Hand Therapist Nigel Chua 
Tennis elbow is tendon degeneration at the outer elbow, and most cases settle within 12 months. A 3 to 6 month graded loading program, not rest or injections, is what rebuilds the tendon and decides how fast you get there.
De Quervain’s tenosynovitis is thumb-side wrist pain from two tendons squeezed in their tunnel, worst when you lift thumbs-up. Splint early and change how you lift, and most settle in 4 to 6 weeks; injection and surgery are for the stubborn few.
A broken wrist is usually healed enough to come out of the cast at about 6 weeks, works for daily life by about 3 months, and takes 6 to 12 months for full strength. Here’s every week in between, cast or plate.
A scaphoid fracture is a break in the wrist bone at the base of the thumb, and up to 1 in 5 hide on the first X-ray. Most undisplaced breaks need 8 to 12+ weeks in a cast; a tender snuffbox after a fall means imaging, not waiting.
A true jammed finger stops hurting in 1 to 2 weeks and should move fully by 3 to 4, though the swelling can last months. Don’t pull it. Five self-check questions, which injury it really is, buddy taping, exercises and when to get an X-ray.
Night tingling in the thumb, index and middle fingers that shakes out is early carpal tunnel, and a neutral night splint helps most people within 2 to 6 weeks. Constant numbness and a flattening thumb mound mean the nerve is on a deadline.
Mallet finger is treated with a splint holding the fingertip straight 24/7 for 6 to 8 weeks, then at night for about 2 to 4 more. One bend restarts the clock. How to wear and change it, exercises, when surgery comes in, and what if it’s old.
Trigger finger is a tendon catching on a thickened pulley at the base of your finger. Caught at the click stage, most settle with a night splint and less gripping in 6 to 10 weeks; a finger that locks daily narrows the options toward injection or a short release surgery.