Ooh, I had de Quervain's for years, though only in my right hand. I tried all the things like changing how I used my phone, how I picked up my babies, got an ergonomic mouse for work, I even tried giving up knitting for a few months, which was like tearing out a piece of my soul. I got a couple of steroid shots for it, but quickly reached the point of diminishing returns on those and wound up having to have surgery. And then the surgeon slipped up and severed one of the two tendons that run through that tendon sheath :P But he did an excellent job repairing it, and though the recovery period really sucked (mostly because I was taking care of a 3-year-old and a 5-month old baby), a year later my hand is fine again.
When I go on vacation and need to *really* escape from work, I delete the work email app from my phone. It may - or may not - be helpful to you to delete certain apps from your phone. Good luck!
Ooh, I had de Quervain's for years, though only in my right hand. I tried all the things like changing how I used my phone, how I picked up my babies, got an ergonomic mouse for work, I even tried giving up knitting for a few months, which was like tearing out a piece of my soul. I got a couple of steroid shots for it, but quickly reached the point of diminishing returns on those and wound up having to have surgery. And then the surgeon slipped up and severed one of the two tendons that run through that tendon sheath :P But he did an excellent job repairing it, and though the recovery period really sucked (mostly because I was taking care of a 3-year-old and a 5-month old baby), a year later my hand is fine again.
When I go on vacation and need to *really* escape from work, I delete the work email app from my phone. It may - or may not - be helpful to you to delete certain apps from your phone. Good luck!