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1rene40
1rene40

I woke up with Trigger finger one day. I saw a specialist who offered a steroid injection or an operation which I declined.Over 6 months it deteriorated and became impossible to make a fist, cut things and then painful to write(it was on the ring finger of my right hand).

After six months I was treated to a facial and the therapist massaged the base of my neck a little.

The next day the symptoms had completely disappeared and 15 months later have not returned.

When I initially saw my GP and asked how trigger finger came about she said that it was thought to have a connection with the neck which proved correct in my case.

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  • emma18304
    emma18304 1rene40

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    I have had my trigger finger for 3 years and has deteriorated in the past 4 months. I am due to see a surgeon next week and counting down the days. My little finger feels awful, and very uncomfortable. I have never had pain, just alot of discomfort. Is there anything I can do to get me through the next week. I feel sick where my finger feels uncomfortable. I also am not sure when the surgeon decides that surgery is the best over an injection?
  • george57454
    george57454 1rene40

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    Hi, I am almost sure my trigger finger is because of the AIR CONDITIONING of my car blowing right on my hands. I first got it on my right hand thumnail last year in May and passed in November (notice the timeframe) This year came back on the same finger different hand, in May, right when the AC started to kick in.

    I hope this helps. Anyone else makes the connection?

  • evie510514
    evie510514 1rene40

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    I know this is an old thread but I couldn't find a more recent one.  I went last week to have my trigger thumb released.  It was a terrible experience.  First they couldn't get an IV in because my veins weren't cooperating so they asked me if I was ok with getting it made numb with a shot so I said I was because I wanted to get this over with.  That is when the pain started.  They covered me from head to toe & I was lying on a bed with both arms out to my sides.  They gave me shot upon shot & I could feel all of them.  They didn't wait long before I felt my doctor slicking into my hand.  I could feel it but it didn't hurt.  Strange.  Anyway, I cried & cried that I could feel it & finally he was done.  The nurses told me that he broke his record from 10 minutes to 7.  Don't know if that's good or bad for the patient, though.  Glad its over with & I don't think I will be so quick to have surgery to my hands again.
  • teal_7214
    teal_7214 1rene40

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    This is my third time having trigger finger. The first time I had surgery the last time I just let it go away by itself. Now I have it in my baby finger and it's very annoying. I wan to know what cause it, because three times in one hand.

     

  • Handmade
    Handmade 1rene40

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    hi have thumb trigger since dec 2016 was offered steroid injection by physio and nothing else.

    Not one piece of advice.no alternative.when i questioned her more closely she admitted the steroids would not fix the problem and repair the irritable/damaged sheath of the tendon, but that it was just a painkiller to enable the thumb to function.

    apparently it is necessary to keep moving/bending the finger in order to keep tendon length...despite fact that when i tried to do that over weeks had swelling heat and redness...

    Ok so i declined that rubbish pseudo treatment because

    1/ since childhood always heard that steroids which are hormones interfere with endocrine system therefore are hazardous to health

    2/  heard over radio that university of boston in usa found at last that steroids do not work for joint/tendons pain.

    3/ latest treatment which is in fact old style treatment rediscovered is to have seasalt injections under skin around affected area, the body using sea natural components to regenerate tissues...has anyone heard of this alternative?

    Because this treatment is not on nhs and probably never will,given their fixation with steroids- is the nhs funded by the company making them i wonder?- i did next best thing which is:

    1/bathing hand in hot water with dead sea salts added, and moving fingers in all directions possible and preferably NOT the position which gave you the pain in the first instance.

    2/ after 15 mn run the thumb under a COLD tap.

    3/Repeat every evening

    for pain i bought arnica gel , a brand which contains sizeable quantity of plant.

    i was advised to eat protein rich food as protein is useful in repairing tissues (chicken, fish, eggs,lentils)

    i assume algae would be helpful too.

    never thought of neck connection but why not.It doesn't hurt to try.

    My problem is much improved.

    people could also try an osteopath.

  • juan_04725
    juan_04725 1rene40

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    I ended up having the surgery back in late July it seems to have been successful but in the last couple of weeks my hand has been very "achy". I have no triggering in the finger but it does wake me up at night with a "stiffness" that's the only way I can describe it. I asked my physio about it and she said that it seems okay so now I don't know what to do.l

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