tendons in hand

[arbogrunt]

has anyone ever had any injuries to the tendons in the back of their hands?. I spent a day using big saws in a large Sycamore last week and experienced a burning sensation whilst working. My hand has been swelling and is painful every time I climb or use a saw since then and it creaks when I open my palm!

[woodyguy]

If you over do it gripping hard for hours then the tendons will swell. Resting them and icing them with an icepack for 15mins 3x per day helps. They will then settle but recur if you overdo it too soon again.

[mad matty]

Got a bad crush injury to my right hand, chipper against towball and light bar.

2 ops and 6 weeks physio.

back to the subject in hand go to the doctor and let them refer you for the physio, I had to rebuild strength in mine so invested in hand grip exerciser like the ones weight lifters use.

cheers Matty

[5 shires]

I get it across fingers of my right hand. They swell up on the inside and feel like a bee sting. Swelling go's down after a day or so and as said ice and rest only thing. Can I ask how old you are?

[pileswasp]

I sometimes get tendinitis from too much gripping. Do you have "trigger finger" - fingers stick, then pop open when you straighten them?

 

I find soaking my hands in a sink full of warm water helps more with the pain and swelling than cold. "Light use" (it's all relative helps loosen me up when I get it bad. Too much typing makes it worse for me. If you can't rest them it will hang around for ages.

[peatff]

I get it across fingers of my right hand. They swell up on the inside and feel like a bee sting. Swelling go's down after a day or so and as said ice and rest only thing. Can I ask how old you are?

 

I get similar to that but it is blood vessels and makes the finger look bruised.

[felixthelogchopper]

has anyone ever had any injuries to the tendons in the back of their hands?. I spent a day using big saws in a large Sycamore last week and experienced a burning sensation whilst working. My hand has been swelling and is painful every time I climb or use a saw since then and it creaks when I open my palm!

 

That's one bet I've lost. I had a fiver with Geoff that you would go blind first.

[enrieb]

Tendonitis is a symptom of a problem further up, usually the muscles are too tight and the tendon is the weak point. Warm water is good advice to heat the tendons, fascia and muscles so that you can stretch them, deep heat type gels don't really get that far past the skin. Ultrasound is really effective for treating the symptoms of tendonitis, but you must find the cause.

 

It could also be a muscle imbalance, strong muscle on one side is too tight and the weaker muscle on the others side is constantly stretched, this affects the tendons and ligaments too.

 

Ibuprofen does stop pain and can reduce swelling, but it also inhibits the fibroblasts which are necessary to heal and strengthen the tendon (part of the inflammatory process)

 

In some regions you can now self refers to an NHS physio, without having to go through a GP, have a look online at your local NHS website.

[arbogrunt]

thanks fella's:thumbup1:...I know rest is the way to cure it...but not is not a restful time!...I've been putting ice on it in the evenings..soldier on...

[humpo48]

My left hand has had lots of pain caused by Tendons since the new year, been to see the doctor and said to rest it (fat chance of that). What does help is a rist support strap you get from a sports shop.