Hi,

I am based in Pretoria, South Africa.

I did have an EMG done and it showed up as normal.

The thumb itself is not painful, but when I touch the outer side, towards the base of it I get the pain in my upper arm (triceps) and shoulder. This is the right arm. I also get the pain from any movement of the arm or wrist with varying degrees of pain from acute to just an iritation. I also get tingling in the same section of the arm.

The tips of my index and middle fingers of my left hand are slightly numb and I have had numbness in the right thumb which disappeared after the physiotherapy.

Regarding the sport - I played competitive soccer until last year. I suppose heading a soccer ball for 30 years is probably not the best activity for the neck!