I don't have any real suggestion for grips, but wanted to tell you I had DeQuarvains several years ago in my right thumb. Damn painful. Did they do that test where you hold your thumb in your fist, then tilt it down? By the time I got to my orthopedic surgeon, he asked me to do that and I told him no. He cracked up and asked me to do it just a little bit so he could judge the severity.

I initially had a cortisone shot which did provide relief for several months. But ultimately when it started to come back, we went with surgery. It was pretty simple outpatient surgery and I was writing some with that hand in a weeks time.

HTH,
Susan