If you have hand tendonitis you know how painful this can be. Fortunately, there are treatment options to help you feel better. Below is information about two of these options, so you can get started with your healing.
Hand Therapist
A trained hand therapist can treat a variety of hand problems, including tendonitis. The therapist will help strengthen the tendons, ligaments, and muscles that are in your hand, as well as your wrist. This will allow you to have much less pain and your hand will function much better.
The hand therapist uses different treatments, such as exercises to strengthen your hand, and they will teach you how to stretch it. They may also use electrical stimulation. With this, a glove is placed on your hand that has electrodes attached to a machine. The therapist turns the machine on, and you will then feel electrical stimulation to the nerves in your hand. This is not painful. How long the therapist uses this will depend on how bad your tendonitis is. The therapist can also make custom splints and other support for your hand.
Nonsurgical Treatment
Immobilizing your wrist is an important part of treating hand tendonitis. This restricts movement so your ligaments and nerves will not become inflamed. The doctor can give you a brace to wear for this purpose. They will also likely have you use ice therapy to help relieve your pain and help with inflammation. You will be told how long you need to keep the ice on your hand and how many times a day you should do this.
You may also receive anti-inflammatory or nonsteroidal medications to help you with pain. This medication can also help with inflammation and swelling. If you are in a lot of pain the doctor may prescribe you a pain medication to take for a short time.
The doctor may give you a cortisone injection in the affected area. This can provide you with pain relief much longer than other treatments. The doctor will only give you one or two injections as too many of them may cause your tendon to weaken. Pain relief from one injection may last for many months.
If hand therapy and/or other nonsurgical treatment does not help you, they may suggest that you have tendonitis surgery. They can give you information on how this works so you will know what to expect if you choose this route.
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