This week, we are going to discuss trigger finger and trigger thumb of the hand, which are problems that occur in patients who use their hands frequently or who are prone to these conditions. Trigger ...

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 ...

Ever so often we end up doom-scrolling, chatting, or simply working away for long hours. We engage in prolonged and repetitive gripping or grasping of hand-held devices, following which we may find ...

Your hands are mechanical marvels, with pulleys — in the form of tendons — flexing and extending to open and close your fist, and straighten and bend your fingers. Each tendon is wrapped in a sheath ...

Trigger finger may be idiopathic, but it is common in early and late rheumatoid arthritis. It can affect any or all of the flexor tendons of the fingers in the palm. A tender nodule in the palm is ...

Our addiction to phones is seeing a rise in the trigger finger phenomenon. Considered to be one of the most common causes of hand pain, trigger finger is believed to have impacted about 2% of the ...

What are the diagnostic features of trigger finger? What differential diagnoses should be considered? The three diagnostic features are clicking, locking and pain. Trigger fingers are more common in ...

From typing work emails to browsing streaming services, you might find that your “screen time” includes much of your waking hours. As of 2019, the Pew Research Center estimates that 81 percent of ...