Pain in thumb

Forum for parents of injured who are seeking information from other parents or people living with the injury. All welcome
Jennifer P
Posts: 220
Joined: Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:12 pm
Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: LOBPI
Location: Pacific Northwest

Re: Pain in thumb

Post by Jennifer P »

I often get a numbness in my thumb. Similar to the "waking up" or "ticklish" feeling your foot gets when it falls asleep. I've come to ignore it, but sometimes it's annoying...

I've never noticed it happening with the weather, but perhaps it does (temperature has been cold and rainy lately).
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karategirl1kyu
Posts: 363
Joined: Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:59 am
Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: LOBPI, had surgery when I was 9- they moved muscles and tendons from one side of my arm to the other side. I can lift my arm to about my eye level, can't straigten it all the way and can't completely supinate my wrist.
Location: Richmond, RI

Re: Pain in thumb

Post by karategirl1kyu »

this only sometimes happens to me... i usually just wait it out.. or figure it needs cracking... so ill crack it, and that sometimes helps..
~Mel/23/LOBPI
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