How do you treat "Trigger Finger" without injections or surgery? This is pain in the hand and fingers.

Question

67 years old. Recently took up golf. Now have pain in my fingers of both hands. In internet searches, I found that "trigger finger" most resembles my problem.

Answer 1

probably physical therapy, moist heat, massage, and something like ibuprofen to reduce irritation and inflammation. If you can get ultrasound on the area that will help as well. You need to stretch your finger as much as possible too. With your age, you might have some arthritic changes in the hand/fingers as well and the gripping could have triggered it. Those little stress balls they sell in stores are good for exercising the hand. For exercises, you want to do stretches like flexion and extension. Extension is putting your hand out straight, taking your other hand and gently pulling your knuckle side of fingers upwards. You would be palm of one hand touching palm of other, you'd push your wrist upwards toward your body, then the opposite way downwards as if you were curling your hand. Those will help stretch things but you probably will need to have some intervention, anti inflammatory drug like ibuprofen, moist heat, and ultrasound are the best ways to help it go away.

Answer 2

I had that once before. It isn't just pain. What happens is the tendon "hangs up" when you try to flex or extend a finger, then it "pops loose", which is painful. Mild cases can be treated with rest, stretching, and antiinflammatory medications. More severe cases can be treated with an injection into the tendon sheath. The most severe cases can be cured with surgery.

If you have pain in more than one finger in both hands, it may be something different. I think you should see your doctor.

Answer 3

Pain is a physical feeling, like when you break a bone, or get a toothache, or when you go into labor to have a child, even your stomach, when you get hunger pains. This is all connected to your nerves, which act as sensors and send messages to your brain, and you have the physical reaction. Suffering is similar, but not the same thing. Say you have a toothache, that's the pain part of it, but the suffering would come when you can't go to the dentist to have it fixed, and you have to suffer with the pain, and possibly the infection. There are other levels of suffering as well, like when you lose someone you loved very much, the pain of that loss causes your heart to endure this, and it can take a long time to heal, or never heal at all. Suffering happens over a long period of time, or what can seem to be an eternity. Hope this helps, good luck.

Answer 4

You could try physical therapy, or OTC pain killers. (ie, advil, tylenol, etc.)
consult a doctor and restrict finger movement.

Answer 5

Try seeing a Chiropractor, and good luck on your golfing!

Answer 6

You're 67 and you've not worked out you have to give up golf or change your grip? Is 67 your IQ?