Locking Finger Joints - Trigger Finger

[Rusty Heap]

suddenly I've started to experience fairly constant locking finger joints. Pointer finger and Ring finger.


Curl fingers into a fist, and 1 or 2 of them won't want to straighten without a pop.



Google says to put on splint or isolate motions. Aspirin blah blah blah.

I taped the ring finger to middle finger for a couple days and not any better.


Any home fixes or experiences?


old age sucks.

[sammyg2]

Have you tried soaking them in cider?




Sorry, old joke, sometimes can't hep myself.

[Tervuren]

I have had this happen from karting, long periods gripping the wheel in endurance events.

The solution in my case is exercising the opposite motion. If you only use your hand one way the opposite side tightens up and doesn't work properly. That is what I was told, and I have found it to work.

[icemann427]

I have the same exact problem. From years of long distance driving me thinks. Tervuren, what do you mean by opposite motion? Thanks!

[Rusty Heap]

https://www.webmd.com/rheumatoid-arthritis/guide/trigger-finger#1

[Tervuren]

Originally Posted by icemann427

I have the same exact problem. From years of long distance driving me thinks. Tervuren, what do you mean by opposite motion? Thanks!

Do something that uses the locomotive force that pushes your fingers outwards. You can use a rubber band or some such but it isn't necessary.

Between I race stints I will use the muscles that straighten my hand and hold for a short period as far back as they go.

A lot of tracks may be tight enough that there is less then two seconds spent straight, but I'll use those one to two seconds to straighten on occasion.

[stevej37]

I had the surgery to correct it, about 10 years ago. The problem is a knot or bump on the tendon that passes through the small hand bone. The fix is to open that bone with a slice to allow the tendon to pass back and forth with no resistance.
Easy surgery...I watched the doc doing the whole thing. Was back to work the next day.

[Tobra]

It is sort of like getting a kink in a cable that slides inside a cable guide. It will hang up

[vash]

Originally Posted by Tobra

It is sort of like getting a kink in a cable that slides inside a cable guide. It will hang up

i have this too! its always my middle finger.

my doc described the mechanics to me..it was eye opening.

it's like fishing line running thru a bent fishing rod. the rod guides..one of them is inflammed and kinking the system.

i ice and it goes away. i am very aware of how i use my hands now.

[tabs]

Originally Posted by vash

i have this too! its always my middle finger.

my doc described the mechanics to me..it was eye opening.

it's like fishing line running thru a bent fishing rod. the rod guides..one of them is inflammed and kinking the system.

i ice and it goes away. i am very aware of how i use my hands now.

It seems that lately that my middle finger will not close and is always in the extended position...it seems to happen mostly when I am reading this Forum???? Any ideas as to why?

[vash]

Originally Posted by tabs

It seems that lately that my middle finger will not close and is always in the extended position...it seems to happen mostly when I am reading this Forum???? Any ideas as to why?

hahah..i dont believe in coincidences.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by tabs

It seems that lately that my middle finger will not close and is always in the extended position...it seems to happen mostly when I am reading this Forum???? Any ideas as to why?

May be better for our health to stay off parf. Our mental health anyway.

Could be simple cramping? Any pain? I suffered from hand cramps from time to time. Started taking a magnesium supplement...seems to help.

[John Rogers]

I had this with my right hand along with my thumb starting to curl under and it was called "claw hand" or something like that. My primary care doc, who we have had since 1980 said surgery is the only cure because of the ligaments on the fingers catching in these little loop like guides each finger has. Sooooooo I found a hand specialist/surgeon and she did the necessary cleaning of the necessary areas and fixed my thumb also.

Of course you can try all sorts of "remedies" gathered from on here and other places but I doubt they will fix things?

[BeyGon]

finger problem, this was mine five weeks ago and I still can't bend it.

[Bill Douglas]

I slightly have dupuytren's (google that) on my weeding ring finger (intentional bad spelling). That means it gets stuck in the closed fist position. You guys may have this without even knowing it.

[jcommin]

Originally Posted by Tobra

It is sort of like getting a kink in a cable that slides inside a cable guide. It will hang up

I have this issue with both hands but mainly in my left hand (I'm left handed) for years. Comes out of no where. My doc described it exactly as you stated. I just live with it.

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

I slightly have dupuytren's (google that) on my weeding ring finger (intentional bad spelling). That means it gets stuck in the closed fist position. You guys may have this without even knowing it.

Maybe, seems to only happen when the wife pisses me off

[widebody911]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

Have you tried soaking them in cider?

Dickins' Cider is the best

[Max Von]

I just had my second surgery in the last 3 years to correct this "Trigger Finger" problem. Cortisone shots are the first treatment, and sometimes they can fix it.
After 2 shots, surgery is most likely the only option other than living with it.
Inflammation due to Rheumatoid Arthritis has added to my problem. I tried to ignore the locking but every night I would awaken to find my ring finger planted in my palm. Very painful to undo.

[Noah930]

Rusty:

The flexor tendons (or rather, their tenosynovial linings) are swollen, thereby causing the problem of pain and triggering. You can try stretching exercises and oral anti-inflammatory especially, as well as avoiding any heavy or repetitive gripping. Maybe it will go away by itself. I had it in my hands for. About 3 months last year before it faded away.

But if it's really bugging you or persistent, then go with a cortisone injection. Painful for the 5-10 seconds it takes to administer it, but 70% chance it resolves the problem. If it recurs, you can even get a second or third injection, if you're willing. But the definitive cure is a trigger finger release, which is a minor surgery that takes about 20 minutes to perform under regional or local anethesia.