22 years as a massage therapist, and my thumbs and wrist pain were limiting my ability to do my work. Now I know what this is called and can treat it effectively. Thank you!

I had this on my right hand for about 10 months last year and I kept going to the physical therapist. She kept telling me NOT to do technique 1 that you’ve shown... but after finding this video and 3 months wasting my time at the PT, I tried your techniques and my de quervain went away completely!! Thank you!!

Amazing, thank you so much for the video. I've been doing this for three days now and pain has reduced by 70%.

I had this injury due to over working at a job alot of repetitive gripping (Chef). The fastest recovery to this injury is not to use you hand AT ALL!!! Not even using cellphone or driving, etc.. Massage may help but you have to let your hand heal by not using it trust me! I had De Quervain's Tendinosis for 8 months and now the pain is completely gone.

I have had this condition for 15 years . I had the dequervain's release surgery early on. Still suffer from it, as I'm a pianist, but it's not nearly as severe as before. Ty for the video

I did that thumb test and the amount of pain I felt was horrible. Now I have definitive proof of what's going on thank you!

Appreciate the breakdown and how you demonstrated each technique. I wheel a chair for about 3-4 miles a day, and strained that tendon during a day with high winds and a tornado warning. I should have shortened my distance, and definitely regretted it afterwards.

I suffered for 3 months on both hands you are a god send after 3 days doing 3 times a day almost gone you saved my ass from hell your the man god bless you i was getting shots and totally pissed off to boot. Unreal relief

You saved me twice. First from AC joint pain, then from this De Quervain's Tenosynovitis. I find your suggestions unique from others and are always helpful. Thank you so much.

I've been trying to self-diagnose this problem in my wrist for a while, and I believe your video is what finally helped me gain an understanding of what I'm dealing with. The causes of this condition also applied to my habits on the phone. I did start using your techniques tonight, but the pain was too intense to do any of them for very long at all. I'll try again later because I believe this will work. Thanks for making this video.

I have this over 3 months now, went to urgent care, they did the Finkelstein test, & said I have this, & also took X-rays of hand & wrist,nothing broke, just when I think I'm feeling better, it acts up again, I've been icing it, but never really do the exercises for it, cause it hurts, I will now try what I've just seen on ur video, hope it works, I feel sorry for anyone having it, for it is painful, other option is take the shots, I'm deadly afraid of needles, plus I read on Utube shots don't always work, when I do the ice packs, it helps a lot, thanx for ur video👍👍

i am so glad i found you video. I work with computers a lot and like to go mountain biking and my thumb both on palm side and back side have been flaring up after. this exercise helped me soothe the pain literally after one try. thank you so much!

I asked the guy to stop hitting me in the head with a hammer, but my thumb still hurts.

I slept holding my phone last night and woke up this morning to a painful wrist thumb situation, I did all tgw exercise before work and it really works!! Thank you so much ❤

I’m a new mom (it’s been 4 months) & have this in both wrists. Since not picking up my child isn’t an option, I researched braces to help. So far I have two braces that stabilize my thumbs. I wear them overnight & that helps a lot. I’ll definitely add these to my tricks for getting back to normal.

I have been suffering albeit mildly with discomfort and my friend who has had it called it tendinitis. My very first search yielded this video major luck in my opinion because I have tried the three techniques and I notice it is helping almost immediately. I am subscribed and I will be watching lots more of your videos because they are very clear concise and to the point. Many thanks JS

Happen to me 2 weeks ago. I stop any heavy activity by right hand. Thank u so much for this video.

Thanks a lot! Your video helped me a lot in my recovery. Here is a little tip; if you are using a wrist brace and your arm kinda smells bad, you can do the second move while washing your hand! This way, you can get rid of smell while doing your exercise. And also, the soap functions as a lub, so it becomes easier to rub your wrist.

Thanks for this video. It has been almost a month since I experienced De Quervain Tenosynovitis. And since there's lockdown in my city, I have no way to go to the hospital and have it checked.i started this exercise yesterday and it helped me relieve the pain. Especially in the morning when I wake up it's really painful, tolerable though.

Great technique. Apparently there's more of us in pain. Searched with no expectations of really finding something that could solve my pain. But what do you know, nowadays, this is more common than I thought. Good exercises. Thank you for your time :)

Great video. This can be a problem for musicians playing Woodwind (Clarinet & Oboe) where the weight of instrument is on the R-thumb. Thank you for showing us how to deal with it. Your work helps a lot of people.

Wow, thank you!!! immediate relief from these three exercises. I have had pain in both wrists (the left one for almost a year now, and then the right for the past three months) and have been searching (1) for diagnosis and (2) for treatments. Your video really helps! I just subscribed to your channel. Thank you again!!

Best video I've seen on this condition ever! And believe me I have been looking around a lot. I've had this condition for a long time and I also don't use my thumbs when I text, I swipe or use voice dictation. It's not from mousing because I'm left-handed and this pain is in my right thumb / wrist. I went through the whole cortisone shot thing as well as I have a brace that I wear often. However I still have the pain and I believe I got it many years ago from an injury to that wrist. Just watching your three techniques and testing them, my wrist and thumb feel better already. I will continue to do the three techniques everyday if I can but certainly often enough that I'm sure I will feel much relief. Thank you, thank you, thank you. 💜💜💜👍✌

Hi, I actually got diagnosed with De Quervain's Tenosynovitis and Carpal Tunnel today, and I'll be trying your excercises every day to relieve pain. I will be getting a wrist brace soon to help. After 4 weeks I will be updating on my condition. Thanks for the video!

Thank you so much you just helped me diagnose some surprise pain I'm getting after some pretty extensive working out for the last 6 month I thought I broke something but this is definitely a positive result based on your directions now I don't have to pay for a Doctor.

I've been a chef for 13 years, I am definitely starting to notice more pains in my body. This has been giving me tons of trouble, can't wait to try out these techniques

Great advice and demonstration. Been battling this "mommy thumb" for almost 2 months ... Hoping these exercises will help move things along quicker ☝

Thanks a bunch. I'm 80, left handed and I believed it was from overuse but thought I was stuck with it. Love this video. Your exercises are easy and can easily do watching TV.

Thank you so much! My injury is from knitting too much.. just shows that it can come from many sources. Your exercises have helped significantly!

Thank you for this video it completely took the pain off my wrist after 3 days of doing the exercises!!

Thank you for sharing. Suffering for 3 weeks at the thumb wrist area. Your massage technique was amazing, 50% better by the next day.

I’m already at my max shots and am waiting for my new insurance to kick in so that I can schedule my surgery. I came across your video and did these exercises and I can’t believe how much better it already feels !!! Thank you so much!!!

Glad I found this video. I play video games, piano, and am in the gym so this has prevented me from being able to do a lot of things. Will try these tips ❤

Dudeeeeee i CANT FUCKING THANK U ENOUGH like i had a car accident two weeks ago and fucked up my wrist really bad and doctors just told me some dumb shit and gave me some pills but didn’t work really well a min ago i finished icing my wrist like i do everyday and then saw this vid did the first two steps and THENN the last one i did was fucking magical i did it twice and the third time my wrist popped like a pop I’ve been waiting on my whole life n then guess what i do not feel anything like really this was life changing i really appreciate u being on this earth u have no idea Ericcc i love u

Simply brilliant. Any time I see instruction on breaking up adhesions, I immediately start taking notes.

Thank you very much for this video and article. It really helped!

I ended up getting this due to the way I was holding my infant/baby. It was so bad that at night it felt let there was joint movement, which I’ve now learned was an j glammed tendon moving. These exercises work wonders when you commit. Ty!

The last technique is so great. 😊 thank you

Thank you! I developed this working on recipes for yeasted low carb breads (repetitive motion of kneading). I have a splint which helps but just found this video. The active release down the length of the tendon feels really good. I will do all of them, thank you!

This is totally my issue. You are right on the money. I have looked it up and it seems that there's really nothing to do but wrap, don't use, cold compress, and nsaids. I've done all these things for around 6 or so weeks. Then I'll move it the wrong way and it makes me screech. It feels like it tears up any positive progress. I will do these techniques and let you know how it goes. You may not even be around anymore. This video was 5 years ago. But thanking you from the future lol

I hurt my wrist while playing basketball, must have done some weird motion idk. But I did this and immediately felt better, I’ll try these throughout the week thank you!😁

I still don't know how it happened (not a texter), but my wrist and thumb hurt started to hurt constantly a few weeks ago. I was going to the Dr anyway, so I informed him about it. When he examined my wrist, he came dead center on the spot that hurt the most. I almost came off the exam table. He said it was tendonitis and lined me up with a wrist brace which I've been using off and on. The problem is after a short amount of time, my wrist gets sweaty and the brace becomes uncomfortable. He also told me to put my wrist in warm water and to open and close my hand for 5-7 minutes 3 times a day. I'm going to do what my Dr. told me, along with the exercises I saw on here. I want to heal this ASAP! When I move my thumb in the wrong direction, it's almost scream time.

Honestly saved my life bro

so, moral of the story: avoid getting hit in the head with a hammer first and my wrist will be ok. solid.

Tried this and the relief was immediate! Thank you!!

Wow thank you so much my pain just disappeared straight away after following your technique Never thought my pain will go away It works …

So simple, yet so effective. Many thanks!

Juuuuust mentioned this to my chiropractor as I have these pains in thumbs and wrist. And I even did nerve testing, and I did the first test on both. OW.

Cheers from your local gamer/bassist/texter I'm using voice to text to say hi to y'all right now so good luck out there

It's start working after 10's. Today is special day. Merry Christmas and I wish all the best. Thank you.

Thanks you 😊 great job with you today 😘👍👍👍👍👍👍

3 DOCTORS. NO ONE SAID ANY THING ABOUT THIS ,I TOLD THEM I THOUGHT MOST OF IT WAS BECAUSE OF YEARS OF MOUSE USE AND TV REMOTE .I`M GOING TO SHOW THIS TO DOCTORS ,THANK GOD !

Watched other videos, the techniques in this one is by far the most effective. Had pain for the last few years and this helped. Thank you!

Instantly feeling some relief. I’ve been ignoring this annoying ache all weekend. It was getting a little unbearable

Thank you for your time and effort, I enjoyed your video immediately tried your stretches and release exercise. Caused some pain but helped... Thanks

Thank you for the advices ❤

"I have gotten a lot of relief from doing those exercises. I'm really grateful to you."

4 months of pain. This helped Thank you.

Thank you, now I know. Had this years ago from mouse and switched hands but came back with texting.

Broke my wrist then had both my middle trigger fingers "fixed." Now Im working to get my thumb and wrist to move together again. My thumb extension definitely needs something.

I have this for 3weeks now it started when I had a long drive. Its so painful it didn't get better. Thanks for this video hope it helps.

THANK YOU SO MUCH . FROM THAILAND 🇹🇭

The last one felt amazing!

Thanks for covering so many injuries! This Tenosynovitis can also occur while practicing BJJ.

Me with both hands having this, ooooof alot of work. But again thank you for the info.

The massage across technique worked instantly for me

thanks for the tips, my wrist hurts since 2 weeks, i was climbing and went a bit to far, next day i felt pain. when i put my thumb in my hand and moved it forward i had such a huge pain shock true my underarm and hand. the thing is, i can use my hand easily, but just some movements hurt as hell, like what you said with the hand currled up sleeping i do that and wake up in immense pain because of it. ill try these things. hopefully i can climb soon. thank you !

Thank you. Your instructions are excellent.

Hopefully this helps me. I tried the first technique and it was extremely painful, so I’ll stick to the other two for a week. Hopefully it improves

thanks God i found this video. i am struggling with this pain for almost a month 😭😭

Think I have tenosynovitis for past few weeks. Been going to doctor for arthritis after x-rays in other wrist. Last appointment was a month ago, next appointment is August 8. I plan to tell him of this new pain and hope i can get a injection which won't affect my job. Searched the internet if their were issues with wrist and texting (using the internet) on a phone. Sure enough, it was my issue. I immediately stopped using my phone, unless for work to look up items for customers. I use my index finger instead of my thumb.

Having a great pain for the past few weeks..as i lay on the bed and use my mobile and text which has created this pain. Already have a neck pain.. Hope this video helps

Thank you for these tips. My Dr. gave me a cortisone shot but will do these to make sure it doesn’t come back.

Amazing.... Thanks for sharing some important technics. You're do help us eased the pain after watching your videos..it Help us a lot. 😍👏👍

Not just texting..I play fingerpicking guitar and I have this problem. Nice video! Simple and effective exercises demonstrated well!

hi dear Doctor,i hope you will be fine there.Firstly i would to inform you that my english is terrible.i have been suffering de quervain's for two months. i took many madicines but pain still same. Actually when i try to move my thumb especially towards wrist ahhhhh i feel severe pain and a painfull crack in the thenar snuffbox and i lost my life that time. and now i just watch this video and i find a hope that it will recover by the help of your video..is this video will helpfull for me? would you please help me and advice me what should i do? thanks

I fell backwards on my wrist but these worked. Thank you!!!!

It's interesting as I for sure developed this between my job and my texting and Twitter habits. I had it mostly gone but then I was stretching out my hips and put a lot of weight on the area over about a minute, and it all came back. Basically, I had my thumb stretched out, wrist in mild radial deviation, weight on my thenar eminence. I hypothesize that with the tendons of the thumb flexed, the wrist deviated, it closed the compartment in that area, flared the whole thing up. Last time, it took about 3 weeks for it to go away to the point that I wasn't thinking about it. I will have to do less phone activity, stretch, and use machines and not freeweights for a while.

Thanks a lot for your tips, haven't seen properly the last tehnique.

I suffering with this for almost 4 months with a trigger finger in my left hand :( Btw Thank you so much sir! I will try these ;)

pretty much sorted it after 1 go at it thanks

Thank you for the video! As soon as I did the stretch with my fingers wrapped over my thumb and bending the wrist, i felt the stiffness/discomfort immediately - will begin doing these stretches immediately and see how it helps! Thank you!

I used an ergonomic mouse for about 2 months. It had a ball where the thumb rests and that was used to move the cursor around. The bad part was that sometimes it would stick so I would spin the ball as fast as possible to get it unstuck with my thumb. BAD idea because that caused my pain. Thanks for the tips, I will definitely be trying these.

Massaging on the tension sheath and tendons always gives me bruising and sharp pains for about a week afterwards. Any thoughts on that? This seems to happen even with not that much pressure. I've been fighting DeQuervains for 15 months now.

just started your techniques on medium strain on left thumb...will drop a note on site for progress after two wks...thanks for your help

Thank you, sir! I have this condition for about 2 months now in my left wrist. I visited orthopaedic and they diagnosed me with tendinosis. Prescribed me non steroid anti-inflammatory pills(Arcoxia) and wearing a splint for 2 weeks. It did not change anything at all. Still had the clicking in my thumb's base and the stiffness in the nights. I think wearing the splint even worsen the pain and the clicking so I stopped wearing it. Started taking diclofenac (150mg/day) and at least the annoying clicking stopped the next day, but the pain still there although it is on and off. I am about to stop taking diclofenac now as I am on it for 10 days. I was considering taking a shot of corticosteroid lately, but tried these exercises now and I feeled pain and stiffness relief immediately. Looking forward to this, I will keep doing them as recommended 3 times daily applying some massage ointment and I hope this will put the end of this awful condition.

Thank you we need more people like you

Thank you for this fabulous video! I so needed it...

Very Helpful. Thank you!

I got it from playing too much Smash, with Sephiroth coming out, so this helps a lot. (Though be careful with the pulling down of the thumb, doing it too hard can actually snap the tendon.)

Thank you. I hope these exercises will help me. I have pain at my left hand, and this is a big problem for me, because I am lefty

many thanks for video... you are so giving.

I’ve been having this pain for 6 months now started when I was pregnant they said being pregnant can cause for it to inflame it really hurts and I’m a month pp and see no improvement I hope this helps because all these comments are scaring me :( nothing showed on X-ray and now I’m afraid nothing will show on mri so they probably won’t do anything to help

My right thumb started to hurt from typing too much. And then now I started to cycle often and so both my thumbs are now painful.. I always applied muscle cream, but they don’t really help.. The first technique provided some relief first time I tried it. Hopefully I can continue to do these exercises everyday. Thank you!

I kept injuring my thumb tendon from constantly vacuuming. I have pain constantly so hopefully this will help me. Going on 3 years. Can’t do my push-ups with out lots of pain so often I have to use my fist. Thank you.

Omg ima rock climber and have had this pain for a month now and this exercise just relieved my pain immediately!

Thank you sir. I am 16yo i had surgery 2 years ago. I feel this pain since 1 year and i was kindda depressed i thought it could be cancer or something else but when i do it only for 3 minutes i felt relife .thanks sir Sorry broken English

Thank you, not even my orthopedic doc did Not give me these excersizes and I seem to have extreme pain all the time. He put me in a removable cast but i still hurt after wearing for days.. probably bc I do a lot of construction work and haven't stopped. Now my other thumb that isnt injured is starting it.Your excersizes..They help! I have what we call here in mountain country, "Skiers thumb"...a 35 yr old injury that has come back around to haunt me...although, probably at 72 I should slow down and just do your exercises bc they really are helping, so thank you!

Hey, your advice works. Thanks a lot! :)

I’m having this issue with my left thumb and I believe it’s from washing dishes, specifically a certain heavy frying pan I use to cook beef Pattie’s during the weekend for burger night. I’m gonna use your PT techniques and switch my technique up when washing dishes. Thanks 😊 anyone who can relate don’t hesitate to comment back !