Trigger Finger (Thumb)
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- Опубликовано: 11 мар 2021
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MEDICAL ANIMATION TRANSCRIPT:
Your forearms contain flexor muscles that allow you to bend your fingers. Long cord-like structures called tendons connect these muscles to the bones in your fingers and thumb. A tunnel of tissue called a tendon sheath surrounds each tendon. This allows the tendon to glide smoothly as the fingers move. The sheath is held in place by bands of tissue called pulleys. They hold the tendon close to the bone for optimal functioning of the tendon. When your flexor muscles contract, the pulleys help guide the tendons to flex or bend your fingers. Normally, the tendons glide smoothly through the pulleys when the fingers flex and extend. Trigger finger also known as trigger thumb or stenosing tenosynovitis is a condition where the pulley at the base of your finger becomes inflamed and swollen. This makes it harder for the tendon to move through the pulley. Over time, the tendon may also swell and form a bump near the pulley. When you bend your finger, the swollen area on the tendon may cause a catching or triggering sensation as it initially gets hung on the pulley and then slips underneath. If not treated, the tendon may swell enough that it cannot pass beneath the pulley. As a result, your finger may get stuck in a bent position. If you have trigger finger, you may have one or more of the following symptoms, a tender lump on your palm at the base of your finger, a catching, popping or locking sensation when you move your finger and pain when you bend or straighten your finger. The cause of trigger finger isn't known but some conditions that can increase your risk for it include diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, and repeated injuries. Forceful and repetitive hand gripping may also increase your risk. To treat mild trigger finger, your doctor may advise you to rest your hand and avoid activities that make it worse. Your doctor may prescribe anti-inflammatory medication or a corticosteroid injection to reduce the swelling. You may also need to wear a finger splint to keep your fingers straight. If nonsurgical treatments haven't worked, your doctor may advise you to have a surgical procedure. To start the procedure, your surgeon will make a small incision in your palm. Then the pulley will be cut to free the tendon. At the end of the procedure, your incision may be closed with stitches and covered with a soft bandage. To find out more about trigger finger, talk to your healthcare provider.
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Thanks so much! This is the best illustration! I have it in my pinkie and I didn’t know what the bump was! With medical co pays so high this helped me to find a treatment of splinting the finger and within a few weeks it was back to normal!
Thank you so much for your contribution, Desmond and Lisa Diaz!! So glad you were able to avoid spending money on medical treatment by watching a Nucleus Medical Media animation! 😀
I will never understand how some operations are just "cut it out" and that's it.
right? I wasn't expecting that :S
" if your hand is too itchy and all of the other treatments have failed , the doctor will simply remover your hand from your arm
@@IHaveSpearHandslol pretty much. But id image they would like to remove as very little as possible if that were the case
I also love the fact that there's no reason to put the patient under complete narcosis for any operation other than the fact that he'll be twitchy and bored
modern medicine is primitive in 100 years they will look back at us like how we see plague doctors and leech therapy
Horror movies don’t give me nightmares but this will
Ya really bro👍🏻
yes
They hearted your comment lol
Imagine not moving your fingers at the button in a game, nightmare
@@CheddarCheeseRebirthed always happens to me
The tip of the finger is giving me goosebumps.
Just the tip?
@@Jake-cv4si oddly.. Yes
I really don’t see why but you do you lmao
If you sharpen it enough it becomes claws ❤️❤️
@@annic5878 okay that is disturbing 😳
Shout out to the guy trying to remove his flesh to see the bones inside, and hurting himself for content, what a dedicated video! He even put back the flesh in matter of seconds Wow!
shout out to the camera man too! boy fucking went inside a finger just to produce this content for us!!
Such a professional crew!
Truly an inspiration to all of us.
We should take notes!
Super impressive!!
Me with a perfectly functional hand: "Interesting."
I think I have this I’m scared. My left middle finger locks in and makes a popping noise when it bends half way. I thought it was a cool hidden talent but now I don’t know
@@sterlingsisemore4056 go to the doctor; I can’t help you besides telling you this
Ur lucky I have trigger thumb also many other surgeries
@Sterling u dont trigger thumb doesn’t pop don’t worry I had it u can’t even bend it all the way
Yes
I am a Rheumatologist and I can say this is a very comprehensive video in just 3 minutes ! Wonderful! Congrats!
Thanks! We like to have all signal and no noise. Hope your patients find it useful.
@@nucleusmedicalmedia , I am sure they will !
Ma'am/Sir.. in surgical procedures.. what are the chances of failure... as in.. things not making it better.. overall for the patient?
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other risks? .... like could "cutting" the pulley lead to other abnormalities or reatricted motion.. over time (in some cases)?
not really. it's just in school this would be 3 months.
This hapoened to my left thumb today. Just bent tf up while I was driving in the freeway. My finger eventually released itself after attempting to straighten itself out own its own. Funny thing I have bad numbing in my right fingers to the point of pain and bad back pain. Can this be related?
Man, everytime this comes up in my recommended I feel obliged to click it but it's just so... Give you nightmares for weeks for no apparent reason yet SO GOOD.
Not rlly lol
I have this
Any Gamer: I fear no man, but that..."thing"
*Trigger finger, tenist elbow, carpian tunnel*
Gamer: It scares me
My fingers feel weak watching this
Same
Same
same😄
Same
😰😰😰🤣🙌
It's amazing how many systems are running in the background in our body.
Glory to God, Its amazing how our own bodies are millions of times smarter than us.
@@Blessed1ETC no
@@rhn6075 no what?
@@rhn6075 what? No what?
@@Blessed1ETC but we are literally our own body including the brain so how come the brain is...smarter than the brain??
i have a locking sensation too but it only happens when i straighten my finger, i can curl it but whenever i straighten it, it locks the finger into a straight position.
sameee
I get that locking sensation when I close them 🤔
Does that mean the swollen part is above the pulley?
You probably need a doctor to check that. Doesn't sound too serious but professional assistance is always a good idea
hypermobility
As a Technical Metal guitarist.
This is both fascinating
And horrifying
🙃
Tech death?
Maybe start fingering practice, I've heard a lot of metal heads love to practice fingering at home
@@napalm6967 Sometimes. Depends on my mood. I haven't really put in all the time for it though. Like dudes from Flub, Cyborg Octopus, Inanimate Existence, Wurn Flesh, and the likes.
I’m 72 and I am starting to get a little forgetful, but the stud that was married to Pamela Anderson, the drummer, just had his had fixed.
Who else moved their fingers while watching lol
Same LMAO
same here
HAHAHAHAHAHHA
I feel weird watching thid
Me too
Patient: it hurts when I move it
Doctor: *writes "then don't move it" in the prescription*
Okay
Pateint: it hurts when I breathe
Doctor: *writes "then stop breathing" in the presciption*
Stop the activity, take 2 aspirin, and don't bother us until you contract something fatal.
accurate😭
Patient: iam sick
Doctor: dont do that
The human body looks so delicate on the inside it freaks me out. I feel like I could break apart any second
like legos xD
Well you have to remember that these things are very tough and regenerate very quickly, so small damages tend to recover before another appears.
So its not super delicate and it's able to regenerate. There isn't much to worry about, if you eat relatively well and make sure you get the vitamins and nutrients your body needs.
How can you dislike such interesting visualization?
true... sometimes people are unreasonably weird.
also.. perspectives and m8sunderstandings
@@sailaab bots
because those visulations are by accedent just as same as the fingers in the video it has no designer as athiest say
probably toes. they've always be jealous.
missclick is the only possible explanation
Something that never ceases to fascinate me is the bioengineering that is involved in animal bodies.
Millions of years of trial and error, and micro organisms working in tandem to operate a machine that is far more advanced than humans could ever hope to build
@@jollygrapefruit786 and yet we still take advantage of them and kill them in the millions for some delicious pork chops
@Nerve damach I’m not a vegan I love meat I’m just saying they’re less amazing for the fact that we can still absolutely daddy-dominate them all
@@jollygrapefruit786 how about great "Creator? How does trial and error work? If the animal gets it wrong how does it get fixed, Why don't these microorganisms keep improving things?
@@cherylgeiger3439 lmao great creator. The trial and error works when an error results in death and the success results in increased survivability. Common sense. Our body’s improve over hundreds of thousands of years. Evolution. We can see it happen in a matter of years in animals with smaller lifespans though. We have literally watched species evolve in labs.
I've had a trigger finger for some years, but I've only just realised that it's a lot better than it was - in fact, now it's hardly noticeable. Did it just heal by itself?
Scar Tissue in tendon dissolved by own body.
@@VS-qd3tz Thanks. That certainly explains it.
They said it in the video, inflammation heals by itself.
Been dealing with trigger finger for a while from a mix of RSI/EDS and have never had it put to me this succinctly. Cool stuff, thanks 😁
My fingers as chronic gamers be like:
Every time I hurt my hands “oh no, my gaming hands!”
I’m a gamer with trigger thumb lol
Never heard anybody call themselves a "chronic gamer" before.
Didn't know it was possible to injure yourself playing Stardew Valley.
Extensive keyboard use and gamer claw is absolutely a risk factor in developing conditions like this. Make sure to rest your hands for an hour or two if you feel stiffness, tingling, pain, etc.
This is literal nightmare fuel. Makes me just want to curl up in a ball and not move anywhere 🤣
makes me want to bash my head against a wall to be honest
You'll get something like this in your life from hard work and repetition, don't be afraid just work through it, shit sorts itself out eventually
Imaging living with it and trying to do simple tasks such as hold a pencil or knife to cut veg's or grasp a pot handle when cooking?my middle finger (left hand) if afflicted,and it is extremely frustrating to have to use your other hand to open a "stuck" finger!
Guess I’m ur nightmare cuz I had this
theres much worse and cringe inducing medical cases the deeper u do the research😅
Really great explanation and visuals! I've had this sproblem for a couple of weeks and now the issue makes much more sense.
Oh, how beautiful this animation was! 😍
Shit, this recommendation is quite godsend.
I work on construction and one day, my ring finger just got stuck like on the video. Every morning, it's quite hard to move it that sometimes I have to straighten it using my other hand for a few times, it hurts a bit but not so much, it's just like when you pop/click your fingers too much, but I can move it painlessly after an hour or so, of course the triggering is still there but just weaker.
I had a break for a few weeks and yes, the triggering lightens and it doesn't hurt anymore every morning. Looks like resting does help and I'm really glad for it after watching this video
The procedure is done in the office during one visit. You’ll be able to drive afterwards and you’ll not have any pain for several hours. After that standard over the counter pain medication will suffice. It may feel just like a normal cut, but it’s manageable
Where were you guys in my Bio-Class? The amount of time saved by just displaying the hand is mind-wracking.
What an amazing video. Explains everything in detail in just a few minutes!
8 years ago I had 4 surgeries for my trigger finger and I've been through all the procedures explained in the video and nothing worked till I did surgery! I'm so happy now but still I can't handle cold stuff. I also did sagittal band rapture surgery along with these surgeries..
Nicely produced. Well done!
why am I watching this at 3 am? I am not even into the medical field 💀💀
@Vandana Gupta this happened to me when I was young and my father is a physicians assistant all I remember is him helping to remove the stitches which hurt like heck
I'm pretty sure that you are stretching your finger while watching this video
Slowly though
Well, yes I did 😂
not at all
No
yeh ofcouse
I don't know why this was recommended to me, but not only was it enjoyable to watch and short, I learned something I hadn't known before.
Thank you, beautifull presentation.
me, as a osu player, being scared for my poor fingers now
You always shares the best...This is my favourite medical channel...I learnt many things from this channel...Thank you Nucleus medical media
So beautifully explained... I love your videos you explain even difficult topics easily with those animation and graphics. It makes us easy to comprehend such topics which are difficult to understand just by reading so thankyou so much..
Thank you for posting this.
I can't be the only one who feels incredibly self-conscious/cautious about their body parts when watching these types of videos. Like, I don't want to damage anything.
I just love watching videos by Nucleus. So informative!
Glad you enjoy it!
Best video I’ve seen on this . thank you
When I first got into rock climbing I was super excited about it and enjoyed it so much that I didn’t know when to take a break and would climb every day if the week. My arrogance got to me and I eventually got a minor case of this for a couple days in a row to where I would wake up in the morning and all my fingers were completely locked out straight and I had to clench my hand hard in order to move them. Luckily once it started happening I took rest days until my hands were able to recover. It’s definitely a weird feeling, we also call it morning finger wood
These animations are fantastic.
Damn looks a little a scary
SOY
BOY
I have it. It makes a loud clicking sound when it moves. I hate it.
@@mattshumway2296 wtf like the fnaf animatronics what the fuck
I’ve never seen such a professionnaly made video on youtube
Me:"Educational stuff is so boring."
RUclips:"Wanna learn about trigger finger?"
Me:"Hm... okay let's see."
This helps explain some of the odd sensations I've had in my hand after needing tendons sewn back together and bones screwed back together.
I think I never understood in my live if I didn’t see this , thank u ☺️, I’m final medical student, pray for me
Our prayers and wishes are for you :)
☺☻☺ Gl
Very informative and great illustrations.👍🏻 😎
I don't know why I got recommended this after watching Danny Gonzalez memes but it was very informative and interesting!
Thanks!
I had this condition probably from me trying to break a block of ice by smashing it to a wall. My right thumb was stiff and couldn't straighten out much if i keep it in a bent position for long and have to physically pull my thumb straight til it pops and it'd be sore for minutes before i could regain a full range of motion with it. So when i sleep or doing nothing in particular that involves using the thumb, i put a makeshift splint out of popsicle sticks and rubberbands to keep them straight and only remove them when i need to write something. It took like two months for my thumb to recover.
As I was watching this I was thinking man these guys haven’t posted in a while I look at when this was made and then I was like well speak of the devil 20 hours ago
Very cool, thank you for this information!
as a guitar player, getting this would be the end of me
Great Job nucleus.....for such a realistic animation with lots of information.🔥. Love from india❤️
Thank you 🙌
@@nucleusmedicalmedia ❤️❤️🥰🥰
“Trigger finger, also know as trigger thumb, or
S T E N O C I N G T E N A S I T A V I T I S”
I've been living with this thing all of my life and I just found out today. WOW
Amazing video .. well explained 👏🏿
Literally had this with my thumb a couple months ago, I just slept it off and all worked out lol. This is an interesting watch nonetheless.
This was surprisingly scary to watch.
This is one unique way to motivate somebody against extended computer usage
Thank you for this nice video.
I kept seeing this in my recommended so many times so I finally decided to watch it
Have this in the middle finger of both hands. I suspect it comes from working out with dumbells over the years and the tight grip required on the heavy ones. Recently had a shot in each hand for this. Definetly helped.
Did it hurt? My dad had to get the same thing because his finger would not bend
I want to know as well, my middle finger is triggered, , I am thinking to get a shot
@@coolerthanafrieza4726 the shot or trigger finger? A shot is a shot, no big deal. Trigger finger itself? Sometimes YES depending on the severity. If its to the point where you have to manually straighten the finger with your other hand, it does hurt somewhat.
@@fortunate100 definetly get the shot first. Maybe even two before considering surgery. I question how strong will your grip be after cutting the ligament sleeves...🤔
@@mannarmylie4195 My finder doesn't get stuck , it's just I have to use a lot of pressure to move
I climb and get this pretty often, now I know why that happens...
Finialy....a proper animation. Thank you
Wow I'm so glad that this video, which is extremely relevant to my interests, was recommended to me!
How did RUclips know that I am interested in... medical lectures.
Finally, more medical knowledge!
Whenever I see things like this showing little complex mechanisms in the body, I always wonder if that would be a good design influence for a robot schematic.
Most of the bodies functions are ok as a rough idea but with robots, we can use whatever material we want and build it however we want. Humans are a certain way through evolution but, that doesn't mean it's the most practical way. For example, the way this video shows the finger to be structured isn't necessarily a bad idea but it isn't necessarily the best option when creating a robot.
Also, Generalist VS specialist
Human body was made to conquer daily challenge/obstacle they will have plus the ability to adapt too, while robot usually made for a specific task that might need different design to achieve effectivity and efficiency
Wow, those are both very good points. Robots have other material and design options, but versatility adaptability are concerns. Very true.
Awsome animations
I had this as a kid! Cool stuff
Yep, this confirms my diagnosis. I tried to point out all of these symptoms to my doctor today, including the bump. She is sending me for an arthritis work-up.
I’m 37. 🤦♀️
Its okay you sometimes cant help what happens to your body, at least we're not stuck in a time where they cant do anything to help you or end up removing it for some dumb reason because nobody knows anything about the human body
Wow this is interesting
Injured both my thumbs at age 22 when jumping over vault horse,no treatment needed back then. It start to bother around 70 y o ,got plastic splints,it helps for a while and was temporary fixed after 2 injections. Then the middle finger took over ,again injections and ended with surgery. Now at 82 both thumbs and right hand wrist hurts very badly,can’t do whatever involves my hands. Tylenol was aloud by physician and ibuprofen rejected,no healing so far still using splints on both hands.I follow all advices on RUclips hoping for healing and using whatever can help when have to use my hands,surgery will be next for sure.Please protect your hands as much as you can,golden years won’t be as the name it is…
Literally I am astonished at seeing nature's creation. SubhaanAllah
I’ve always wondered why my left hand is weird. My left pinky and ring finger lock up and make a pop every time I close them. Doesn’t hurt and only effects closing not opening. Has never effected me, just always been a fun party trick to show off how my fingers can lock up and make a loud clicking sounds as it seemingly pops in and out of place (or at least that’s what I thought before seeing this video).
Me too same like you exactly my left hand ribg finger lock up n uncomfortable
Before this video all my fingers were working perfectly correctly, now I can feel the symptoms in every one, even on feet
amazing video
Thanks ❤️
I’ve had this happen to my thumb when I was around seven years old and I remember showing my mom how my thumb was stuck in a bent position so I had to have surgery to fix it just like in this video.
I've had mine since I was a child and I still do. It's really annoying and painful sometimes.
Damn 7 years old already getting surgery? Thats messed up man
I wake up with this in my right hand damn near every morning. Goes away after a half hour or so but it's ridiculously annoying and sometimes painful.
I didn’t know I needed this
I've had as long as I can remember a locking sensation on my left middle finger when I try to fully close my hand but never with any pain/swelling nor has it gotten worse over the decades so I just tend to forget about it. Nice to know there's a name for that tho.
POV- Trigger finger lore “You didn’t have to cut me off! Make out like it never happened than we were nothing and I don’t even need your love but you treat me like a stranger and it feels so rough”
Yeah my girlfriend really likes my finger to LOL 😂😂
Good joke bro
Which finger?😁
Nice information as it contains all.
Thanks you excellent video😎👌🏽🇨🇷
Lady finger vs finger which best?
My dad had this, he was a biker and now he can’t even ride his motorcycle anymore because of it. It truly does suck a lot cus that was a big part of him and he just had to give it up cus his can’t was being dumb
OMG i just found out i have this because of this video! big thanks :D
Thank you for this, I didn't know this existed
"Your incision *may* be closed at the end of the procedure."
This implies there's a significant chance they just leave an open wound?
"At the end of the procedure, your incision may be closed with stitches " is what it says! @ 2:56
The incision is seldom more than an inch long and could possibly be closed with steri strips.
Got this in my left middle finger from lifting heavy furniture for my job lmao
Did it get better? Is there a treatment?
@@aasif296 The treatment was literally described in the video
very good explianed
I've had this on my left thumb as long as I can remember and this just pops up on my recommended
My ring finger snaps when I bend it and it hurts acutely. Feels like there is a lock between the bones.
I know this comment is a little old but I get this sometimes with my index finger. pre-bending the finger with the other hand without using the muscle and then I just flex and pull the muscle in that finger and it just gets unstuck.
I thought what he meant by trigger finger is in a game when u can shoot really fast or click fast on a pc game
This gives me chills
Yep. This is just what I needed after waking up in the morning.
What does it look like when you Crack a knuckle
I'd pay for these guys to make a video on that 😭
Huh. I worked in an architectural window factory over my summer. Every morning I woke up I would have this trigger-like sensation in my fingers. It’s nice to know what this is biologically. Luckily it wasn’t permanent.
Tell me it stop hurting and its normal again.
@@mirkohoble yeah fortunately the swelling only persisted as long as I did the work, so when I went back to school after the summer I was fine.
its awsome how nice this shows how this works inside very great simulation :)
I had trigger thumb correction when I was 6 years old. The crazy thing is I actually remember most of that experience from getting put under then waking up. I even remember the toys they gave me when I woke up, and riding in the glass elevator at the hospital. That was 21 years ago.
They put you under general anaesthesia? This seems like such a small surgery, I feel like they could easily do it under local anaesthesia. Maybe because you were a kid? But they will take out full on teeth at the dentist from kids under only local anaesthesia.
@@rachelcookie321 All I remember about being put under was thr mask on my face, being told to count down from ten then waking up after getting halfway through saying 8.