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Tendonitis in the Thumb

BACKGROUND

Thumb tendonitis is characterized by pain along the side of your hand going from the thumb joint towards the wrist. If you feel around, you may find a “ropy” cord (the tendon) that hurts, with the pain worsening when you push on it.

TREATMENT

Recommended Supplements

Pain relief herbals

Pain relief herbals that include willow bark, boswellia and cherry can help over 4-6 weeks (2 capsules 3 times a day till pain resolves, then as needed).

Medications

Pain gels/creams

Compounded prescription pain gels/creams can work very well for this (physicians can call these in to ITC pharmacy 1-888-349-5453 and should ask for the “pain cream”). Give it 2 weeks to work. It is very safe and effective — and highly recommended for any tendonitis and for localized pain in general. Steroid injections locally are also reasonable (not to be injected into the tendon).



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Some information on this site is from the book From Fatigued to Fantastic! Third Edition by Jacob Teitelbaum MD, copyright 2007 by Jacob Teitelbaum MD. Used by permission of Avery Publishing, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.