I would be glad to know how surgery has treated Alan Campbell’s tendonitis, as I have been suffering this in my right thumb ever since rowing in the Jubilee Pageant, with no cure in sight. I understand that the painful condition is known as de Quervain’s sino-tendonitis, or at one time “washerwoman’s thumb”!
John
It may be interssection syndrome, this is much more likely in rowers than de Quervains. If rest does not help (the wrist splint should also have a thumb extension), then a guided steroid injection is the treatment. Go see an orthopaedic hand surgeon to get the right diagnosis, the two conditions are similar.
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wishing Alan a speedy recovery!
I would be glad to know how surgery has treated Alan Campbell’s tendonitis, as I have been suffering this in my right thumb ever since rowing in the Jubilee Pageant, with no cure in sight. I understand that the painful condition is known as de Quervain’s sino-tendonitis, or at one time “washerwoman’s thumb”!
John
It may be interssection syndrome, this is much more likely in rowers than de Quervains. If rest does not help (the wrist splint should also have a thumb extension), then a guided steroid injection is the treatment. Go see an orthopaedic hand surgeon to get the right diagnosis, the two conditions are similar.
John, Alan said he’d answer our readers’ questions via his twitter feed @tidewaysculler
so if you can, direct your query there. Come back to us if you’re not a Twitter user and we can do it for you.