Patrick Mahomes’ wife Brittany opens up about year-long wrist struggle

How Patrick Mahomes wife Brittany Mahomes’ year-long wrist struggle shows the strength and resilience every mom can relate to(Image via Brittany Mahomes/Instagram)

Patrick Mahomes' lady love Brittany Mahomes spent almost a year hoping her wrist pain would settle down. Instead, it kept getting worse. On May 5, 2026, she told her Instagram followers that she had finally gone to a doctor and learned she had De Quervain’s tenosynovitis, often called “mother’s wrist.

” She also showed fans the brace she now wears for the problem. For Brittany, the latest health scare comes after another painful recovery linked to motherhood.The update feels familiar for many mothers. Brittany has three young children with Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes, Sterling, Bronze and Golden. She also has a busy life that includes fitness and her work as a Kansas City Current co-owner. Yet her latest post showed something many moms understand well: sometimes you keep going while quietly dealing with pain.

Why Brittany Mahomes finally sought help after her wrist pain got “pretty bad”

Brittany Mahomes first shared the update on May 5 after completing a workout. Her routine included squats, hip thrusts and hamstring curls. She then revealed that she had finally decided to see a doctor about her wrist.She shared a screenshot explaining her diagnosis and wrote, “Been battling it for probably around a year now thinking it will just get better, well it never did and started to get pretty bad.”

Brittany Mahomes shared those words on her Instagram Story on May 5 while revealing her De Quervain’s tenosynovitis diagnosis.

She then posted a video showing her arm in an Exos wrist brace and joked, “I get to wear this cool thing.”De Quervain’s tenosynovitis causes pain around the tendons on the thumb side of the wrist. Mayo Clinic notes that gripping, making a fist or turning the wrist can cause pain. Repetitive movements can also aggravate the condition.That is where the “mother’s wrist” label hits differently. Brittany has not said that caring for her children caused her injury, so it would be wrong to make that connection.

However, the condition often affects mothers because lifting and holding babies can put repeated strain on the wrist.And Brittany has been living that demanding phase of motherhood. Golden turned one on January 12, 2026, while Sterling is 5 and Bronze is 3.Still, Brittany Mahomes did not completely step away from her routine after getting the diagnosis. In the next Instagram Story, she went back to her workout.That decision says plenty about her mindset. But this time, she also listened to her body and got the problem checked.

Brittany Mahomes has already faced a painful motherhood recovery

The wrist problem is not Brittany Mahomes' first major physical struggle after becoming a mother.Bacl in March 2024, when she had two children, Brittany revealed that she had suffered a fractured back and linked the issue to problems with her pelvic floor. She urged other women to take their pelvic floor health seriously after having children.“Once you have kids please take care of your pelvic floor. Seriously,” Brittany wrote on Instagram Stories on March 6, 2024, adding that she was “a girl with a fractured back.”Her recovery took time. By May 2024, Brittany Mahomes told E! News that she was doing well and thought she had recovered. She also explained that staying active and healthy mattered to her because of her children and dogs.Then came another encouraging milestone. On January 5, 2026, Brittany Mahomes shared a video of herself performing a barbell back squat. Her fitness trainer Kirsty Rae said Brittany had gone from severe pain and limited movement during rehabilitation to getting stronger each week.

Brittany had reached that point while approaching one year postpartum with Golden.Now the wrist injury has added another challenge. Yet there is something important in Brittany’s latest update. She did not pretend the pain was nothing. After nearly a year of waiting, she finally sought medical attention.For other moms, that may be the most relatable part of her story. Strength does not always mean pushing through everything. Sometimes, it means recognising that something is wrong, asking for help and giving your body the care it needs.