Summer Time is Gardening Time

Summer is here and with it plenty of time outdoors in our gardens or allotments, digging and pruning or sprucing things up (when we're not relaxing and enjoying a drink that is).  With these repetitive activities it is possible to develop join pain in the thumb.

Earlier in the season i'd shared about working on my allotment and having an old injury flare up causing a painful left thumb.  Every time I gripped the spade handle or secateurs, the joint "gave way" and by the end of the day it was achey. 

Thankfully things are much better now having taken my own advice and I want to share this valuable information with you once again in case you missed it.


To give support and aid recovery I used some Kinesio tape strapping across the joint and exercised the thumb.  The strapping is placed along the tendons, allowing exercise and movement with support.  This helps the brain and joint to reconnect so movement is improved across the painful joint.


In the beginning, exercise with the strapping on so you know how it should "feel".  When not gardening, practice "release motion".

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"Gardener's Thumb" (overuse injury)

Being a keen allotmenteer and lover of the therapeutic effects of all aspects of "digging",  a recent spate of working on my allotment has caused an old injury to flare up causing a painful left thumb (there's a story for another blogpost in this).     Every time I grip the spade handle or secateurs, the joint "gives way" and by the end of the day is achey.






To give support and aid recovery I used some Kinesio tape strapping across the joint and exercised the thumb.  The strapping is placed along the tendons, allowing exercise and movement with support.  This helps the brain and joint to reconnect so movement is improved across the painful joint.







In the beginning, exercise with the strapping on so you know how it should "feel".  When not gardening, practice "release motion".

Enjoy National Gardening Week.

The Nod to the Neck

Let's have another look at our neck health by revisiting this fantastic exercise.

This is Pilates of the neck and will prevent you from getting forward head posture which prevents arthritis, disk damage and headaches.

A Nod to the Neck