“One morning, I woke up and my finger was stuck in a bent position,” says Risa Pulver, who’s lived with type 1 diabetes for 35 years. “I had to physically unbend it.” This was just a few years ago, ...

If you wake up with a finger that feels like it's locked in place, you've probably got trigger finger. This common condition makes it difficult to grip things and is one of the main causes of hand ...

Trigger finger is a condition in which one of your fingers gets stuck in a bent position. Your finger may bend or straighten with a snap — like a trigger being pulled and released. The ring finger is ...

Trigger finger is one of the most common hand conditions. Trigger finger occurs when your tendons become inflamed and swollen. This can lead to your tendons getting caught in your tendon sheath, ...

Peter H. Gott, M.D. Dear Dr. Gott: I get trigger finger. This is the third one I have gotten in the past two years. A cortisone shot does nothing, and surgery is the only thing that has helped me. The ...

How do you Diagnose Trigger Finger? The mainstay of diagnosis is a physical examination. Only in special circumstances, other tests may be ordered. Treatment may be of two types – non-surgical and ...

Trigger finger, or stenosing tenosynovitis, affects hand tendons causing finger locking and discomfort Its symptoms include stiffness, clicking sounds, and tenderness near the affected finger ...