Is acupuncture good for tendinitis of the thumb?

Acupuncture treatment can be used as an adjunctive treatment for tendinitis of the thumb and can provide some relief. Acupuncture is a therapeutic operation in Chinese medicine clinics, including both acupuncture and moxibustion. Through systematic acupuncture treatment for thumb tenosynovitis, it can relieve the symptoms of localized pain and pressure in the hand as well as impaired flexion and extension movements, and as an adjunctive treatment, it can achieve good therapeutic effects. The effect of using acupuncture alone to treat thumb tenosynovitis is limited. In western medical treatment, medication and surgery are usually used, such as injection of hydrocortisone acetate for local closure treatment and taking ibuprofen to relieve pain. After medication is ineffective, tenotomy tendon release surgery is usually used for treatment. Patients should combine their own conditions, under the guidance of the doctor to choose a suitable treatment program, the drug should be used under the guidance of the doctor. Note that acupuncture must be operated by a professional physician, and moxibustion can be performed under the guidance of a doctor.