Mother's hand ( stenosing tenosynovitis of radial styloid process )
definition
The scientific name of the mother's hand is stenosing tenosynovitis of the radial styloid process . Due to excessive stretching and outstretching of the thumb or excessive force, repeated friction causes the tendon synovium and retinaculum of the wrist to thicken, compressing the underlying tendons, causing the tendons to slide. A stuck feeling, or adhesions and inflammation may result, causing pain and swelling on the side of the wrist near the thumb.
Self-test
First straighten your arms, place your thumb in the palm of your hand, grasp the thumb with four fingers, and then use force to press your wrist down. If you feel pain on the radial side of your wrist, it is your mother's hand.
The main symptoms
1. Inability to exert force or persistent pain on the radial side of the wrist, at the radial styloid process (more severe when getting up in the morning).
2 It is often associated with symptoms such as tightness of the upper limbs and local swelling, and will extend upward to the forearm and downward to the thumb. The pain is more severe when the thumb is raised (extensor thumb muscle).
3. Twisting movements of the wrist and hand, or repeated straightening and flexing of the thumb will aggravate the pain. For example, twisting towels, writing and other activities that use thumb strength.
4 If left untreated for a long time, the tendon sheath may become hypertrophic and form a raised ganglion cyst.
Main cause : Some chronic overuse of the wrist and thumb. For example
1. Use your hands or wrists to support the baby’s head for a long time.
2. Use keyboard, mouse and scissors for a long time, as well as hold dinner plates, stir-fry and other tasks that require a high degree of thumb and wrist use.
3. Excessive use of mobile phones for typing, especially using the mobile phone with one hand, puts too much pressure on the thumb.
Treatment recommendations
Here are some common anecdotal treatment recommendations/treatment options, including:
Daily aspects:
1. Try to avoid making repetitive wrist/thumb movements and allow the inflamed area to rest.
2. In the case of acute inflammation and swelling, you can try ice compresses to reduce swelling; in the chronic inflammation stage, warm compresses below 45° will be used.
3. Perform exercises that strengthen muscles and relieve pain.
4 Wearing wristbands specially designed for mothers’ hands can effectively reduce pain caused by swinging.
How to treat
Correct treatment is important. For anterior translation of the humerus, at Huirui Medical, diagnosis and treatment will include:
- Provide dynamic and static examination: detailed diagnosis, two-pronged approach to accurately identify restricted muscles, and determine the most accurate and efficient treatment plan.
- Comprehensive pain treatment: using internationally certified medical grade equipment
According to the needs of the patient and the affected area, the electrofascial knife/manipulation/corrective treatment/exercise therapy/respiratory therapy, etc.
▻ Research shows that the high and low frequency energy in the device can penetrate into the muscle and fascia layers, promoting self-healing of cells.
Effectively eliminates strain, repairs damaged tissue, and relieves symptoms; instant analgesia can reduce pain by up to 80%.
▻ Electric myofometrium: effectively repairs muscle and tendon fibrosis, restores flexibility, quickly reduces swelling and pain in the affected area, and treats fascia that has lost elasticity in areas of muscle stiffness.
- Internal adjustment of traditional Chinese medicine: According to the patient's constitution, traditional Chinese medicine can be used to relax the muscles and activate the meridians, activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and warm and unblock the meridians to solve the problems of pain, paralysis and wind-cold invasion of the meridians.
▻ Use blood-activating, pain-relieving and menstrual-inducing drugs ( Corydalis , Clematis , Guizhi, Panax notoginseng, etc.)
4. Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture: Especially suitable for patients with fever and pain
▻ Dredge meridians, reduce inflammation and relieve pain, and relax tight muscles and fascia
5. Exercise strengthening: strengthening weak muscles (such as subscapularis, teres major); and stretching muscles that are too tight. (Such as pectoralis major, deltoid, biceps)
▻ Our doctors also have fitness instructor licenses and will provide relevant exercise suggestions based on the patient's posture and restricted muscles. Home exercise exercises can improve the patient's bad posture and strengthen the muscle strength and stability of the neck.
Why choose EB to treat your mother’s hand?
EB Painless Treatment
For mothers' hands, we will directly deal with the related muscle groups (such as extensor pollicis brevis and extensor pollicis longus) , relax the tight muscles and trigger points, reduce adhesion, improve the elasticity and mobility of the fascia, and pursue A more scientific, safe, effective and lasting treatment method to relieve pain problems.
Our clinic is equipped with registered Chinese medicine practitioners who specialize in pain to treat you + combine with internationally certified medical-grade instruments to treat muscle and fascia problems to relieve and eliminate pain.
Data shows that the equipment used in our clinic can reduce pain by 81% . Therefore, the energy of the equipment can directly reach muscles, fascia layers, bones and different soft tissues; it does not damage body tissues, improves self-healing ability, and improves tendon overstrain problems.
EB's attending physician, Dr. Wang, is not only good at soft tissue injury pain treatment, chiropractic, and traditional Chinese medicine pain science, but also has accumulated rich clinical experience using fascial knife, manual therapy, and correction therapy. Dr. Wang also holds a fitness trainer license and provides daily muscle training exercises to patients, and is deeply loved.