Painful twitching in left thumb; possibly causes?

Question

There is a very painful twitch between the bone in my hand and the base of my thumb bone. The twitch is so strong it makes my entire thumb spasm. It's shoots back anf fourth and reminds me of the jerking movement of a second hand on a wall clock. It causes awful pain in my palm, around my thumb and into the center of my wrist. I don't remember injuring my hand or arm and would love ANY advice on what may be happening. Not sure if it's connected, but I have some pain in my left shoulder, but not nearly as bad as my thumb/wrist. Thanks for any help!!

Answer 1

Just a guess, but it might be carpal tunnel syndrome. See a neurologist.

Answer 2

The same muscles are involved as the example below with more in your arms. Note to get under your shoulder blade reach the hand of the shoulder you are trying to have someone work at to the oposite shoulder (it raises the shoulderblade)
Much pain is from muscles below is an example of what may help (based on headaches).
Begin with a couple swigs of molasses or a couple of bananas daily - magnesium (which regulates many things in the body) and potassium (a needed building block for muscles).
Drink at least 1/2 gallons of water per day. Running a body low on water is like running a car low on oil is the analogy the head of neurology at UCDavis told my husband about 10 years ago.

Now to the cause - muscles - your back, neck shoulders and head have tender spots. They are knots in the fibers of the muscles called trigger points. It makes the muscles tight which makes them press on nerves and other things causing the pain.

The cure - start with a professional massage, you will also want to go back over any place you can get to 6-12 times per session up to 6 times per day rubbing (or lightly scratching on your head) every where that is tender until the knots go away. The place where the skull connects to the spine press up under the edge of the skull (to get to those muscles).

For more information read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies. It teaches what to do and where the pain comes from.