Get Rid Of Trigger Finger In The Most Effective Manner

Posted by Jessica Beak on June 12th, 2017

Pain in any body part brings along with it discomfort. Your normal lifestyle is disrupted as you keep busy to combat the pain. However with growing age, some health issues such as diabetes, high blood pressure, osteoporosis and others become common. Not to be missed, a popular one affecting most people these days is ‘Stenosing tenosynovitis’. This condition is also at times referred as ‘trigger thumb’ or ‘trigger finger’. This condition occurs due to a nodule or adhesion developed on the flexor tendon of the thumb or finger. As per orthopedics, the cause of the same has been stated to be the micro tears developing within the tendon due to either overuse of the fingers/thumb or direct trauma. This article highlights the causes, symptoms and trigger finger treatment.

Causes leading to trigger thumb or finger

The tendons helping in bending the fingers easily glide with the assistance of the pulleys and it is these pulleys that hold all the tendons closeby to the bone. This is somewhat similar to the manner a line that is held on the fishing rod. In simple terms, trigger fingers/thumb occur when the pulley turns up to be thick thus preventing the tendon to glide easily via it. Also to be remembered, trigger fingers or thumb is also common with medical conditions like gout, rheumatoid arthritis as well as diabetes.  In some cases, infection can also lead to such problems. 

A look at the symptoms of stenosing Tenosynovitis

Before you set out looking for finger or thumb pain relief remedies, take a look at the symptoms that signify the same.

Usually trigger thumb or finger begins with a feeling of discomfort right at you’re the base or lower region of your thumb or finger i.e. the region whereby the fingers are joined to the palm. This zone is very pressure sensitive and over pressure will lead you the feel the presence of a lump over here. Other symptoms include Popping, pain, limited movement of fingers or stiffness of the fingers or thumb.

Treatments you can take up

The importance and the utility of the fingers cannot be overlooked. In fact, a single cut in any of the fingers is capable of making a person feel helpless of not being able to do his/her task reliably without someone’s help. Hence trigger finger treatment is something that you should never neglect when you are having such problem. The goal of such a treatment is eliminating the stiffness, the swelling, enabling painless and full-on normal movement of the thumb or fingers. Some of the common treatments that you can go ahead with in such case are:

>Night splints

>Bringing changes in your activities

>Avoid lifting up heavy weights

>Taking-anti-inflammatory medicines

>Adhering to steroid injection

Wrapping up

Though surgery is mostly recommended, but these above mentioned treatment procedures are too highly effective. To wrap up, besides adhering to these remedies, do ensure to take up finger and thumb exercises on a regular note.