To treat a minor sprain, your doctor will have you wear a thumb spica splint or a cast to keep your thumb from moving. After about six weeks, the splint or cast is removed.

The patient was immobilized in a thumb spica splint for 4 weeks. The K-wire was removed at 4 weeks postoperatively. Radiographs of the left hand at 5 weeks postoperatively demonstrated maintained ...

De Quervain is treated with anti-inflammatory medications and a thumb spica splint that immobilizes the thumb which can help with mild or early symptoms.