THUMB EXERCISES AFTER SURGERY or FRACTURE
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- Get your thumb mobility back FAST with these simple thumb exercises after fracture, surgery, or arthritis. Email questions at Info@VirtualHandCare.com or book a VIDEO consultation with Michelle, HAND EXPERT and founder of Virtual Hand Care at- virtualhandcar....
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This video is for educational and demonstration purposes only and is not to be used as a replacement for seeking medical advice or treatment of your condition. Virtual Hand Care, or its members, do not offer medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always consult with your doctor or healthcare provider before starting any exercise program. Please know that performing any exercise or program is solely at your own risk.
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Hi, I must apologise for how long it has taken me to finally get round to writing this comment, (just over 3 years to be precise).
Anyhow..... I had a motorbike accident and the hospital having x-rayed my hand said I'd broken a finger but said I hadn't broken my thumb and referred me to a fractures clinic stating it was either ligament or tendon damage. The appointment for the fractures clinic was 10 days later and they taped up my thumb to give it some support.
10 days later at the fractures clinic, the specialist looking at the same x-ray said I hadn't broken my finger but I HAD broken my thumb in two places and I then had to have a thumb spica cast which I was to wear for 4 weeks.
When the cast was removed 4 weeks later, I could barely move my thumb, as it had now been almost 40 days since I had broken my thumb. As a result of being unable to move my thumb I was told I would have to see a physiotherapist and given an appointment date for 2 weeks time.
Not wishing to waste 2 weeks before I saw a physiotherapist I decided to search online to see if I could find any exercises that would help regain my movement in my thumb and I came across this video.
I religiously followed all the exercises contained in this video daily until I saw the physiotherapist.
The physiotherapist asked me to move my thumb in certain directions and I had to undertake strength tests on my thumb.
I told the physiotherapist about watching this video as I didn't want to wait two weeks before seeing them. The physiotherapist replied that it was a wise decision and that I had good movement in my thumb and that she was going to discharge me as a result!!!! This was all down to this fantastic video, so a MASSIVE thank you from me.
The only additional exercises the physiotherapist told me to perform, were to;
1. push my thumb tip down onto the palm of my other hand ten times
2. push my thumb up against the back of my other hand ten times
3. to purchase a hard child's foam ball of around 80mm diameter and to keep squeezing this with my fingers and thumb.
The above 3 exercises are all about retaining strength in your thumb which, combined with all the exercises in this fantastic video, gave me back full use of my thumb, which shortly afterwards had the same movement and ability to grip objects as my non-broken thumb.
So thank you for uploading this video, as it certainly helped e recover a lot quicker than had I not watched nor followed your advice.
Thank you.
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Thanks Michelle. The exercises are a real benefit to gaining back my flexibility after my thumb fracture.
Thank you! These thumb exercises are definitely helping me since the removal of my cast!😀
Swear this shit hurts
i can relate 👍🏼
@@pugehenis3211 istg my shii feels like it still shattered 😭
How long y’all had y’all cast on for?
@@4ktklips808 how long did you have your cast on for?
Thanks, Michelle! I will use these great exercises to heal from my trigger thumb surgery!!!!! 👍👍👍
..... 😑 not having a functional thumb suuuucks
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Thisis extremely helpful video for me. Thank you so much.
Thanks for the video. Today they removed the fixation after my thumb rhizarthrosis surgery and I'm starting to get back to normal life. So far my thumb is incredibly stiff. I'm a guitar player and I need my hands to work again. So I will try these exercises and hopefully it will help.
Thank you Michelle for doing this video. The exercises have been very helpful in regaining my mobility back.
Thank you so much Michelle - this clip helped me to cure my thumb basal joint pain within 48hrs! I injured my thumb basal joint by doing heavy duty hand sewing and the repetition of gripping needle and pulling hard through thick fabric really strained my joint. Thank you so much. Namo Amituofo _/\_
That is wonderful to hear! Thank you for commenting!
Thank you so much,, unfortunately I was told I'd have to wait a month for my therapy sessions for my thumb , will follow your instructions and see how I heal ❤
Hey there! How did it go?
Thank you very much! I have only done it once and felt some improvement. Thank you
Thank you! I tried you excercises. Ver impressed. Been this way for 5 months. There is still allot of tingling and numbness. Help. What can I do to make feel better. Very uncomfortable. I can feel the pulse in it. Gets hot sometimes.
how do you feel now
Omg your video was amazing thank you! I had wrist surgery a month ago and my thumb isn’t bending. I haven’t started PT yet but wanted to start the healing process already and this video helped my thumb stretch out and felt so good. Thank you again!
This has been amazing! I did this exercises and my thumb feels so much better I’ll be doing theses exercises more often
Thank you for your comment! Happy to hear the exercises help!
Thanks for the great explanation and help ❤
Thank you Michelle. This helps a lot, even 3 years post thumb surgery!
Will definitely start using these exercises to strengthen my left thumb. Snapped the extensor pollicis longus (pruning saw wound), sewn together & 6 weeks later cast removed. Thank you for posting simple, concise exercise routine.
You are welcome! Good luck on your EPL recovery!
~Thank you. My thumb is already feeling better. Have some pain but getting stronger with your help. 🙂🙃
I'm recovering from an avulsion fracture in my thumb (skiers thumb type injury) - this is a nice set of exercises in this video.
The biggest tip I have is to practice gripping/squeezing different sized objects - I thought I had got most of my pinch strength back through my pinch exercises until the first time I tried to carry a pint of beer in my injured hand. I then realised I'd not been doing enough exercises in different ranges of motion and different extensions of the thumb.
After Right Carpal Tunnel Release and Right Thumb Trigger Release -- Thank you for sharing... Right hand is my dominant hand .. Was a little anxious to have this surgery -- on Oct 23-2023 -- follow up with surgeon on 10-31-2023 ;-)
Thank you so much! Starting therapy tomorrow after getting out of my cast Friday. Had a Bennett Fracture repaired recently and I wanted to get an idea of rehabilitation. Thanks this was very informative!
You are welcome! Best of luck in your recovery!
@@VirtualHandCare Thank you so much!
@@sharaeman Hello
How long does it take to regain thumb Movements?
Hi ShRae I just want to know how your are getting on with your recovery as I noticed a year ago you had a bennet fracture I wanted to understand your progress and have an idea of your mobility with movement,grib and function as I have just had surgery from the bennit fracture and a little worried about the usage of my thumb and will I every have a strong grip Again... but hope your recovery has been good for you kind regards
Thank you kindly Michelle for doing this video this is my second time getting trigger thumb, and just by doing your thumb exercise I can now move and bendy thumb somewhat better. I still can feel that it's locked at the second joint if that's how to describe it.. my thumb is very inflamed also I actually have RA so that's plays a factor also. 👍🏽TH😊NKS AGAIN!
I am glad it was helpful! I wish I had a trigger thumb video but need to add that and an RA video to my list. Here is one I have on trigger fingers that may help a little- czcams.com/video/AQCoMbYRaUo/video.html
Thank you so much I hope my thumb feels better you are the best
Your welcome!
The bone in my thumb split vertically. Doctor said it's all healed now but due to my busy life I haven't been able to attend physio appointments yet so this is great to get started. I can do all exercises in the video but some provide mild discomfort. I'm sure this will get better with time. thank you!
perfect. just what i need the most to get back working again. thanks.
fyi i had a radius fracture just below wrist. Colles fracture. so my thumb is stiff.
Thank you so much-it really helps me after I fell and fractured my wrist bone.
Thank you 🙏🏽
Thank you so much Michelle ❤ really help ful for my distal phalanx fracture 👌
Today is making it exactly 8 weeks since I had a laceration on my right hand thumb it’s been stiff and swollen I’ll try this exercise hopefully i should be able to get flexibility on my thumb before the end of the 10th week
Thank you, this is very helpful! I had a metacarpal 1 fracture and recovery is slower than I anticipated but these exercises help!
You are welcome. Glad it helped!
I'd like to know what can help muscles growing. Cast damages them. Thanks for everything! You are the best!!!
Thank you. I have not been able to bend my thumb after I broke my arm. You are great
oh my, these are sooo helpful!
Thanks! I appreciate your videos. They have helped me to get more movement in my hands.
Excellent! So glad they have helped! And THANK YOU for the SUPER THANKS!! 🙏
Thanks Michelle for this video.
It's help me lot.
Namaste
Thank you mam! I got into an accident with my right wrist and they stitched the wound now I have problems by opening my thumb like I cant open it for a high five ..and I find this exercise useful.. I just hope that it will come back again soon... thank you!
Great video and very reassuring. I dont want to be those bad cases of stiff thumb for life or a costly surgery to fix it. Got a displaced metacarpal fracture at the base. Its cause of a fight.
I currently have stitches all down the lower side of my thumb and can't move it nearly as much as my other thumb, this should be really helpful when I get the stitches out :)
thank you very helpful with your thumb exercise!
You are awesome. Thank you for posting these
Thank you for this helpful video..i hope to improve my thump movement with this exercises.
Hi Michelle Thank you for these exercises- my hands already feel a bit tired afterward. I"sprained" my right hand this winter and last winter when I needed to move quite a bit of firewood. I grabbed the piece with one hand and yikes! It has been many months and it much better however I still can't bend the tip of the thumb - a little bend when I use the other hand to move it. This thumb doesn't open up into an L as much as the other side (very tight) and I can't grip anything like a cup - the whole thumb stays straight. And still sometimes I'll grab, or knock it or something and I hear click/pop as I try to make it straight again - and it is very painful. This happened a ton at the beginning (Dec) and the pain was terrible. Now it's not so often but i think partly because it is so stiff and less swollen now. Also it is more swollen than the left one. Sorry to write a lot but I'm wondering if there is something specific I could do in this situation. thank you for your help
Thank you very much for a very good video. Very good pace and a very nice presentation. :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fractured my thumb Oct 2019 and it's still painful. I'll try these
I hope they help!
Thanks ❤
Thank you for this so helpful video !!!
Thank you.
Thank you so much
Very informative thank you for the video
I’m on a cast. Just wondering if I ever be able to bench press again
Same here! Just got my cast removed today and I’m now in a split for four weeks. I take it off to shower and my thumb’s mobility is still fucked. It hurts to move still. Doc said most mobility will come back eventually but it takes time. I should’ve asked to define time, probably months to a year I’m guessing
I got my cast removed just today & my thumb hurts like hell whenever I tryna move it.
How's your thumb doing now? Can you complete maneuver it?
@@xyed5571 I can move my thumb around now, bench press, but struggle a little with lifting things over my head. Moving my thumb side to side, touching the other fingers is not a problem, I just cannot give a full thumbs up, it only extends upward so much.
Hey how is your condition right now....just yesterday they inserted a k wire and a cast to me. I am very much worried although it's in non dominant hand. Please someone reply.
@@jescudi_ how is it now? And how much hand exercises u did? And can you do routine work easily?
Thank you so much!! ❤️
Thank you so much you are best
That's brilliant. It seems to work.
Thank you so much.
Are these applicable to post risartosis surgery ?
Thanks
Thank you so much. It was really helpfu
i got 14 stiches between my thumb and index finger after a knife cut. Today is day 1 of therapy. Hopefully, these help me.
excellent job, Michelle !! (this is Lucy)
Thank you🌹
Just had my cast off recovering from a bad Bennett break how should would you recommend starting these?
Excellent. Thanks a lot.
Also what is the ideal food to have mam. I hve started having Goats leg bone soup. People here believe that it helps reconnecting the bones when fracture is there
Hey Michelle,
I recently had a surgery for gamekeeper's thumb (along with broken bone) and had my k wires out recently my thumb is super stiff i would really appreciate if you could help me with some exercise to get my thumb moving
Hi piyush,
I had surgery 3 weeks back and my thumb is still in the cast. I am feeling numbness there, did you feel the same?
How's your thumb now?
@@hanmantkshirsagar6111 Hey Hanmant,
My thumb is absolutely fine now.
I am expecting your k-wire is removed by now, you will feel numbness for a month or so after that for 3-4 months you wont be able to grip that well but don’t worry keep doing basic gripping exercises (that is very necessary for your thumb for future or it would be stiff) after few months it would be absolutely be normal.
And for the numbness it would be there for some time along with stiffness but it would go away
Wishing you speedy recovery
Regards
Ty mam
Hi.. I hurt my 3rd finger on my right ; writing hand.... No one believed me I was in pain... I eventually asked my doctor.. she said it was fine.. I really pushed that it's been hurting a long time.. so she let me get x-ray..
Turns out I got fractured bone and nothing can do about it because I should have had it seen straight away unless I get surgery?.
It is bent out of shape a little bit is there anything I can do to get it right?
Got my cast removed today from a bennetts fracture. Hoping this works! Thanks!
Hai
Are You able to Move your thumb...I feel stiffness too much!
@@Raging-j9j can u tell your experience now....since you dont get a reply....please share yours
Do you have any videos to help tendon injury for pinky finger i had surgery back in begin of november and its been a rough start due to the way it healed and a infection i am now able to do the excersises better but my physio says i still have along way to go any tips?
Thank u so much ♥️
Thanks for posting these exercises, I had trigger finger surgery in my thumb 3 weeks ago, and I still feel stiffness and swelling, can these exercises help? or do you have something more specific for my kind of surgery?
These may definitely help! You can always see a hand therapist to make sure you are given the right exercises for your condition too.
I’m about 10 days that I’ve broke my arm and still kind of imobilized. The fracture it was in the elbow so since my fingers are free do u recommend trying this? I’ve lost the flexion of the polegar thumb and some of the exercises gives me a bit of pain
Post surgery with some internal irons pins
I had a hairline fracture on my forearm and after i got my cast removed i cant move the tip of my thumb the rest are fine.Could you please help
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Mam plz reply me... i have thumb little fracture before 2 month.... i alreday doing physiotherapy with doctr.... doctr told me that...after 2/3 months you feel better... its normaly swollen.. and bend problm now.... how can i start with your physiotherapy... plz reply
Tum open furniture operation inside putting wires after 30 day out wires your tum which exercises is good for tum thanks
Will hlep with me i cut my tumb open so had to have stitches etc when it's healed will this hlep, 😊
Thank u
Mine is a normal fracture, no surgery is done. I m using Thumb spica for the past 3 weeks. Also Can I play sports now
I am 6 weeks post thumb fracture and cleared to move. My thumb won’t move backwards at all. Both of my thumbs have always been super flexible pulling back on it in the opposite direction. Are there any exercises you can recommend for gaining flexibility in the other direction?
hello, have you regained your flexibility? if yes, how long will it take? thank you
I got my left hand fractured in 2017 and I've done my surgery and my thumb still not working properly is this exercise will work?
Thank you! My stiff thumb is definitely having more mobility now. 😄
Your welcome! Great to hear!
How is your thumb now?
What If thumb is get locked, and paining when moving , after fracture how to repair it at home,
When will the swelling subside?
Hi Michelle, I fractured my thumb 6 months ago playing cricket. I have still yet to get complete movement back and struggle to bend it when my thumb is straight. Is this normal and will these stretches still help movement even though I cant complete them yet.
I don't know the type of fracture you had and 6 months is a long time however its never too late to start stretching and doing the exercises. Many people continue to make improvements up to a year and sometimes longer!
@@VirtualHandCare Thanks for the reply! it was a distal fracture and I am struggling to loosen up movement in the thumb even after trying stretches. these stretches have helped improve movement though, it just isn't yet 100%
How long do it take for a hairline fracture in my left thumb to heal? It fracture from a fall at work on June 29 2021
I got my both hands fractured 8 weeks back (scapphoid). Right hand is still in cast but left's cast was removed after 4 weeks, then next 4 weeks I have had a splint. Now doctor says to move as much as i can my left hand but it hurts a lot. Can i regain my 100% movement flexibility? And thanks a lot for the video!
PurpleButcher the best and quickest results are usually found when you have a program tailored to you and you stick with it!
In a fight i broke my thumb a year ago and still hurts now what i should do doctor?
Thank you ! What should I do if it's totally stiff when trying to get these joint to go all way to their edge point ? I broke my MCP joint, I'm 5.5 weeks after it broke, and no surgery. Does it usually settle back to full movement if you excercise ?
Yes movement helps and seeing a hand therapist to show you the right exercises!
Hi dear pls help me 5 days ago I have my trigger thumb surgery now my thumbs could not bend inside from first joint without help . what to do now.pls reply
I think I broke my thumb near the joint of either my distal or proximal phalanges. How do I know if I should seek treatment? It hurts but I think I still have full mobility.
It is always good to get an x-ray if you think you broke it. That way you can get a splint if needed and heal properly.
Tq mam🙏
Girl I can’t move a thang ima keep working on this thumb lol I just fractured it 3 days ago
A thumb! My kingdom for a thumb!
Thank you very much. The numbness at the end, i noticed is right where i push on my wire strippers when stripping larger gauge wires. Am i damaging nerves with such a repetitive activity possibly?
natural tendencies it could be causing a neuritis which is inflammation of the small nerves in the tips of our fingers.
@@VirtualHandCare that makes sense :) ty!
i have a bump on the base of my thumb after my cast removal what do i do?
It's been a year since my thumb finger got minor fracture...but still it's paining and I'm unable to lift weights and also it's not bending... please help me
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I currently have two wires in my thumb from a fracture in the joint above that middle crease. My doctor wants me to do active movement, so that I don’t bend the wires, every hour. I’ve been working on this for about a week and a half now but haven’t noticed much of a change. What exercises can I do that don’t involve forcing it but do more than just a wiggle?
Hair4Thought since you have pins it is important to ask your doctor or see a therapist about this so they can watch you do the exercises. You do not want to move too much and potentially make your pins loose which would keep them from holding your fracture together. I offer consults at virtualhandcare.com
Can I ask, it's been over a year since I had surgery on my game keepers thumb I still suffer from stiffness and pain can these excersizes help?
It is definitely worth trying them to see if they will help!
@@VirtualHandCare Thank you so much, could you suggest how often a week I should be doing this routine?
What about pain in thumb years after fracture. When I try to get the pop sound it doesn't crick and it hurts.