arthritis in thumbs

ecktheman

Hi, getting more difficult to use thumbs, finding it very restrict and frustrating as well as painful. Any suggestions.

Chris_R

Hi @ecktheman

Welcome to the online community great to see you posting.

You say that your thumbs are getting very painful and difficult to use.

Here is a links that may helphttps://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/exercising-with-arthritis/exercises-for-healthy-joints/exercises-for-the-fingers-hands-and-wrists/https://www.versusarthritis.org/

https://www.versusarthritis.org/

Please continue to chat on the forums and tell us how you get on.

All the best Christine

Etta

Hi

I am newly diagnosed.

Like you I have extreme pain in both my thumbs, the link Chris has suggested is well worth looking at. The physio Jay is very encouraging and the excercises are easy to remember. I have suspended my gym membership for now but there are so many physio led excercises on the V.A website I am hoping to be disciplined enough to create some gym session

wazz42

Hi @ecktheman and @Etta

Wow it sounds like you could support each other in the discipline bit of keeping up with exercises. I have a neck issue and the exercises really do help as I have proved to myself when I forget to do them! So why do I still forget? I must get myself in gear, there is no excuse really.

I hope the exercises you have found are helpful too, I was a bit skeptical but have been proved wrong.

Take care

xx