Pain on the thumb side of the wrist that flares when you grip, twist or lift — often seen with new parents and repetitive hand work.
Hand, Wrist & Fingers
You will usually feel this in the wrist, palm, or fingers — sometimes as pain, sometimes as tingling or numbness that wakes you at night. Gripping, twisting jars or doorknobs, typing, or driving for a while tend to set it off. Many people notice they are dropping things or losing fine grip strength.
Wherever possible, we start with the least invasive option that has good evidence — and we use live image guidance (ultrasound or fluoroscopy) for any injection so the medication goes exactly where it needs to. Many of the procedures we offer for this condition are OHIP-covered when ordered for an appropriate clinical reason; we will be straight with you about what is and what is not before you book.
These are the procedures we most commonly use for the hand, wrist & fingers area. The right one depends on your imaging, history, and what has helped before.
A regenerative injection using concentrated cells and growth factors drawn from your own bone marrow. We typically consider this for advanced joint arthritis or stubborn tendon and cartilage problems when other treatments have not held.
A steroid injection placed directly into a joint to settle arthritis pain or inflammation. Works for shoulders, knees, hips, elbows, wrists, ankles, and the smaller joints of the fingers and toes.
A regenerative injection using a processed form of your own platelets in which the healing growth factors are released up front. We typically consider this for nerve-related and tendon pain where a gentler regenerative option is preferred.
A regenerative injection that uses the healing factors from your own blood to settle hand and wrist pain — typically offered for thumb-base arthritis or chronic wrist tendon pain when other injections have lost their effect.
If De Quervain’s tenosynovitis has been getting in the way for more than a few weeks, ask your family doctor for a referral. We will take it from there.
