What Is Texting Thumb and How to Treat This Condition

Using your mobile phone may not look like physical activity, but it can be more of an exercise than you think when it comes to the muscles in your hands and thumb.

We use our thumbs to texts and emails. We pinch out and pinch in our fingers to zoom in on the weird faces of our friends. But mostly, we swipe. Instagram post after post, tweet after tweet, Facebook photo after photo — it's simple to spend hours swiping thumb down the length of our phone's screens.

As a result, some of us experience pain in our thumbs, called texting thumb.

This is a medical condition that occurs with repetitive hand movements causing swelling in the thumb muscles. These swollen muscles then create friction against the narrow tunnel in which they sit, causing thumb pain. This swelling causes pain at the bottom of the thumb, which extends to the lower arm.

A repetitive stress injury, including texting thumb, can be treated conservatively by:

Limiting texting for a while

Using audio commands

Giving your thumb a rest

Taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Thumb brace

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