How to Avoid Painful "Mommy Thumb"

klistor12 · August 2011

March Mamas: I now have 2 new mom friends with painful "Mommy Thumb" from picking up LOs, so I wanted to pass this info along so you can watch out for it. If your wrists start to hurt, take care! It can require surgery!

This is a great article that explains it:
https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703350104575653223648778294.html

And this video clip was very helpful to see a better way to lift them:
https://www.noelhenley.com/615/mommy-thumb/

(XP with March 2011 Bumpies FB page)

mrssburnison · August 2011

Thanks! Never heard of this, or even thought of it!!!!

CHS2005 · August 2011

AHHH - I had this with DS1 and went to the dr 3 times about before it was finally better. Get a thumb spica at the grocery store or a drug store. I had no idea there was a name for this!!