What should I do if I can’t bend my thumb after the stitches are removed from my hand?



If the thumb cannot be bent after the stitches are removed from the hand, the recovery should be promoted through timely rehabilitation exercises; if it is caused by scar contracture or tendon rupture, it should also be treated through surgery.

Due to trauma or orthopedic surgery incision healing, the wound position of the suture will be removed; due to the brake for a period of time, the tissues around the wound will form adhesions, the early activities may have a certain degree of influence, then through the finger flexion and extension activities, rehabilitation exercises to gradually recover.

If it is due to the lack of local skin after the trauma, the scar contracture after the healing of the wound leads to the limitation of finger activities; or after the trauma leads to the rupture of the thumb flexor tendon, which affects the flexion activities of the finger; then we have to consider the second-stage surgery for repair.

Hand tiger’s mouth after removing the stitches of the thumb can not be bent, we must promptly go to the hospital for follow-up, under the guidance of the doctor to carry out the appropriate treatment, do not take care of their own, so as to avoid delays in the condition.