Twenty second session for thumb/wrist
During the 3-week period in between sessions, pain was triggered by
- pouring water from the kettle where I just moved by wrist,
- scooping out soup by using a ladle, with a twisting motion,
- closing a container by turning its lid clockwise, and
- slicing off the skin of a salmon fillet.
All of them except the first occurred only once despite doing it multiple times. Quite strange.
As usual, when the pain occurred, my initial feeling was that it was located between the base of the thumb and wrist, probably just above the wrist but when I pressed that part, it didn't trigger. Instead, I found spot about an index-finger below the wrist, next to the tendon, that elicited some pain.
After investigating, the therapist said that my initial assessment was correct: just that the trigger for the pain was deep within in, which he did discover during the investigation. As usual, his treatment made the pain went away despite me performing all the motions that typically triggered the pain, as requested by him.
His assessment was that the strengthening exercises should help to progress the recovery further. Next appointment is in a month's time.
Comments