my physio thought i had a ganglion cyst and xray didn't show any arthritis. He did wax of my hand, ultrasound, stretches and I wore a thumb brace but it didn't help. but he referred me to surgeon who said it was trigger thumb. it was a painful bump but it wouldn't catch at all. I play guitar a lot with chording - it's not a thumb movement but more a long term gripping motion.
I had trigger finger for around almost 2 years, never saw a doctor, never did anything about it, it came overnight and also disappeared over night all on its own. It was difficult to work and tie my shoe laces while I had it. Now gone and it never came back again. That is my story !
Damn that’s a long time! I have had trigger thumb for almost a month and will see a PA this week. I don’t have much pain associated with it though so I’m surprised it hasn’t healed by now.
I have trigger thumb wearin a splint and exercising thumb came overnight weeks after falling on my hand from jogging fall I think it's improving itself the clicking is very scary at first I thought my thumb be broke very very frightening now ordered plastic thumb splint I agree stopping the bending aids recovery any clicking sets it back inflammation hopefully the tendons not fully torn by the accident n will repair, with rest at the same time fascitis plantar on right foot (arch).elbow burning weak muscle pain rotator cuff injury both shoulders I think I'm worn out and just need to rest 😢
I have got trigger finger in my left hand, i believe it appeared after consuming some kind medicine of hypertention. It was so pain. Fortunately after a year somehow it has gone without any treatment.
I had a very painful trigger finger on my middle finger, I went to a local clinic, the Doctor gave one shot of steroid injection 💉, after a week the pain was still there, I went over to the Clinic again, and the Doctor 😷 gave another steroid injection 💉...i forced my hand to force and push a cabinet 🗄, I felt something cracked inside my hand 🖐️....I went and checked with a specialist Doctor, he said my tendon on the middle finger is cracked due to the frequent steroid injection 💉, it has soften my tendon and he said not safe to take the steroid injection frequently....now I have to do a surgery for the broken tendon and my trigger finger pain as well...i can't bend the end of my middle finger, it's a very disappointed experience for me 😥...pls be careful before taking the steroid injection 💉....better get a specialist opinion...just sharing my experience with the trigger finger effects
I have had several surgical procedures for this problem years ago. Injections did not help me at all. After surgery, the pain was gone. I have a new area acting up on my ring finger left hand. I am trying massage this time. I’d like to avoid surgery although it was not bad at all.
I’m so sorry your tendon cracked . I just had my first injection trigger thumb injection . After your story I will not get them repeatedly . Maybe one more time then surgery I suppose . My doctor mentioned surgery to release that tendons if the injection fails . Thanks again 🙏🏽😊
I told my doctor I had trigger finger. He examined it and agreed. I treated it myself with daily massages in the painful areas. When I went back I showed my doctor my trigger finger was cured. He smiled and looked at it and said how'd you do that? I cheated because I had worked for a doctor who treated and cured trigger finger repeatedly with massage. No expensive surgery needed.
This video is the best and clearest explanation of trigger finger that I have found so far. I have a much better understand of how and why, and what to do. Thank you
High risks also include hand scrubbing and cleaning. Including, but not limited to floors, walls, dishes & toilets. Typing and working with constant fingers being used for strength and injuries where the fingers were stretched out too far. I didn't do a study but that's my problem with finger and thumb.
Trust me…… Forget all of this. Buy yourself some (Now P5P) which is vitamin B6 and a couple of other things. 50 mg. I’m only naming this product because it worked for me and everyone I’ve recommended. But there are lots of other companies that sell this. I see no reason to buy anything else when I know this one works. I found this information on RU-vid a couple of years ago. Forget going under the knife and exercising your fingers or acupuncture. I had a trigger thumb that was so painful, I could hardly sleep. Good luck. You’ll thank me.
Is it normal that I've had this problem since I was like 4-11 years old? (Not anymore though) My finger still feels abnormal whenever i flex or stretch, even when it's still (it doesn't get stuck anymore just so you know). But it doesn't hurt or bother me at all, I've had it like this for like 5 years maybe. Yet still I'm curious to see a doctor and have an actual diagnosis of my finger, but I'm also afraid i might need surgery or an injection; normally injections don't bother me, but I've never had one in my hand, so I'm scared that it might be really painful. I could honestly just live with my finger feeling abnormal cause sometimes i even forget about it, but if someone has had that injection, please let me know how it felt so I can consider if i should have it or not.
Don't be afraid dear i had experienced it last month for injection so far so good it little bit pain and later on it felt numbly after 3hours become normal as of now i really feel so good in just one injection
Yes I am pain-free almost a year now . After 1week you will see the difference.This P5P works and am grateful to God I found this video. I was taking 2x daily
I had trigger finger over 10 years. It appeared in the morning and disappeared after some activity but re-appeared the next morning. I quit smoking 10 months ago, I find my trigger finger is totally gone. I am not a doctor but I believe there are something related.
6tahun lalu saya mengalami trigger finger di jari manis kedua tangan kiri kanan selama sekitar 1tahun... Alhamdulillah hanya dengan air rebusan daun rempah rempah kedua jari manis saya normal kembali sampai sekarang...
@Iyas kelu ? Don’t understand your comment. Do you dry your towels by hand? I use an electric Dryer. But if I understand you use this process for dying towels I’m sure this could be a problem on a routine basis
I had this problem for many years. Whenever I fell asleep, the middle finger of my right arm went bent. Then one day I held my cup of hot tea against the bent finger - and that worked like a miracle, and my problem went away after some days.
@@DebbyMorgan-m6bI still had to do some typing, but did extra stretches and exercises afterwards. It took my hands about a year to fully recover; so it can be a slow process but they are fully healed now.
You give us a good information... I have a trigger finger for five years but my finger still crooked back and doesn't return as normal..I used physical treatement but there is no any improvement.
I’ve had this condition since I was a child! For as long as I can remember, it used to get stuck a lot around age 6/7 and I would wake up crying because I couldn’t open my finger. Haha. I’m almost 25 now and I still have it, believe it has been exacerbated by some medication I’m currently on. I somehow can’t believe this can be fixed in my case unless I get surgery? Would the injection really work on a tendon that has had this issue for 20+ years? It seems like a temporary fix
I have experience with this trigger fingers. My two fingers ring finger and middle finger of both hands stuck since I was 21. Now I am 42 and I took different medication and theraphy but nothing happened. Just two years ago I got infection in only 1 finger. It helps just a month and now same problem. During in winter or rainy weather that problem can be worse.
This video is absolutely amazing! Fantastic explanations and diagrams. Unfortunately I have developed this in my middle finger and this helped me to get a much better understanding of the condition and it's treatments. Thank you!
@@michaelcoady828 Just think, it's a few seconds of pain for years of relief. I've had mine done since the above comment and It solved the trigger issue. I also had the carpal operation at the same time and it got rid of incessant pins and needles which I used to get in my hand all the time. The operation itself only took 10 minutes.
@@aanis9601 I've had my other hand done since my last comment. It takes about eight months for full recovery but the results have been amazing. No discomfort whatsoever now, first hand now feels completely back to normal. I'll give the other eight months and I'll update but I'm sure will be the same. Totally worth having it done 👍👍
Thanks doctor a tons, I developed this some days ago and I was looking answar for this condition, then I saw your video it helped me a lot, I have trigger finger condition on my left hand little finger
I had the surgery and it is common in people with diabetes. It was a quick recovery and an easy surgery. I was awake and they did a blocking shot in my armpit and I didn't feel a think. My thumb and index fingers were both unusable. Now I have full use again and in the six years since.
Great video ‼️ Since I'm not into western medicine and drugs.. I have been using Castor oil. So far, the pain went a couple of days. The stiffness is lasting shorter and shorter in the morning. Read up on Castor oil..
I tarted feeling better after playing guitar for an hour, that was weird, typically my middle finger would lock on me. After like 45 minutes of practicing guitar I felt an improvement.
I had the surgery done on my ring finger and my long fingers in Dec 2022. My hand did not heal properly and my fingers became very gnarled. I could not use them at all. Thankfully, this was my non dominant hand. Later, the doctor said that severe arthritis had caused the joints to become dislocated and I had to have all of the upper knuckle joints replaced. The hand still did not heal properly and my fingers are in very bad shape. He is now recommending that I have joint fusion done to straighten my fingers. Would this be the only option. I don’t like having a useless twisted hand. I would love to send you a picture of my hand. It is unreal that my two trigger fingers caused me to have a deformed hand. I am so disappointed. Why would arthritis cause such a bad outcome to my hand surgery? It has been almost a year. The joint replacement was done in April of 2023.
Your information; the detailed pictures, the corresponding narrative, is very helpful. Additionally, making a distinction between patients to suffer from carpal-tunnel your video and accompanying narrative took a great deal of preparation and production value. I so appreciate your efforts towards this video. syndrome, diabetes, hypothyroidism, etc. is very helpful.
I'm a hairdresser. And I cut my middle finger phalanges almost to the tendon. 3 years go by and it's started to trigger. Got injection- great but after 1 year, its snapping again
I had it on my left pointer finger, it went away now I have it on my right pointer finger. Go figure that one out.. Hurts like he'll to unbend it in the mornings.. Sucks getting old. LOL
You are a great Professor sir. Oh if I could get you Sir in the beginning era of 1970 when I was a student of Medical Science. What a great art of teaching you have Sir 🙏
I believe I have this , my middle finger hurts in the same area everyday. But it’s normally when I’m not at work using my hands. When I’m off it swells, so I massage it. Cause that’s the only thing that feels good. And then the swelling goes away for a lil bit.
Hey thank you! On top of the pandemic, I thought that I was dying or something. I'm glad it's just trigger finger. I will look into cause and remedy for this. It started when 1. Vaccine 2. Holding my tablet a certain way for hours working from home. I appreciate it a lot.
@@MrJonathan3309 My mom got it, too after her first dose. She is also suffering now from frozen shoulder. Left arm and left thumb. It was too painful for her when her thumb accidentally bends..and it won't straighten up, she has to straighten it with right hand and she said doing this is so painful. That's why, it's hard for her to hold things especially a pen, when writing. We were wondering if it is related to the vaccine
This is really useful info. I've got trigger finger in two fingers on my right hand. I'm having carpal tunnel release surgery next week on the same hand and I'm duabetic!! Whats the outlook like???
I had this on my right hand my middle finger and thumb all I did is massage the locking parts in the fingers everyday it's been 2 years now the thumb is fine but the middle finger is still a little stiff but not locking plus I changed my diet drank more water .
I am on trigger finger #4. These are my experiences. The injection lasts about 6-8 weeks then I was right back where I started. Surgery works well but can reduce range of motion slightly when closing hand into a fist. I did the shot on all of them first. But on #4 I got the shot and scheduled the surgery at the same time. There is a long wait to get surgery scheduled. I don't even notice any adverse side effects after the surgery. The noise it makes when they make the cut is creepy.
I worked on an assembly line for many years putting fruit cup in snack boxes used both hands ; it wasn't until after retired my fingers on both hands would lock up and I would just reset them. They didn't hurt just weird they did that. Started crocheting and playing key board and piano and it stopped happening. I have noticed drinking sodas makes my body hurt more so slacking on that . Yes ty for video.
I had a trigger finger from overuse crocheting and it has resolved itself after time of rest and a stretching program for fingers hands wrist etc. I had carpal tunnel which also healed through time and / stretching
I have this in multiple fingers. Three I have had surgery on, and two more I will be having it on. The first was back in 2006 so I know it has nothing to do with the vaccine. Yhe surgery is minimal-the last one I just had a nerve block and was awake the entire time. Post surgery the fingers are fine, no pain and quick recovery.
I had this in my RH middle finger when i was in school and thought it was strange but it disappeared over time and this week i started working a physically demanding job in groundworks. My hands were stiff but then i realized that my finger problem was back but would lock pretty hard. Especially in the mornings, it's so stiff. I had surgury on my should twice in the last 2 years but if it was associated with arthritis i would have imagined it would have come on sooner. So hopefully this passes
I had trigger thumb happen today and it was so weird. It didn't hurt that bad but I heard it pop and then finally straighten to my pointer when I was grabbing something. It was so weird.
i am a diabetic woman aged 60 years old. i am suffering from trigger finger the middle one..what is the best choice for ttt medication or surgery..if medication what are the best
I developed this, and finally figured out it was caused by using the palm of my hand to push down the plunger on my French press coffee maker. I stopped doing it, and the problem eventually went away.
TQ for your detailed and precise explanation. Since 10 years ago, I had total of 3 injections (1 on left & 2 on my right hand). Now my left hand is having this problem again for past month. Can I take another injection on this hand ?
For my thumb l take 1 600mg tumeric capsule wirh pepper at meal I rub a tiny tiny spec of ginger on it to release inflamation 2× daily morning & night I drink lots more water I stop junk food Pray asking & giving thanks for the healing yours & all others thumbs.( Collective prayers work wonders ) How long will it take Depends on if you do it exactly. Doing it halfassed will get you the same results. And your thumb will still hurt or get worse lock up.
I have a trigger finger and until now I must go to meet my Dokter in order to be better,so I give medicine like : Eperisone 50 mg,and Flantar jelli,but still Rijit and Sore,give your Advice dokter,and thank a lot 👍
Thank you very much I was had this Trigger finger in my ring finger for time’s now it was getting stuck in morning thanks this will help me to understand better .
