Osteoarthritis can affect one or both thumbs. It is often more severe in your dominant hand. In addition to pain, OA in the thumb can cause: Decreased grip and pinch strength Grinding with ...

“It took time to get into chronic pain, it will take some time to recover,” explains Rock. Her advice: be patient. A good rule of thumb, she says, is that for every year of pain, allow ...

Pain, range of motion ... The evidence regarding operative and nonoperative treatments of acute and chronic thumb UCL insufficiency is primarily limited to level IV retrospective case series ...

There are many ways to manage both acute and chronic thumb UCL deficiency ... review has demonstrated excellent clinical outcomes (pain, strength, motion, and stability) after surgical treatment ...