Third session for thumb/wrist
During third session, I told the therapist the following: As reported to her via WhatsApp , the pain came back an hour or two later after the stretching exercise. I added, this time, that the pain level might be slightly lower than before starting the therapy treatment. Contrary to expectation, I could slice carrot with no issue. That there was pain when I turned my toothbrush inward to brush the inner side of my teeth. That I did the minimum 2 sets of 10 x 10s of third stretching exercise using the wall. I did further sets using the slightly easier substitute. She did the usual massage and ultrasound. At the end of it, we discovered a different spot of the pain, on top of the original: slightly below the wrist, in line with the base of the thumb. Largely a pulling pain. The therapist surmised that the reason why the relief from pain was only temporary was because my muscles were not strong enough to sustain whatever repetitive movements I was doing. So, the next step was strength exer