I often go to shake hands with people at business events only to have them recoil .. hopefully not because I'm scary or have some alien-style hands, but because I wear thermoplastic splints on both my thumbs to stop them dislocating!

Although I am quite open about my condition, I haven't really written about the help I have received in managing it, and how much this has affected my ability to run my own business.  Hopefully this post will help to raise awareness of the services that Access to Work provide, and maybe even inspire others with health problems to go for it!