I fell on my hand last february, and was diagnosed with scaphoid bone bruise. x-ray was inconclusive. i had hand therapy and improved somewhat, but am having worsening pain at the base of my thumb on the palmar side (not the snuff box). it is a deep ache,

Repeat x-ray: I would recommend reevaluation with another x-ray -- this late type of pain after a remote injury can indicate damage to articular cartilage in the wrist in a number of different areas like the articulation between the the thumb metacarpal bone and another wrist bone called the trapezium -- repeat evaluation by an orthopedist specializing in hand is indicated