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We offer the latest therapies to treat trigger finger symptoms and restore movement in your fingers and thumb.
Trigger finger happens when the sheath (coating) around a tendon in your thumb or finger swells or thickens. It causes your finger or thumb to catch or lock in place, when you bend or straighten it. Trigger finger most commonly affects your ring finger or thumb (called trigger thumb), but it can affect any finger.
Our orthopedic specialists provide expert care for trigger finger. We develop a treatment plan to relieve symptoms of trigger finger and let you use your hands comfortably.
Symptoms of trigger finger begin gradually, without being related to an injury. You may have a painful bump on your palm at the base of your finger or thumb.
Symptoms in your finger or thumb include:
You may also have a painful bump on your palm at the base of your finger or thumb.
It’s unclear what causes trigger finger, but the condition is more common in older adults and people with diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis. It can also happen after using your fingers or thumb forcefully.
Treatment for trigger finger begins with non-surgical, hand therapy approaches, such as splinting, gentle stretching, anti-inflammatory and pain medicines, or steroid shots.
If non-surgical treatment doesn’t relieve pain or let you use your hand comfortably, your doctor may recommend surgery, called a trigger finger release procedure. Your surgeon makes a tiny cut in the affected tendon sheath to give the tendon more space to move. We do this through a small cut at the base of your finger or thumb, using local anesthesia. It doesn’t require an overnight hospital stay.
Our team creates a personalized treatment plan to relieve trigger finger symptoms as quickly as possible.
You get a team approach from specialists in orthopedics, hand occupational therapy, physical therapy and pain management.
We offer advanced diagnostic services and innovative, individualized therapies.
You receive care from the same providers who treat USC athletes and the LA Kings hockey team.
Our physicians have been named “Top Doctors” by Los Angeles magazine and Pasadena magazine.
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