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Anyone out here with trigger finger? Mine developed in the last

Posted: May 11, 2014

This came on quickly. One morning a couple weeks ago I woke up and found that my ring finger on my left hand seemed to be stuck when I tried to open my hand up. Since then it has gotten a little worse, hurts mostly in the morning and feels like it is popping out when I open my hand all the way. I looked up trigger finger and what it says is exactly what is happening to me. Unfortunately it looks like there is nothing to be done about it until it gets so bad you have to have surgery, and even then there is no guarantee. I already take anti-inflammatory and pain pills (non-narcotic) for bone-on-bone knees. I was just wondering if anyone else on here has this problem too and if maybe they had found something that helps them. I just have to get through the next 4 years and then I'm going to retire and work part time. You know I really don't like this getting old business, but the alternative sucks so guess I'll just have to grin and get through it (and B**** about it now and again too). If anyone responds, thanks very much. You all helped me get through a major anxiety attack a couple months ago and I really appreciated everyone's input.

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Before surgery - shipwrecked

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If you google "trigger finger massage" it will give you instructions on how to massage the joint. This helped my trigger thumb. I think surgery would be a last resort, as a steroid injection will also solve the problem.

I hope you find some relief!

I had a really bad trigger thumb… - … that was really hard to straighten out

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… about a year ago. I ended up seeing the orthopedist and had it injected. They also gave me some exercises to do and fashioned two splints, one for nighttime and one for typing. If I remember correctly, it took a couple of days for the shot to take effect. Other than a little pain that I guess I can live with, I have not had any problems with it since.

Trigger thumb. sm - Ouch

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Hi. I had a trigger thumb maybe 10 years ago. It was my "space bar" thumb. Orthopedist did steroid injections on 2 occasions, and it has not bothered me since. He said, next time I would probably be looking at surgery.

One word of caution about steroid injections. My husband had to have one when he tore his medial meniscus and being a diabetic, it "shot" his glucose up to 500+. Not a good thing.

Those exercises another poster mentioned....sound promising. Good luck. Hope it feels better soon.

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