Patients with neck pain may present with muscle pain and pain in the wrist area. They may have difficulty with making a fist and picking the wrist up so that the front (palm aspect) of the wrist is toward the face. This may be related to pain, spasm or tightness of...
Patients with nerve related muscle pain leading to neck pain/discomfort often complain of pain in the region of the thumb. Thumb pain can be due to pain and spasm in muscles that perform movements of the thumb. If the thumb is held at right angles to the plane of the...
Patients with neck pain and discomfort may complain of pain in the thumb region with difficulties in moving the painful thumb muscles. Pain at the base of the thumb may be due to arthritis at the joint between the wrist bone and the knuckle bone known as the...
Patients with neck pain and discomfort may complain of pain in the thumb region with difficulties in moving the painful thumb muscles. Bending the tip of the thumb involves primarily the flexor pollicis longus muscle. The best way to test the action of this muscle is...
Patients with neck pain and discomfort may complain of pain in the thumb region with difficulties in moving the painful thumb in abduction. Pain at the base of the thumb can be felt in cases of pain and spasm in the muscles that arise or attach or cross over the...
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