De Quervains tenosynovitis

[Rye Miles #13621]

So this is what I have. It comes from repetitive motion. Tuning pianos !! My right hand is hurting. Doc said try this brace and ice and layoff what I’m doing for a couple weeks. Time to retire 100% I say! I’m semi retired, I do maybe one piano a day. 

 

Edited March 20 by Rye Miles #13621

[Dantankerous]

I played lead trumpet for too many years.  My condition was called hernia. I knew what I had before the doc told me though.

 

Them musical instruments are dangerous to one's health.

 

Eveyone I know who is retired highly recommends it, fwiw.

Edited March 20 by Dantankerous

[Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381]

You may need injections of corticosteroid medications into the tendon covering to reduce swelling. If treatment begins within the first six months of symptoms, most people recover completely after receiving corticosteroid injections, often after just one injection. Pay the lady.

[Pulp, SASS#28319]

You can barely make out the scar from a surgery to correct DeQuervain’s.  Done in 1978, went fishing that afternoon.

Edited March 20 by Pulp, SASS#28319

[Rye Miles #13621]

28 minutes ago, Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 said:

You may need injections of corticosteroid medications into the tendon covering to reduce swelling. If treatment begins within the first six months of symptoms, most people recover completely after receiving corticosteroid injections, often after just one injection. Pay the lady.

Thanks Doc, check is in the mail!