Thumb arthritis

[Catrin]

Thanks Oakleaf, I will look into it. Only the snatch hurts my hand, and since that also hurts my shoulder when I do it for time, I only do short fitness sets rather than competition volume.

Apparently I've lost severe joint space in the 1st carpometacarpal, and narrowing/degenerative changes in other wrist joints. I think those the likely pain culprits. There are similar changes in many of my interphalangel joints but - outside of my thumb - those don't hurt. They just look painful. I will look into the glucosamine, I've been avoiding supplements outside of protein and BCAAs. My Dr has also suggested a couple others to support my blood glucose control. I've read that HRT can protect women from osteoarthritis, but i am not about to start that given my mom's cancer history.