Pain in the thumb from texting is on the rise. 

It has been called “Blackberry thumb”.

But now with everybody and their grandmother test messaging, it is something you should be concerned about. 

It can be quite painful.

It is totally preventable.

And you can do something about it to get rid of it. 

Some people feel like the base of their thumb is swollen or bruised and the pain travels up their forearm.

It’s not just caused by text messaging.  People who use pliers or scissors or pruning shears or do massage or scoop ice cream or do anything that requires a lot of squeezing with the thumb are also vulnerable..

Watch my video to see what you can do about thumb pain from text messaging or playing hand held video games or any of the above.

Hope you find it helpful.
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Hilma

There are sever causes of pain in the thumb.  The particular pain in this video is caused by repetitive bending of the elbow.

Some activities that create the problem are window washing, house painting, drumming, violin playing, hammering, some cleaning activities, some assembly line work.

This is referred pain.  If you have pain when you push on the thumb, particularly the thick muscle at the base of the thumb, that is a different kind of problem and is caused by gripping.