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Trigger Finger and Trigger
Thumb are generally caused by direct trauma or a form
of overuse injury with symptoms ranging from a painless
annoyance with occasional snapping or jerking of the
finger(s), to severe dysfunction and pain with continuous
locking of the finger(s) in a flexed downward position.
This can occur at any of the finger joints, MP,
PIP and DIP, but most often effects the MP joint, causing
the finger to lock down into the palm of the hand.
For many individuals, the symptoms increase during the
night
and are at their worst in the morning when they first awake.
(See "Symptoms")
Trigger Finger and Trigger Thumb are
most often treated with cortisone injections and surgery
although there are more successful means of treatment
utilizing simple active stretches and exercises to help
thin the tendon(s) and break down the adhesions or nodules
that have formed on the tendon.
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