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Texting thumb is an injury caused by over use of the Smartphone.Texting thumb is an injury related to the tendons. The tendonin the thumb becomes inflated when it rubs repeatedly againstits surrounding tunnel. The inflammation causes the pain– several patients experience a clicking sensation duringbending movement of the thumb. In a few cases, the thumbpops suddenly during movement. If the patient feels the painlocalized towards the side of his/her wrist during the thumbmovement, it is called ‘de Quervain Tenosynovitis’. It is alsosimilar to Nintendo Thumb, Playstation Thumb and Gamer’sThumb (in case of gamers), etc…read more on NOPR