Would you be so kind as to put up a demonstration of the TOS exercises that you were alluding to?

yes

Thanks for uploading all of these remarkable workout tutorials.

Thank you for your videos..It has helped a lot

I was so glad to see your video on trigger thumb! I have started doing your exercises, and it's giving me hope! Thanks!

After using the glove for about nine months now I've noticed that there is allot more strength in my fingers. I can start to cross the fingers over each other where I wasn't able to before. The clawing in my ring finger is gone and I can resist against the movement of pushing my pinky finger in toward my ring finger. I still only have half the range of movement of my index finger toward the thumb and the ring finger toward the pinky. I am hoping that will increase as the nerve heals and reconnects with the intrinsic hand muscles. There is still a bit of knuckle clawing when closing all my fingers together but being able to hold change without it slipping through gaps in my fingers is a great improvement!

I got surgery for de Quervain 6 months ago. It was likely due to workouts. The main symptoms disappeared (I can now abduct and extend the thumb without any pain) but I still have sore tendons in the area (specially with the finklestein kind of movements). My surgeon can't really explain why it's still painful (she hypothesized rheumatism), but I'm pretty sure it would be pretty dangerous to hit the gym right now, and I would really like to get back in actionafter 8 months. 2 questions: Could FLEXTEND help me with this problem? Is there a shop where I could find it in Los Angeles (I'm from abroad I will be in LA only for one week,I can't order it)

AgileJazz,

I received your message and appreciate you contacting me. Many musicians use Flextend not only for rehabilitation, but for performance enhancement. Pianists and guitarists increase their dexterity, coordination and control extensively after using it for 6-8 weeks.

The problem with the thumbs is more than likely a laxity in the joint due to its being tighter and stronger on one side of the joint. For guitarists, this is usually the "inside potion of the thumb joint due to the way guitarists hold the neck and pick. Because one side is shorter and stronger and the other side is weaker, it causes a lopsided laxity in the joint, resulting in them popping and cracking. So what you need to do is "tighten-up" the weak areas surrounding this joint to eliminate thelaxity.

My suggestion would be to get Flextend and follow more of the DeQuervains program as it specifically addresses the thumb joint in its entirety which is critical for guitarists and drummers.

URehab, Thanks for posting all this great content. My left and right thumb joints, nearest to the nail, pop a lot. It does not hurt. It started after spraining both thumbs working out a two years ago and never went away. Any idea what is going on? Is this the beginning of trigger thumb? Will your related thumb exercises help? I am a musician and it is making me crazy!

Hi. First off, I want to say thank you for this channel. I found your video on ulnar nerve entrapment helpful within days of doing the stretches.

I'm hoping you may be able to provide some insight on another problem. I have been experiencing pain in my lower left bicep for about a year now. It seems to be directly in between where tennis elbow and golfer's elbow typically appear. When doing curls, I notice the pain in the crook between my forearm and bicep. the pain usually occurs when the elbow extends lower than 90 degree, only when weighted. The pain typically starts on the inner portion, and then as my elbow extends further it seems to move more towards the mid-outer portion of my arm. I suspect the problem is a result of both lifting weights and manual labor.

Is there a name for this condition? If so, do you have a video on it and what steps can be taken to correct it?