Trigger Finger

Trigger Finger is a tendon disorder that occurs when there is a groove in the flexing tendon of the finger If the tendon becomes locked in the sheath, attempts to move the finger cause snapping or jerking movements Usually associated with using tools that have handles with hard or sharp edges.

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Trigger finger is the popular name of stenosing tenosynovitis, a painful condition in which a finger or thumb locks when it is bent (flexed) or straightened (extended).

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Due to narrowing of the sheath that surrounds the tendon in the affected finger, or a nodule forms on the tendon. Trigger finger is often an overuse injury because of repetitive or frequent movement of the fingers (ex. hobbies as playing a musical instrument or crocheting)

 Trigger finger may also result from trauma or accident It is called trigger finger because when the finger unlocks, it pops back suddenly, as if releasing a trigger on a gun.

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Clinical Picture: Affected digits may become painful to straighten once bent May make a soft crackling sound when moved. It props back suddenly when straightened Symptoms are usually worse in the morning and improve during the day

 Treatment: local steroid injections and splinting (weeks to months) Surgery: cut the sheath that is restricting the tendon.

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Introduction of the needle into the tendon sheath at 45 to the palm for injection treatment.