I do not know if this has been covered earlier... Every morning since 2 months when I wake up, I have difficulty closing my left hand fingers and feel a very slight pain especially in the fore and mid fingers. The pain will disappear completely after two repetitive slow closing movement and never reappear during the day or at night. I am 53 yrs old play to 8 hcp right handed and play three times a week. Any idea what could be the cause and further investigation?
Thanks for your dedication to all our ailments and getting us to enjoy better golf thru a fitter body.
Well, I don't know what happened to that post but I'll try again. Your hand problem could be neurological, coming from your cervical vertebrae, or it could be a short palmaris longus between your elbow and your hand or it could be short hand muscles. So . . . start with positive postural alignment, do some hand stretches with a ball and lets open up your wrist. Stand facing a blank wall. Turn 90 degrees so that you can place your hand flat on the wall just above head level. Your fingers must be completely stretched out. In short increments, holding for 20 seconds or more in each slide your hand down the wall. You will eventually be able to keep your hand flat to the hip area.
Good luck with this one and let me know how it's going. Vickie
Thanks Vickie for your reply. I can do the slide of the hand with fingers stretched up to the hip without any problem. As I said in my earlier post, I do not have any problem during the day and can play my usual game. I am just concerned that this could deteriorate later prohibiting me to play. I do hit 150 balls twice a week. Could this be the cause? In your first post you mentioned phalange health. Is the stretched fingers sliding an exercise to be done regularly? I do not feel any stretching difficulty while performing.
Be sure your wrist is completely bent and then in a negative position to feel any stretch. Also be sure you are standing straight as in the standard form position I have listed so often. If you are stooped then your arm will just function as well as it always compensates. Since you wake up with this it is probably neurological and you need to look closely at your cervical health. I don't want to be an alarmist but this is one of the first complaints I hear from people with carpal tunnel syndrome. If you don't address it , it will get worse even if you manifest unique symptoms. You know that Homer says you need to have intelligent hands and you have put me to task on this issue.I have had many clients in their ninties and have yet to see them have the strength or dexterity of their youth.In each of these cases we were dealing with some significantly rounded shoulders. There is truly little that can't be corrected by finding your most perfect alignment; hips, heart and hands. Vickie
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