 4 % or less ever become difficult
I need surgery on both thumbs!!! Lol don’t want the surgeries. Ohhhh mmmmm Gggggg!!! This helped me out soooo much!!! Very much appreciated, thank you!!!
I play classical/flamenco guitar and my thumb arthritis has been making it harder to play. What is the solution without having to give up what I love to do?
There are so many options!! I teach this in my 30 Day Thumb Arthritis Training program- virtualhandcare.mykajabi.com/30-day-thumb-arthritis-training-program. You don't have to give up on playing!!!! Come join me!
my saxophone teacher says to hold the instrument as though I were holding a pint glass, but my right thumb is really hurting. I don't know if it's arthritis or repetitive stress. The instrument falls to the left and I have to overcorrect it's weight. Any suggestions? Maybe a brace?
So how do you open things like Fanny packs & dog collars with pinch clips??? No one has given me any answers! Is there a tool available to help with pinching?
I have a tendency mallet in my ring finger and it's been around 10 years it's around 30 to 40 digree of tilt i am a guitar player it doesn't hurt but it's kinda look weird and i think that this is making my performance week should i go with surgery? Can i get same movement after surgery? I need answer desperately
Hi, Thank you for sharing your knowledge, my issue is that I was doing bicep curls with a straight barbell which I later learned I shouldn't have because it can cause wrist injuries, do you have any knowledge of how to treat pain caused by this type of injury where the pisiform is bigger than it was before and it painful when I try to exercise again after 2 months of having the injury, flexibility is good though it's just with weight training that I have pain. Thanks
Hi how are you guys I am a project collegiate team five level my right hand I can’t flex my finger a little bit but I want to be able to type in my grip as well as to Brittany my hand can you give me any kind of advice I would appreciate it thank you
Oops, no response by the channel creator as far as the questions in the comments section AND a sales pitch. That leads me to other TH-cam options, but thanks for what was offered. There are A LOT of others offering info on TH-cam for free and they are qualified. They also respond to questions in the comments section.
I respond to as many comments as I can. I have over 300 videos that I’ve posted for FREE. It’s impossible for me to reply to every single comment. And yes I do sell programs where I teach what I’ve learned from my education and 20 years of experience.
@@VirtualHandCare I stand corrected, and I will delete my comment. I apologize. You are awesome. I will leave it up for a bit so you can see my apology. I also respect people who stand up for themselves when others (me in this case) erroneously make assumptions and say inaccurate things. Even more that makes you shine, you handled it in a friendly way. Once again, you're doing great work; hopefully, I have learned something from this. I am your humble fan.
@@slingshotchicken4695I genuinely appreciate your response. No need to delete your comment unless you want to. It’s not the first comment like this and I know it won’t be the last.
Wonder what you think of the Sarah trail for patients with RA and hand pain (including the thumb).This is one of the largest scale studies on RA and hand interventions and includes pinching as one of the the exercises.
I am familiar with that study. I believe there was only 1 pinching exercise amongst many others. I'm sure the pts were instructed on proper technique since they were under the guidance of physiotherapists. It helps further support the important role exericse plays in RA management.
Hello I have RA and OA and just had FAILED tendon realignment for my FIRST MIDDLE RING AND PINKY of right hand 09/23. Dr is going in this week and try again with maybe a borrowed tendon from forearm to create a slip for my middle finger tendon to prevent having to do an unnecessary joint replacement I'm only 50. I am a former RN. Could you point me to the Sarah trail you referred I'm curious with maybe I can practice or maybe help with my journey of pain management. Thank you ❤ I would like to read it at least.
It depends on the position of your thumb, how much force, length of time, etc...it could aggravate it. But I don't know if I'd go as far as saying 'bad'.
Good advice. My trouble as others is said to be a lump that grows on tendon that blocks hole in joint tendon goes through - resulting in "clicking thumb" of joint. So you click in you have movement in toward palm but not up. You have to {pain} click thumb in open position then you can arch thumb open but very little strength moving in and can only go in half way - you have to click into inner position. It comes and goes and i notice water in diet makes difference. I think it can be healed naturally as it got there naturally - which as you would know is the best way of healing. As a woman you have certainally "earned and worthy of your bone!"
👍Thumb pain relief starts here! Join my 30 DAY Thumb Arthritis Training Program- virtualhandcare.mykajabi.com/30-day-thumb-arthritis-training-program
How can a virtual class be full? I went to sign up and your webpage says the program is full and to sign up for a wait list.
Thank you this is the best video related to thumb arthritis I have ever watched. I finally understand why I suffer from thumb arthritis.
I am a "marathon" knitter & am developing worsening thumb arthritis, probably aggravated by the death grip with which I hold my work - pinching is much too mild a word to describe the hold! I just signed up for the wait list for your 30 day thumb program & have subscribed to your channel. Thanks for all the great info!
Ah! Yes, the death grip is very common and you are likely doing it with other tasks too! I'll be sending some more info out soon about 30 day Thumbs!
Sounds great!
After a fall, my wrist slammed down on the floor.
Doctor's only answer was cortizone injection.
I really really want to crochet again.
Hope you can help
Thank you
So motivating thank you for caring and making these wonderful videos
Thanks for your expliqekesion I do it everyday because my fingers doesn't work correctly I need it thanks a lot.
Excellent!! You explained it like a boss. Thank you
I appreciate that! Thanks!
@@VirtualHandCare My pleasure. I'm 41 and new to arthiritis in general and specifically tackling it in my thumb base. After the steroid shot in the joint, felt it was cured. Two weeks later and fews days after the shot the pain and weakness returned. So I stopped your strengthening exercises. Any advice what to do next? Thank you
Ironically, my strength used to be my grip and hands, arms and arm wrestling weight lifting, so no clue where this arthirits came from
You are really helping me. Thank you!
I am wondering what that means for players of string instruments - we are pinching with our left thumbs all the time. Are there compensating exercises? Could you please elaborate on this? Considering the three types of pinches you mention (tip pinch, key pinch, 3 point pinch), which is preferable?
I think us musicians are cursed.
@@dees3179 and artists too! 😢
Great question! I am a jazz guitar player and I need my thumb!!
Yes I’m a musician and that was the first question that came to my mind…..any solutions?
I have played guitar and Panio for years and now I've lost the power to. Make bar cords and play key. Board
I just developed pain in my thumb joint a few days ago and it's driving me crazy, so I will try this method. I can use a tennis ball I assume? Thanks!
As a 16 year massage therapist I appreciate this!
Good one! Not that I have been using a ball or otherwise and pinching, but that motion definitely causes pain for me and being warned not to start using a ball that way is good info.
I am a gardener, how can I continue to weed while not exacerbating or increasing thumb arthritis?
If you the secret please share
Where can I buy that ball or one like this please
And Thankyou for your video 😊
This video is really helpful and I will subscribe. I do wish it did not take until 5:51 to get past what *not* to do and start with what you should do.
Thank you!
I do aromatherapy massage and reflexology but only 1 per week
And I woke up from sleeping and couldn’t move my thumb was in so much pain (trigger thumb)
And still is painful
I can’t unscrew lids or pinch or even rub cream into my own feet
?
The pain is at the inside base of my thumb
Any ideas please ?
Didn’t think I could wake up just like this
It also moves into other thumb sometimes but not for long
I have had this now about 6 weeks ?
What is it ? 😊
Oh my goodness, I am glad I saw this... thank you
Same!!
Michelle, thanks as always and I really need some help here. Though I don't do those pinching exercises per se, I AM doing the same movement pretty much all day long in many of my daily tasks...hundreds of different grips, grabs, squeezes and torques each day, most of them, quite automatic or unconscious. Your workshop is full. What to do? My basal thumb joints are always on fire.
Do you have any insights regarding playing the guitar? I’ve been playing since the mid-70s, and have always been careful with my hand/arm position to prevent carpal-tunnel syndrome which is common with poor technique.
But just in the last month or so (age 77), I’ve developed this type of arthritis and also “trigger thumb” for about a year previously.
So far, been using wrist brace, anti-inflammatory drugs, and exercise such as you recommend.
Thanks so much for all your helpful videos! I broke my wrist, both distal and ulna and did not have surgery. Therefore I am dealing with the resulting deformity. I developed carpal tunnel and had surgery for that. Because of the deformity I don’t have the normal extension of my thumb which was arthritic before the wrist injury. Will the program still work for me? I do have an arthritic thumb in my other hand too. Btw I was given cortisone shots in both thumbs at time of the carpal tunnel surgery, which was 3.5 weeks ago. Thanks so much for all you do, it’s invaluable to so many!❤
Thanks 🎉
As always, very helpful indeed.
I have had de querveins tendonitis many times and I would love to do these exercises , do you think they will help me?
Hi! Is this also applicable for osteoarthritis?:)
How hard should the ball be? Soft and squishy or is something harder like a tennis ball ok? What about trigger hand grippers?
Firm like a tennis ball.
wow this is so effective!!
Can you give the frequency of this exercise.
Really appreciating your thumb videos, so thank you so much! But $97 for your 30 Day Thumbs arthritis program you plug at the end of the video??? That's WAAAY out of my price range. 😢
Me too but I am doing her free videos and also I sleep with an arthritis compression glove at night. It is all helping
It's worth it though I'm back golfing. And away less pain. Do the you tubes free until you can get the course.
Thank you I just happen to have the perfect ball.
Do you have exercise for thumb injury? I cut my thumb opening a can and now it’s stiff and don’t have full motion.
I do a lot of knitting, sewing and baking bread etc. Are these contraindicated if you have thumb arthritis?
Finally gets to the point at 5:50
You are super pretty
What is then end result of this exercise?
So, the worst exercise is playing guitar. 😢😢😢 I also have more of a hitchhiker's thumb, which place greater stress on the CMC. (I look forward to your other videos to hopefully continue to play guitar.)
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Hello mam I've something arising in my middle finger can you tell me what to do with it
I am now post-thumb (arthoplasty) surgery. Cast is off and I have just started therapy. They have me pinching. Is this different than the pre-surgery exercises you are showing here?
can you help me find a ball to use ?
Can you recommend something for Guitarplayers?
When your osteopathic surgeon refers you to pain management for surgery acute management before doing surgery might indicate that her his technique results in chronic pain management results..usually onlt 4 % or less ever become difficult
Does this work if you also have Dupuytren's.
You are the best!
It's my thumb that is so very painful , bending it, not the base hand part, any advice please
5:48 for the exercises.
First joint of thumb doesn't bend anymore
I need surgery on both thumbs!!! Lol don’t want the surgeries. Ohhhh mmmmm Gggggg!!! This helped me out soooo much!!! Very much appreciated, thank you!!!
Hello Michelle, thank you so much for your videos it helps me a lot, and recoverd fast ❤️😍
God bless you always.🙏
You are welcome! I am so happy they are helping you!
How about using the NSD powerball? I have a feeling it accomplishes the same thing.
I play classical/flamenco guitar and my thumb arthritis has been making it harder to play. What is the solution without having to give up what I love to do?
There are so many options!! I teach this in my 30 Day Thumb Arthritis Training program- virtualhandcare.mykajabi.com/30-day-thumb-arthritis-training-program. You don't have to give up on playing!!!! Come join me!
my saxophone teacher says to hold the instrument as though I were holding a pint glass, but my right thumb is really hurting. I don't know if it's arthritis or repetitive stress. The instrument falls to the left and I have to overcorrect it's weight. Any suggestions? Maybe a brace?
So how do you open things like Fanny packs & dog collars with pinch clips??? No one has given me any answers! Is there a tool available to help with pinching?
Use your one hand with force with either a tissue paper, towel or a shirt. Or you can also sometimes use your teeth to open bag's.
I have a tendency mallet in my ring finger and it's been around 10 years it's around 30 to 40 digree of tilt i am a guitar player it doesn't hurt but it's kinda look weird and i think that this is making my performance week should i go with surgery? Can i get same movement after surgery? I need answer desperately
Hi, Thank you for sharing your knowledge, my issue is that I was doing bicep curls with a straight barbell which I later learned I shouldn't have because it can cause wrist injuries, do you have any knowledge of how to treat pain caused by this type of injury where the pisiform is bigger than it was before and it painful when I try to exercise again after 2 months of having the injury, flexibility is good though it's just with weight training that I have pain. Thanks
Hi how are you guys I am a project collegiate team five level my right hand I can’t flex my finger a little bit but I want to be able to type in my grip as well as to Brittany my hand can you give me any kind of advice I would appreciate it thank you
Is there a cost to the 30 day program?
Yes, it is $97. You can join the waitlist here-virtualhandcare.mykajabi.com/30-day-thumb-arthritis-training-program
Oops, no response by the channel creator as far as the questions in the comments section AND a sales pitch. That leads me to other TH-cam options, but thanks for what was offered. There are A LOT of others offering info on TH-cam for free and they are qualified. They also respond to questions in the comments section.
I respond to as many comments as I can. I have over 300 videos that I’ve posted for FREE. It’s impossible for me to reply to every single comment. And yes I do sell programs where I teach what I’ve learned from my education and 20 years of experience.
@@VirtualHandCare I stand corrected, and I will delete my comment. I apologize. You are awesome. I will leave it up for a bit so you can see my apology. I also respect people who stand up for themselves when others (me in this case) erroneously make assumptions and say inaccurate things. Even more that makes you shine, you handled it in a friendly way. Once again, you're doing great work; hopefully, I have learned something from this. I am your humble fan.
@@slingshotchicken4695I genuinely appreciate your response. No need to delete your comment unless you want to. It’s not the first comment like this and I know it won’t be the last.
Wonder what you think of the Sarah trail for patients with RA and hand pain (including the thumb).This is one of the largest scale studies on RA and hand interventions and includes pinching as one of the the exercises.
I am familiar with that study. I believe there was only 1 pinching exercise amongst many others. I'm sure the pts were instructed on proper technique since they were under the guidance of physiotherapists. It helps further support the important role exericse plays in RA management.
@@VirtualHandCare thanks for the reply I appreciate it.
Hello I have RA and OA and just had FAILED tendon realignment for my FIRST MIDDLE RING AND PINKY of right hand 09/23. Dr is going in this week and try again with maybe a borrowed tendon from forearm to create a slip for my middle finger tendon to prevent having to do an unnecessary joint replacement I'm only 50. I am a former RN. Could you point me to the Sarah trail you referred I'm curious with maybe I can practice or maybe help with my journey of pain management. Thank you ❤ I would like to read it at least.
RA is so under managed. Doctors don't speak of ways to help they just want to throw new RA drugs at you because it's money BIG MONEY in their pocket.
Is gripping the brakes or changing gears on a bicycle bad for thumb arthritis?
It depends on the position of your thumb, how much force, length of time, etc...it could aggravate it. But I don't know if I'd go as far as saying 'bad'.
ill try this... i do think i have a thumb atritis... huhuhu... 🥺🥺🥺
but devonlarrat have best training in thumb strengthing for arm wrestling.
Good advice. My trouble as others is said to be a lump that grows on tendon that blocks hole in joint tendon goes through - resulting in "clicking thumb" of joint. So you click in you have movement in toward palm but not up. You have to {pain} click thumb in open position then you can arch thumb open but very little strength moving in and can only go in half way - you have to click into inner position. It comes and goes and i notice water in diet makes difference. I think it can be healed naturally as it got there naturally - which as you would know is the best way of healing.
As a woman you have certainally "earned and worthy of your bone!"
Hi Michelle, i would like to follow your 30 days program. Can I sent you an email to ask some questions about it?
Sure! You can email me at info@virtualhandcare.com
Just get to the correct way, please.
Tap the bottom of the video and use the slide to get to the part you need. I do it all the time on all videos I watch.
Squeezing a ball is painful when I'm donating plasma...
Too much pain for me. I'll wait till a few weeks to heal with the hard wrist brace on.
ليه مافيش ترجمة للعربي 🙉
Translated!😂
I knew my dr was a idiot
Without first showing the thumb pinch which is bad, the rest of the video is quite meaningless.
HOT
Get to the point
Please don't shout.
Thank you ❤