Pregnancy and your hand - De Quervain's Tendonitis - Action Rehab

Action Rehab provide assessment and rehabilitation for patients who sustain an injury or are living with an upper limb condition.
We are a team of Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists who specialise in the rehabilitation of the upper limb (hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder).
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De Quervain’s is a common injury that involves the tendons on the thumb side of the hand, especially during pregnancy and post-baby. It comes from too much lifting, and these two tendons that come down this side are the main cause of De Quervain’s. They become inflamed, and they need protection in order to make them improve. Traditionally, this condition is treated in what we call a long opponent splint. This keeps the wrist and the thumb in a protected position. But a lot of nursing mothers find it very difficult to stop the thumb from moving. In fact, the thumb in 60% of hand function, so it makes it very difficult to do your normal activities of daily living.
More often we’ll try and treat your condition using just a wrist splint. What this does is this keeps your thumb free and mobile, and it also allows you to support the wrist more. It means that you won’t take the splint off as often, and it still supports the two tendons that are injured in De Quervain’s. These two tendons are much more wrist muscles than thumb muscles, and often it’s in lifting the baby that