Trigger Finger!

[mandeeroo]

When I was 7 or 8 years old I had surgery on my ring finger for trigger finger.  I am 27 now and in the past year I have noticed that the same finger is becoming stiff.  Today it caused me pain all day and its difficult for me to even type with it.  Its stiff and kind of wants to naturally bend, but there is no clicking or popping.

Is my trigger finger coming back or could this just be some type of arthritis?  Has this happend to anyone else who has had trigger finger?

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi
Meanwhile if you can visit a chiropractor and learn some finger and wrist exercises, it may help. Give proper support to wrist while typing. I would say invest in a good computer chair with proper arm, wrist and back support. Try to type giving minimum pressure to the keys.
Hope this helps. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!

[mandeeroo]

Thank you for the info!  My job does require constant typing all day. Any suggestions on what I should do?  I am not scheduled for a doc appt for 4 weeks.  Should I just take advil?  hopefully its just arthritis and not coming back!! :)

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi
Thanks for writing to the forum!
It can be the effect of rheumatoid arthritis or even overuse as in typing or hitting the key pad of computers. Both these conditions can result in recurrence of trigger finger even though the trigger finger surgery is very successful.
Hope this helps. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!