It's all in the wrist.
I'm a dentist. I used to play MMORPGs so I was using the mouse a lot. Plus, obviously, I blog, so I'm always on the computer. Who knew it would take pregnancy and carrying my baby for me to have almost-severe wrist pain?! You see, the thumb part of my wrist has been hurting like hell for more than a month already. It's so bad, I couldn't carry my little Munchlax during his baptism, afraid I'd drop him. The orthopedic surgeon I eventually consulted diagnosed me with, and this is going to be quite a mouthful, DE QUERVAIN'S TENOSYNOVITIS. I'm just going to copy-paste the definition from the Mayo Clinic site: De Quervain's tenosynovitis (duh-kare-VAHS ten-oh-sine-oh-VIE-tis) is a painful inflammation of the tendons on the thumb side of your wrist. If you have de Quervain's tenosynovitis, you're likely to feel discomfort every time you turn your wrist, grasp anything or make a fist. Although the cause of de Quervain's tenosynovitis isn't kno...