For the better part of this year – and I don’t mean better in a good sense – I’ve had strange issues with my hands. Well, technically it started last year when I hurt my right hand playing tennis. I think it may have been one particularly bad shot which jarred my hand and led to the injury. Thinking about it now though, a badly framed shot shouldn’t really injure a strong and healthy hand.

A month’s rest was required until it had healed but then, some time in January/February, again during tennis, the same pain reoccurred. This time it came on gradually throughout a game i.e. there was no particular shot that caused it. Within half an hour it had become really sore.

After that, I played a little, perhaps once a week for a few weeks or so but the pain wouldn’t subside. By this point, typing and using a mouse was starting to really tire my hand out and aggravate the injury. Now, was I imagining things or did I feel a sensation in the exact same place on my left hand? As this sensation grew stronger and started to become uncomfortable, it dawned on me that tennis may not have been the root cause of the problem.

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