Quote Originally Posted by Catrin View Post
CMC joints? Will look that up and see where those are

Spokewrench, while sometimes I do have pain there, a pinching action doesn't bother me. Really, 99% of it is right in the middle of my palms, just last week it was really bad...but THIS week there isn't a bit of pain at all, for which I am thankful. My fingers are always a bit cranky, but am so used to that I am hardly aware of it... Of course it doesn't mean the pain isn't referred to my palms from elsewhere.

I am considering asking my doctor about it the next time, I need to see him about my dog bite anyway which still isn't quite healed... I just hate to say something and get a bunch of co-pays for tests to only find out that I need to take ibuprofen for it...
Catrin, your problem may be totally different than mine, but since I've had CMC joint issues for a long, long time, I'll give you some advice on arthritis in your hands and riding mountain bikes, etc. I road and raced mountain bikes and road bikes and I know you have started riding mountain bikes. The abuse your hands take on a mountain bike is actually quite a lot. I'm not telling you to quit, because I never quit doing stuff i like to do; but you might try (even if it sounds a bit counterintuitive), wearing just a neoprene wrist band for support. I found that early in my development of cmc joint pain and arthritis that this actually helped me keep from hurting so much. If you do have cmc pain and joint arthritis, there are splints just for that as well; they are just neoprene soft supports. I'm actually wearing one right now on my right hand. (That's my worst hand because I'm right handed.) I have it in my other one too!

Wrist supports, etc. are really cheap ways to help you mitigate the pain; so maybe it would be worth a try. If it does not work, you are not out much.