Trigger Finger

[pow1963]

Hi,

I know I’ve asked before on here if anybody has trigger finger, but as the one I have on my right hand is very painful I contacted my dr via the patches system asking for some painkillers for it. I now have an appointment with a physio in a few weeks. Had anyone else been referred to physio and did it help?

Both middle fingers physio no help
Cortisone injection. Lasted a month so in the end both were operated on with 100 % success hope you get sorted y

 

[Hippo123]

Hi,

I know I’ve asked before on here if anybody has trigger finger, but as the one I have on my right hand is very painful I contacted my dr via the patches system asking for some painkillers for it. I now have an appointment with a physio in a few weeks. Had anyone else been referred to physio and did it help?

I am a diabetic with trigger finger. Personally- I had 4 injections on left hand and then surgery and 1 in right hand, waiting for surgery-the pain eased with the injection for about 6 months so this time I decided to have the injection but also be listed.

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[Sue166]

Hi,

I know I’ve asked before on here if anybody has trigger finger, but as the one I have on my right hand is very painful I contacted my dr via the patches system asking for some painkillers for it. I now have an appointment with a physio in a few weeks. Had anyone else been referred to physio and did it help?

Hi Sarah
I have had trigger finger at one time or another in the first 3 fingers on each hand (ie all except thumbs & little fingers). The first time I had it (left middle finger) I was referred to a local clinic where I was given a steroid injection (painful but worth it!) & after a couple of weeks it was fine. However after about 8 months it came back again & this time I was referred to the hospital to have it operated on. It took a month or so to recover from the operation but have had no further problems with that finger and have a virtually invisible scar. My right ring finger has also been operated on, & the other fingers have had steroid injections.
Last year however I developed tendonitis in my left wrist & was referred to a physiotherapist who gave me a steroid injection in my wrist - maybe the physio you have been referred to will be able to do so too.
Good luck

 

[_noaddedsugar]

Hi,

I know I’ve asked before on here if anybody has trigger finger, but as the one I have on my right hand is very painful I contacted my dr via the patches system asking for some painkillers for it. I now have an appointment with a physio in a few weeks. Had anyone else been referred to physio and did it help?

I had trigger finger in one hand, it was not something I’d heard of before. Had lots of treatments but the only long term solution was surgery. It has been fine ever since.

 

[LindiePops]

I had a Trigger Thumb about 4 years ago. Was referred to the hospital and was given a steroid injection into the base of my thumb. I was advised that Trigger Fingers are common to those that are Diabetic and that the injection doesn't always work (would likely be surgery if it didn't). Also that my Trigger Thumb could be recurring and that the lump which had formed at the base of my thumb would never go away. Luckily for me, I found the injection pretty painless and it worked. However, I do experience pain in my thumb from time to time, but at least I can still bend it (for now anyway!). I was never offered physio as an option.

 

[ausGeoff]

I had to look up what "trigger finger" was.

The cause or reason for developing diabetic trigger finger remains unclear. It is thought that chronic hyperglycaemia creates cross-links between collagen molecules and this results in collagen build-up in the tendon sheaths around the flexor tendons. The duration of diabetes, age of the patient, and glucose control are thought to affect the severity of symptoms. Incidence of trigger finger in the general population is between 2% and 3%, compared with 10% in the diabetic population. Older adults and those who have had diabetes for many years are the most likely to develop diabetic trigger finger.

Bizarrely, I suffer from trigger toe—3rd toe on left foot. Invariably
happens only in bed, at night, and is very painful. The pain sometimes
extends up to the lower calf muscle also. No trigger finger though.