Dear Dr. Roach: Three or four months ago, the ring finger on my right hand started making popping noises when I bent it. Now it's still doing that, and it catches in a bent position from time to time.

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 causes of hand pain in adults. The condition can limit your finger's movement and make it difficult to straighten and bend your finger. Dr Aaron Gan tells us ...

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 ...

Dear Dr. Donohue: What’s wrong with my finger? It hurts to bend it, and sometimes it catches and I can’t unbend it for a time. It’s the middle finger of my right hand. When I force it to unbend, it ...

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 ...

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 ...