Question: I have a question regarding some inflammation in my thumb. About two weeks ago I was exercising using barbells, kettle bells and rowing which I believe resulted in some inflammation in my thumb. I then started having some wrist pain and redness in the area so I went to an urgent care clinic and ER where they gave me IV antibiotics and took x-rays. The redness went away within a day so I was told this is not an infection. Several days later, I followed up with a hand specialist who also reviewed the x-rays and suggested to me that this is not an infection but rather calcium deposits in the tendon which is causing the inflammation. I do not have pain in my thumb but have resumed exercise which involves a lot of gripping of barbells and I think this may be what has caused me to strain my wrist due to changing how I grip because of my thumb. My concern however is that although my thumb does not give me pain, it is still inflamed which restricts my range of motion I just want to understand whether it’s normal to take this long for this to heal. I would also welcome any recommendation to expedite the healing process on this.

Thank you for your insight. Unfortunately I do not have the x-ray pictures however I have attached images of the hand from 2 weeks ago and today.