Thumb sprains are common injuries where a ligament stretches or tears within your thumb joint. In severe thumb sprains, your ligament can be partially or completely torn, which often needs surgery. Treatment for thumb sprains often involves rest, using a splint and physical therapy.

A sprained thumb occurs when the ligaments that support the thumb are stretched beyond their limits. This commonly happens when a strong force bends the thumb backward, away from the palm of the hand. The most common way for this to occur is by falling onto an outstretched hand.

2017年8月29日 · A thumb sprain happens when you injure the tissues in your thumb that connect the bones in a joint. These tissues, known as ligaments, keep your bones in place when...

With a sprained thumb, the thumb or hand usually swells and may bruise. Pain might last for only a week or two. After that, the usual problem is function. You might have trouble writing, turning a doorknob, or holding a drinking glass. Sometimes this is felt as pain and sometimes weakness.

2024年9月30日 · A sprained thumb occurs when you injure the soft tissue or ligaments that connect your thumb to your hand. The most commonly injured ligament in the thumb is the ulnar collateral ligament...

2024年12月12日 · A sprained thumb involves damage of the connective tissues where ligament is stretched or torn. You’ll usually feel pain and stiffness at the base of your thumb and you may …

2024年5月13日 · A thumb sprain occurs when the thumb is bent backwards. Treatment involves rest, ice, compression, support taping and exercises.

2018年3月9日 · A sprain occurs when a ligament is stretched or torn. The most common thumb sprain involves a tear to the ulnar collateral ligament. Most sprains heal with home remedies and do not...

Thumb sprains are tears in the ligaments that attach the thumb to the hand. When the thumb is sprained, people have difficulty grasping objects between their thumb and index finger, and the thumb is painful and swollen.

2021年5月17日 · A thumb sprain is an injury to a ligament, which is a soft tissue that connects bones to each other at joints, as opposed to a thumb fracture (break) which is an injury to the bone. Many times, thumb sprains will result from sports injuries or falls. For example, skiing results in many thumb injuries, as does basketball.