This video is packed with my Top 5 Trigger Finger Treatments! 🙌 There are a lot of splints, exercises, soft tissue massages, stretches and more to help your finger from locking or triggering! Let me know in the comments below if these have helped you. And don't forget to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE so I can see all YOUR COMMENTS. 🙏

Thank you! I had a trigger thumb on my left hand that would trigger daily and a trigger middle finger on my right hand that would trigger only occasionally. Your videos helped me cure my trigger thumb completely and now I’ll follow your instructions for treating my finger. Your information given in videos has been so helpful.

How about thumb trigger? Can plaese you give a video about how to treatment for thumb trigger?

Terrific video! You are an excellent presenter. I’m a retired hand therapist with trigger finger. I stumbled over your video and decided to watch, wondering if there was anything new in the world of TF treatment. I have now added the web space massage and the isometric exercise to my treatment routine. I can already tell a difference. Old dogs can learn new tricks!

You have provided just what I needed - in a way that I can understand and repeat all of your suggested treatments at home. I have a trigger finger on my right hand ring finger. It causes pain at the MIP which extends down the back of my hand.I have been following your suggestions and feel great improvement. Thank you for your great teaching presence, clear voice, well prepared lesson plan as well as providing realistic details on a timeline for healing. As we get older, age can do a lot of damage to our hands. Arthritis is a terrible burden and the accompanying aches and pains are hard to bear on a daily basis. I look forward to future sessions with your postings, leading to increased flexibility and strength. Thank you.

thanks, I overused my hand working on a website and my middle finger started catching 2 days ago just a little, now it is catching more this morning. I am trying everything, because I have to play the piano this Sunday! I use my hands for work and this is painful and frustrating! Thanks for the video. Going to ice now!

I am an older gentleman soon to turn 83, whose trigger middle finger of the left hand started suddenly, with no apparent cause, 2 weeks ago. This morning I saw a hand specialist who recommended minimally invasive surgery (ultrasound-guided trigger finger release). I have great confidence in my doc, and I am willing to undergo surgery if absolutely necessary, but whatever the ailment (and I've had many over the decades) I always try to see if there are non-surgical alternatives to try before getting cut. Browsing the internet I ran across a few of Michelle's exercises, tried them out, and plan to try them for a few weeks before deciding whether or not to have surgery. Thank you so much, Michelle; keep up your excellent work and presentations. Note: I am a psychologist, not an M.D., so I recommend that readers of my comments consult their doctor or health care provider to identify their particular medical issues and appropriate treatment(s).

Thank you! After splinting and following your exercises a few months ago, my trigger thumb was cured. I now have the same problem with my ring finger on the other hand and I'm sure by following your advice and exercises, this too will be cured 😊

When I worked part time in the packing dept of a warehouse while in college I developed trigger finger. What worked for me was immobilizing my fingers at the knuckle after I got home from work and while I slept. It took a while but I eventually got to the point where my finger wouldn't catch. The other thing that helped a lot was simply keep my joints warm. Either resting my hands in warm water or, when I was at work, running warm water them in the sink.

So positive to feel that there's something I can do while I wait, inevitably, for a hand specialist appointment.

interlacing web spacing in between fingers and squeezing both hands tight, helped my middle finger locking and popping problem instantly go away. I use a wok to cook food and my middle finger starts to pop and lock for 7 weeks. after trying your technique my problem went away instantly. Thank you so much, Michelle.

That massage with open fingers released my trigger immediatly!!thank u!!

You not only give the exerice but also explains why. That is super appreciated by me.

So glad you posted on KZfaq. I’ve had 2 cortisone shots in my right ring finger. The pain and trigger are coming back. I also notice that it’s a bit painful on the palm side under the finger. I’m going to try your exercises. I’ll also look for a hand surgeon in my HMO. However, I want to avoid surgery if at all possible.

Thank you so much for this! I had trigger thumb last year, got one shot which helped, but only for 30 days. Then I found and followed your exercises religiously and used the oval splint. With much patience it eventually completely healed after 6 weeks and still hasn’t returned! However, now I have trigger finger in 2 fingers, 😩I’m so glad I have your videos to turn to.

Thanks. Hand specialist I saw last Friday said there are NO exercises for trigger finger. The only treatment is up to 2 cortisone shot and then surgery. And then she gave me some exercises for other hand problems and one of them causes my fingers to trigger - so it sounds like I should stop doing that exercise! I'm hopeful that your exercises will help since I'm only about stage 2.

I am so happy that you did this vid. It's healing the pain of my trigger finger. Bless you

I'm glad I found your videos. I just confirmed that what I have been experiencing is TF on the middle finger. My friend had a thumb TF and I remembered so started researching. She had surgery. I do not want to have surgery.

This was a great video! Thankyou. I’ve developed a nasty trigger finger issue with the middle finger of my left hand, just like you show taped up in your video. It’s darn painful, so I really appreciate your instruction.

Your video showing exercises and taping will help me, since my trigger finger was overlooked by a Physician's Assistant paid for by my employer.

I LOVE YOU!!!!i tried alot of stuff people said to do and they all failed till i found you!thank you soooo much! and its only been a little over a week.

Good morning I had middle trigger finger for a month it's painful in the morning I even applied cream .. Thank you for your video I will try to do. Godbless.

I'm excited to try these exercises. I've had trigger finger for about a year now. So far, no pain but don't want it to get to that point. Will definitely let you know which of the exercises worked best for me. Thank you so much!

Best hand heath channel on KZfaq. Possibly the warmest smile as well.😁

Hi ! Thanks for the video. I really learnt a couple of new things. I noticed that the pencil exercise causes my finger to still lock. I tried it so many ways. Ironically if it is just to exercise the finger then the splint actually suffices for limited movement. My finger gets really really stiff in the morning but it eases off during the day mostly and comes back when I want to rest. Just started the splint a day ago.

I just happened to find this video today. My ring finger is my trigger finger. I found your information to be very helpful, as I followed the exercises that were shown. I really like exercise that uses the ball inside the hand, as well as the pencil between the fingers. I have an appointment with a hand surgeon in a month, but for the moment, these exercises are helpful.

What kind of Doctor is best? I am so glad I watched your video!! This happened to me about two weeks ago on left hand naughty finger,it really hurts and I have been doing everything that you said not to do. Pulling it in every direction,opening and closing ,making fist.It completely locks up .Thank you, getting that splint today .❤❤❤❤

I've been suffering with trigger finger on both thumbs for over 6 months. I never knew it would be as detrimental and painful as it is. I've cried from the pain. I've had a cortisone injection, and it didn't help at all. Now on to surgery on April 6th. I will try these exercises first. Thank you

Thanks Doctor!!❤❤ I used it for my thumb..and really I got relaxed! Now daily I will do these exercises!!❤ Thanks again from India!!❤

Thank you so much. In the absence of a brace your video gave me the idea to cut the fingers out of an old glove and place a ball in my palm to prevent me from making a fist and triggering my ring finger. I have a 3 month old Golden Retriever puppy and teaching him to walk has become a triggering nightmare! This way I can firmly hold the leash without triggering my fingers.

Very helpful. I was desperate.

I have been doing a lot of yardwork and now have 1st fingers locking ring, middle & pointer and HURT. Glad I found your video, I plan on starting these tomorrow!! Will keep you posted❤❤

1:05 Splinting 3:17 Taping 4:50 Isometric exercise to help stretch A1 pulley 8:11 Webspace massage 10:07 Pencil exercise

Thank you for your sincere encouragement and treatments. I'm trying all of the exercises.

Interlacing web spaces and squeezing hands tight helped the pain go away in my middle finger ! Not trying to make a fist now… will wait some time and do suggested exercises for my trigger finger. Thank you!!!!!

I interlaced my fingers and got immediate results. Thank you!❤

Great advice. Im doing those exercises and it feel so good.

Thank you!! First video that isnt just talking about surgery. Off to buy a splint!

Thank you so much. The exercise tips 3-5 were extremely helpful for my trigger thumb. I had elbow replacement in January 2021 and for maintenance went to a chiropractor in my new location for scar tissue reduction treatment after moving out of state. Sadly in the process the chiropractor activated thumb irritation causing my thumb to trigger. I had left the state and suffering for 3 months as I was unable to follow up with the chiropractor or my original hand care providers. I did manage a break when I was able to return to my original occupational therapist during a quick visit back to my original location where I had the surgery. (Sadly I had moved out of state and was unable to follow up on the problem with my original physician and therapist who are awesome hand specialists). Your exercise tips 3-5 relieved the pain immediately. I am so very thankful to you for providing these exercises online. Thank you again for your very clear and professional presentation on these exercise tips.

I've had a trigger finger for at least 5 times in different fingers. Not once did I have to go through this. I went to a hand surgeon. He gave me a shot where the finger was locking up and I was good to go. Cleared up in a few days.

Tqvm Michelle. Its been 1 month I had problem wt my right hand ring finger, until i saw yr video. Very useful tips and advice. Regards - Abah 🇲🇾

I foolwrd your taping video first and now this one. I can feel relief already. I was told I have trigger finger and Dupytren's contracture on the same finger. I think I have somewhat of a mild case but still a bit painful especially after gripping the steering wheel or my landscape tools. Just the taping alone comforted my hand without locking my finger. Thecsurgeon had given me the figure 8 splint which is such a simple, ingenious design however it locks my finger up in a straight position. A relaxed position as been more beneficial. I'm looking forward to seeing how the excercises help. Thank you for all your information and for explaing everything so well. You are helping so many people.

Very helpful, thanks. My trigger is my thumb at the 2 joints . I adjusted your exercises to fit it

Thanks, it would also be helpful to hear what activities I need to stop doing.

My GP sent me to a hand specialist. They told me there is no cure and he could help with surgery. That is the only option. I am glad that I am watching this video, and I do hope it helps. Thank you!

Very helpful - I love this video. It is clear. I took down notes and I will apply it. So patient and clear in the explanation and thorough. I will be working on this to apply to my fingers for now. I have the right hand Middle Finger and a left hand 4th finger. So thank you so much for this wonderful video!!

You are fantastic Michelle, thanks for a fruitful presentation . You explained all the exercises so well. My trigger thumb is already better.

I tried everything and ended up taking a foam roller , spit it and just taped around for size. No tape going down, no uncomfortable hard splint. It worked great!

not enough excercises for thumb

Wow. Literally doing the stretch on a naked finger along with you.. . Which is severely inflamed today. And oh my God it's helping! ❤

Thank you for helpful coaching, the best video ever for trigger finger treatment ❤️🙏

Thank you SO SO much Michelle! I love the Oval 8 splints. So easy. Question: What about passively flexing the DIP/PIP joints with MPs in neutral?

Thank you very much for your generous advices. I just found them, after I had a surgery a month ago. My finger still triggers, less but still does. I think I will try to do the exercices you recommend, even if I had this surgery, what do you think? I must say that I was doing a few things you firmly recommend NOT to do to try to recover. So, thank you again for your videos.

Thank you this treatment really helps. Now follow your advice and instruction how to treat my finger. You are my doctor .

Thank you this really helped me my middle finger was severely catching but now it is much better. TY

Mine is in my left thumb

Thanks so glad I ran across your utube channel today I just left a doctor and you told me much more then he did I have the same problem as you have gonna get an ultrasound but you're exercises helped my hand feel better Have a blessed day

Thank you, you are a professional. It works. ❤️👍

good tip to avoid triggering for 1-2 months while healing.. my dr did not mention this after my injections for right middle finger

Thank you for this video! I got trigger finger recently this week, I think because of my work, but I have been looking for things to help. My first thought was a splint, so I am glad I'm on a good track.

Good morning, thank you very much for this demonstration, am having this problem and was awaken by the pain then decided to search and find some solutions, then I made a click and go through with you and I liked the demo

Hello Miss Michelle! Thank you for your videos they are all so helpful! I was diagnosed with thumb trigger finger and tendonitis on my hands two years ago. However, my fingers in hands continued to swell and now I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in the begining stage. I am 30 years old by the way. Also my index finger 👆 has a swan neck deformity and a ganglion cyst. My wrist of the same hand hurts too 😂. My thumbs have again trigger finger. Now I am taking some pills. However, none of my doctors do not explain to me if my swan neck deformity in my index finger can be fixed since it has also a ganglion cyst. Is there any chance to bend this finger completely again and fix its swan neck deformity? I am a little bit desperate. Maybe I am overdramatic. Thank you in advance. Your channel helps me and many other people. 😊😊

Hi.. thanks so much for yor range of eexercise and detailed presentation. It's very important to know what os happening inside the hand to know if it,'s going right. Oi have 3 trigger fingers both middle finger and my right ring finger so I'm doing # 5 interlacing my fingers. Massage would be more effective but my hands get very tired.

I LOVE YOU! YOU REALLY SOLVE MY PROBLEM! THANKS IT WORKS

I found the 3rd exercise with the towel is the most effective exercise, Thank you so much it is so effective.

Thank you for a very good, well explained video. I used to do the isometric exercise on my ring finger every so often and it always worked. I prefer exercise options, but to each his own. Thank you again.

WOW, great video!! what a difference treatment number three made for me. I tried it and my ring finger is now more relaxed. I will continue all exercises until up to 8 weeks and see if it goes away. Thank you Michelle you are the best @Vitualhandcare

Thank you so much for this video. It really helps me a lot . Right now im doing the #5 exercise. God bless

Thankyou for these videos. I didn't know what was wrong with my hand. The pain was unreal in my middle finger. I made a splint from a finger splint folded open an wrapped/taped to my hand with vet wrap.

Thank you Michelle for a God Exercises explain by you Thank you Soo Much 👍

Thanksand thanks a lot for your video.God bless you.

Great video Michelle Have a slight trigger on my little finger post fracture. Trying to work it out, your videos have been extremely helpful

Thanks Michelle!!! After watching your trigger finger videos, I'm finally on the right track!!!

OMG! All of them help! Thank you, thank you, thank you. You explain everything so well and eloquently.

this helps me a lot, i will do the splint, the cloth, the ball and the pencil, thank you for sharing, I decided not go to surgery.

Thanks Michelle , really effective on the top 3 finger exercises , after doing it I can move my middle finger with much relieve .

Thank you so much, this video #3 and #5 helped me to cure my ring finger trigger finger in a minutes

Thanks, that has been very informative. I bought some Oval Eight splints on Amazon. First time I mistakenly thought my finger was larger than it was, so they were all too large. Second time I got a set with far more variety, and started wearing a 10. That worked, including getting me through a night's sleep, but when I used my had it tended to fall off now and then. And the last time it came off, I lost it. So I went back to the second set and put on a 9. That is working, and doesn't seem as prone to falling off. Which brings me to the only reason I have anything to say. I went back to Amazon to get some backups, which is to say more size 9. Each of the sets, which had 8 and 11 each, cost $10. A single size 9? $13! A pack of five? $36!. Cheaper to buy assortments. I found a set for $5 that includes some bits of padding to adjust the fit. Yes, I understand the economics of inventory, sales and shipping a specialized item mean they won't ever be really cheap, but I found the situation amusing none the less. Anyway, thanks again.

Thanks, I will start doing the exercises today¡

Muchas gracias Michelle por tu generosa ayuda. Bendiciones

I occasionally get trigger finger and plan to save this video in my favs as a reference. Also, I will give the web massage exercises a try; that exercise is one I can incorporate on a walk or while in a meeting. Thank u!👍🥰

Thanks for the tips. I will start doing those exercise as i have done medication and two shots of steroid on my ring finger in the last one year but the problem has not dissapeared totally. I hope this will help.

Hallelujah! Thank you, thank you, thank you...excellent video!

I have Charcot-Marie-Tooth and am losing mobility of right hand. I cannot sign accurately with right hand now. am getting locking in several finger joints. people don't realize how important even one finger is until you lose function of it. thanks for instructive videos

All of them . . . YOU ~ ROCK ! ! 👍🤛😉

Very Useful tips. Thank you Dear

Great i feel more relaxing Thanks so much Michell

Thank you, I try the treatment tip 4 and 5.

I've been following along on several of your videos for trigger finger of the ring finger on my dominant hand. I believe they are helping. A few days ago, however, my PCP sent me for hand x-rays, and I was diagnosed with erosive arthritis, so now two different issues or most likely related? I can't get an appointment with a hand specialist for about two months. I plan to continue with the trigger finger exercises, since I think they can only help. I'm going to look for more of your videos to see if there's a connection between the two conditions.

Thanks again , I’ll let you know of my improvements very soon 🎉🎉

Very helpful

Thank you for this video. I’ve had trigger finger for a couple years now, have had one cortisone shot, and was weighing the option of another shot, as the pain and locking has come back and is getting worse. I’ve watched all the traditional exercise videos and they never seemed to do anything. Splints and tape kept the finger from flexing to the point it gets stuck, but always felt the pain was worse when I removed the splint/tape. Massaging the pulley area never seemed to help. So when I tried t your #3 exercise, the isometric finger flexi on, I discovered something. I felt a sharp pain in my middle knuckle, and a crackling sound. My issue seems to stem from an old accident that jammed my middle finger , rather than true trigger finger. (The doctor that I saw originally, that gave me the shot, didn’t even really examine my hand just listened to my symptoms, and said yeah, trigger finger. We’ll give you a cortisone shot.) Now I’m going to go see someone else, thank you for showing different exercises, letting me discover something different.

The one with the pencil really works for me.. thank you so much..iv been on tf for about 6months now and cannot really do my job well.. mine is the ring finger that is locking spevially in the morning were it bended and It is soo much pain trying to straigthen it

I have a trigger finger of the right hand middle digit-mdp and fdp. Probably stage 3. I have rested it for 8hrs., iced it, and taken naproxen. Your exercises really help and doing the now. THANK YOU!

Your God sent. Truly this is a miracle

Outstanding work. Thank you. I'm curious if you have an idea what percentage of trigger fingers can actually be rehabilitated without the surgery. I have people telling me that it's "pointless" to try and stretch or exercise a trigger finger back to health, but to go ahead and get the sheath cut to move alone recovery. Curious what your professional experience is with this discussion?

Thanks a lot; #3 exercise seems to be helping me already.

I've just watched your 3 exercise videos So I definitely know this will help

I'll be buying those round balls tomorrow. After doing the exercises my finger feels a lot better.Thank you very much.

Love all these! Would a trigger finger have anything to do with a ganglion cyst suddenly appearing? Would these exercises also help with the cyst?