I finally allowed my dr to take x-rays of my right hand, I've had terrible thumb pain these past few months. I thought, at first, that it was my body rebounding from being on a VERY strong prescription anti-inflammatory for osteoarthritis for the last 3+ years. I wanted to try something less...toxic. The experiment failed, nothing else worked. All that came out of it was lots of pain. So I finally allowed her to order a baseline set of x-rays (the medication was originally for my cervical spine after my mountain bike accident).

Apparently my hand osteoarthritis is only moderate, but there is severe loss of joint space in more than one joint in my thumb/wrist. I guess that is where the pain is from. Ironically, my left hand looks much worse than my right, and in some ways is less mobile - but it doesn't hurt very much.

I am curious if anyone here has dealt with this, and if you had success with any alternative approaches. I am going to see my ART guy next week, he is my chiro and has done wonders for my neck and t-spine. He isn't sure if he can help with this but wants to at least look it it - it really depends on where the pain is from. If it is more muscular then he can help - if it is more bone then he probably can't. Worth trying before I go see some stranger for hand therapy.

Thankfully it hasn't impacted my kettlebell lifting, gotta keep my priorities straight Typing, however, it does sometimes bother but so far not often, thankfully no signs of carpel tunnel.