“What's the best way to treat trigger finger?”
I was diagnosed with trigger finger recently but I had this issue for a very long time, around 4 months. What's the best way to treat this? I want to treat it without surgery first.
8 Answers
Oral NSAIDs, static finger splints, topical anti-inflammatory, taping a finger, relative motion splints medication, therapy, and a cortisone injection are all nonsurgical ways to treat a trigger finger.
See a hand specialist to try a splint and steroid injection and see if it resolves the problem.
Best way is to try a steroid injection
Steroid injection
Trigger fingers can resolve on their own, they can be treated with splints (available online), and many patients will get fully better with a steroid injection into the tendon sheath. Surgery should always be last resort, but it is a very predictable and short procedure, often done with patient wide awake.
Trigger finger is most efficiently treated with one or two Cortizone shots. If the symptoms continue after that, surgery would be the next step.
One easy to try at home is to use a heating pad for 20 minutes twice a day until the pain subsides. Other treatment options include, but are not limited to, Occupational Therapy, or Steroid Injection.
The initial treatment for a trigger finger is a cortisone injection. Approximately 50-75% of patients with a trigger finger can be cured with 1-3 cortisone injections. If the injection(s) does not work, then the next step would be a simple surgical procedure.
