Pain at the base of the thumb

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Figure: Muscles front and back, OpenStax, Tomáš Kebert and umimeto.org, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does it feel like?

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See a GP or physio first if you have any of these
  • A snap, grinding or pop in the wrist
  • A wrist that looks pale or abnormal
  • Severe wrist pain
  • An injured part that has changed shape or sits at an odd angle
  • Numbness, tingling or pins and needles after an injury
  • Skin around the injury that looks blue or grey, or feels cold
  • A very high temperature, or feeling hot, cold or shivery
  • A lump that is very painful, hot or red
  • Stiff and hard to move after an injury
  • Pain not getting better after treating it yourself

General information, not a diagnosis. Not reviewed by a physiotherapist. The pages the text was checked against are listed under each cause.