Me a hard time
SORE: Applying cream treatments can help tackle hardened skin very helpful, so investigate Pilates classes (no, you are not too old) and ask your GP about physiotherapy.
I TRIPPEd up a couple of months ago and fell on my outstretched hands. An X-ray showed no broken bones but the pain at the base of my thumbs is still there and I am finding it difficult to use my hands for certain tasks such as wringing out a cloth.
The doctor says it is arthritis but I wonder if I have damaged my ligaments. If so is there any treatment?
aBY now, if you had damaged the ligaments in your wrist the pain should be improving. I fear you may have broken your scaphoid bones.
This is one of the eight small bones in the wrist that sits at the base of the thumb and can be fractured if you fall on an outstretched hand.
A fractured scaphoid does not often show up on a standard X-ray. Special scaphoid views are required. I suggest you go back to your GP and ask whether you should have these.
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