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Does he sleep with that thumb curled under? I am wondering if some kind of soft brace that keeps the thumb from curling under. I know that gentle massage at the base of the thumb and stretching the palm and spreading the fingers helps me when I get those
Good luck. Please let us know what your Dr's suggestions are. It may help others with that problem
Pat

I still think a ball or a small "furry friend" that he could hold in his hand "because the "furry friend" is cold and "your hand just fits him to keep him warm" could help... but that's just me, "bossy" UBPN Gramma Carolyn.

Thomas is 8 his hand shakes all the time is this normal?

The shaking is most likely "clonus" aka myoclonus, comes from having nerve damage.
Not quite the same as a twitch but also from nerve damage and wrong signals being sent.
Marieke 34, LOBPI

When Aria's thumb hurts her, we use moist heat, stretching followed by massage, and Motrin.

I'll echo what others have said that knowing the source of the pain (I mean specifically) will help. We've learned that Aria's adductor gets overly tired from being "on" so much, so she seems to feel relief more quickly if I concentrate the massage there first, then work out.

Before she regained wrist extension (and she held her wrist in rigid flexion much of the time), she complained more of pain in her hand than she does now. I started the heat and massage higher up her forearm then, and worked down.

I hope one of the suggestions on this thread offers your little guy some relief. It's horrible when our children hurt!

Ok, I had to think back to the 1950's and what work for me for stretching tool for the fingers and arm. It look like this about 5 ins wide and 3 ft tall. it hand weadges about 3in wide stack and attach up the leghth of the board. I stood side ways and walk up the wedges with the tips of my erbs hand. I used this and it help me at about 6 , I dont no if it would help but I try to say here what help me Only over my life time.

Tom

Oh, It was called a finger ladder . Do they still make Them?? I remember that my parents gage how well I did by how How heigh I could get ! Dont do this please, Do not gage it like this. I hate it becuase of that when I was little! Just Try to raise your arm as heigh it fells OK. It did help my fingers and hand for the issues here.

Tom