Stop Trigger Finger or Trigger Thumb with this BAND-AID® Trick
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- Michelle, Hand Expert and founder of Virtual Hand Care, show you how to Stop Trigger Finger or Trigger Thumb with this BAND-AID® Trick. This quick fix can help eliminate the triggering, catching, or locking of your finger.
This BAND-AID® trick can stop or significantly decrease your finger and thumb from triggering so you can start using your hand more normally.
Also try this trick at night if your finger or thumb locking is preventing you from getting a good night sleep.
Trigger finger and trigger thumb is a very common hand condition that can greatly impact the functional use of your hand with almost ALL daily activities.
But don't just stop here, you will also want to use a combination of splinting, stretches, and exercises eliminate your trigger finger or trigger thumb.
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Keep in mind, it is important to see a Hand Doctor if you suspect trigger finger so you can get a proper diagnosis and get on the right path to treating your trigger finger. Unfortunately, there are 4 grade levels of Trigger Finger so results can vary greatly. (see Disclaimer below)
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00:00- Intro for Try this BAND-AID® Trick to Help Trigger Finger or Trigger Thumb
00:43- How to Help Trigger Finger with 1 BAND-AID®
02:05- How to Help Trigger Finger with 2 BAND-AIDS®
03:40- How to Help Trigger Thumb with 1 BAND-AID®
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This video is for educational and demonstration purposes only and is not to be used as a replacement for seeking medical advice or treatment of your condition. Virtual Hand Care, or its members, do not offer medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always consult with your doctor or healthcare provider before starting any exercise program. Please know that performing any exercise or program is solely at your own risk.
Try this BAND-AID® Trick to Help Trigger Finger or Trigger Thumb. 🔥 There is so much you can do to help triggering, locking, or catching that doesn't require a needle or scalpel!! A combination of stretches, exercises, taping, seeing a hand therapist, and more can help you find relief! 🙌 Let me know in the comments below if you have tried this. 💪 Don't forget to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE so I can see all your COMMENTS. 🙏
I seen your video today and put a band-aid on straight away. I’m delighted with it as the oval 8 was a bit expensive
Thank you so much, I'm so grateful to you ,I wascin such pain thank you
Thank you for getting right right to the point instead of yaking & taking wasting time:-))))
I came back to say that I am amazed that there is virtually no pain in my thumb this morning! After watching your video, I wrapped the joint of my thumb in medical tape before I went to bed.
Now this morning, moving my thumb gives no pain. 😀 I can even gently squeeze the base of my thumb and no pain! Before, it was so painful when I did that. I unscrewed a bottle cap without pain. Glad I watched this video because I would have never thought this would help. I would have thought that restricting the thumb from flexing down when it wanted to would make it worse and cause more pain.
I am a senior and began to have problems with my thumb about a month ago. My mom had operations for trigger finger on her 2 middle fingers. Thanks for sharing this technique. ❤️
THANK YOU for this simple fix!
RE: keeping the Band-Aid dry: Cut off a finger from a Latex or thin RUBBER EXAM GLOVES. Pick a GLOVE FINGER that will hold tightly to your Band-Aid wrapped finger without space. (I use the PINKY or RING FINGER to cover the Band-Aid to keep it from getting wet.)
Oh my gosh! My trigger thumb started suddenly about 5 weeks ago. It became so bad that I could barely bend my thumb, and when I did try and bend it the pain was really bad. I did make an appointment with a hand specialist this morning. Then I found this video. I applied one band-aid, my pain was instantly gone, and I can now partially bend my finger. Yes: it still pops a tiny bit, but nothing like it was before. Again, oh my gosh! I am going to get a confirmation from the hand doctor that it is trigger thumb. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. You mentioned something about a "hand therapist." So I did a search and found a group of hand therapists close to me! I will give them a call.
Thanks Michelle, you’re amazing!
Thank you, thank you 🙏 explanatory without all the nonsense talk.
Clear, concise and on point ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great and simple advise! Thank you!
Thank you so much for this great tip.
very helpful. Best video I've seen on this issue. I'll try it out immediately. Thank you so much
OMG! This is exactly what my friend is complaining of. I am sending it out to her right now.
Thank you so very, very much! 😊
Love the bandaid trick for my thumb! It works. I happened to have a "Welly" first aid kit that had extra long band aids. It works perfect.
Thanks for sharing. Seems to work pretty good for my thumb.
I use clear Scotch tape. I put it on sticky-side up, and then put another strip of tape over it, stick-side down. It's more comfortable that way and barely noticeable.
Very helpful. Thank you
Brilliant tip, thanks alot
Thank you so much!!! I am so glad that I see your video tonight!! The bandaid on my thumb is really help !
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Michelle is really funny. She has an amazing personality!
THIS HELPED SOOO MUCH ,THANKYOU
I saw this a couple years ago on a different video. I did this and it 100% worked.
I wish I'd seen this earlier, instant help and now I can type away without the finger locking. Thank you, big help.
Thank you!!!
Thank you so much I got it on middle finger on the left hand and it’s been so painful, I will try it right away!
Very helpful, thank you ❤❤❤❤❤😊😊
I just found this series of your videos on trigger finger, thank you so much! I realized after watching this about the band aids that I have some little stretchy toe cushion tubs. I put one on my bad finger over night, and it hasn't triggered again today.
Thank you
Great tip!
😭😭thank you so much mam,great tips🤗🤗🤗
Genius!
Thanks I always enjoy your content
I appreciate that!
great idea1
My son had trigger thumbs as a baby. He took great joy in bending and locking his thumbs just so we could pop them loose again. This sent him into fits of laughter. He had surgery on them as a toddler which left him very disappointed when his thumbs would no longer lock.
Nice trick Michelle
Blue painters tape has amazing splinting properties in a pinch and stays on water.
I might try that as it isn't so blasted sticky and might not irritate my skin as much. Thanks for this tip.
THANK
Wow amazing hint!! Thank you! This morning I just started wearing four bandaids on my right fourth and fifth fingers (four bandaids on each crease) for few days trial if it works or not. I will let you know. 😊
Thanks!
You are welcome!! And THANK YOU so much for the SUPER THANKS! 🙏
Excellent presentation, really helpful, thank you ,
THANK YOU SO MUCH! My finger was stuck on a bend and i managed to slowly pop it back with warm water baths i was scared cuz this was the first time my finger got stuck for more than an hour, so i was looking for ways to keep it from bending too much. The other videos need me to buy something and i ordered some online so i needed a temporary one until those arive and i ended up seeing this video you are a god send thank you again
Use those crinkly wraps that most clinics use for wrapping the site of a blood draw. They stick to themselves without adhesive. Cut a 3/4 " wide strip about 3" long and wrap around the finger. Then a piece of 3/4" paper tape a couple times around. Easily lasts 3-4 days with no skin irritation. Used on the two finger sections. Works great. Qlso do some of the massaging of the tendon from the finger toward center if the palm. Huge difference in 7-10 days now. Thanks for info!!
I think you are referring to Coban? Just be careful bc that is a very stretchy type of wrap and your finger can swell. But I am happy to hear you are finding a way to help your trigger finger!
Good idea!
Good idea. Thank you I will try that. I'm using tictac candy tube. It's fit on my thumb. I cut the cover and the bottom and burned the edge to make smoother. It's works too.But band aid I think more easy. Thank you.
I just tried it now and as soon as I wrap the band aid around my triggered finger I can feel right away that it work. I have a surgery schedule but if the pain is gone I will cancel my surgery. Thank you that I found your channel. 5:42 5:42
The Band-Aid trick works better for me than the Oval-8. The Band-Aid fits better, is less obtrusive, and stays on better than the Oval-8.
GOD bless you
I use a finger cot with two bandaids on my ring finger and it works great to keep bandaids dry through out the day. Doing,this while waiting for my figure eight braces to arrive.
I have trigger finger, and my GP will be scheduling an xray. I bought a thumb splint from Amazon. I've added a popsicle stick into the wrap for further immobilization. It's helped me, a lot.
his is what I've been doing and it helps! I use Band-Aid tough strips1 3/4 X 4". It works like soft splint. I had an injection several months ago and the pain has come back.
Thank you it realli help me ❤
Glad it helped!
Thank you so much, it helps not to feel that tender on my middle finger. .hope that it will gone for good, j feel relief. Thanks a lot!
Thank you plus I have hard working hands and they are swollen every morning.
I found you this morning. Are you an Angel from Heaven?
I was asking my wife if "I amputated my middle finger would the pain stop"?
She didn't like that question lol.
Now I have found hope in your videos.
Thanks Michelle . It's working on thumb. Amazing difference. Thumb wasn't locked but was headin that way I'd say. Great relief. Thanks again Kevin from Ireland.
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Kevin. I found this video today and it’s been a great relief. I’ve got a trigger thumb and it’s really sore when it clicks. Is this what you have too ? Have you tried any of the stretching exercises or what are your plans to do next to stop it getting worse. I work with sick cats and I hate to have to give it up because of this condition
@@marionscanlon1 hi Marion. I got 2 cortisone shots but whilst it's improved enormously, as in no real pain in base of thumb, I still can't bend it freely. So there might be an MRI scan next. My 2nd cortisone shot appointment was free as no consultation fee was needed..
I use several layers of Bandade brand water repellant tape. There is just enough to stop triggering. After two weeks I tried triggering once and it went fairly smoothly and no pain. And the swelling is gone. I'll keep using tape for another six weeks.
Thank you so much for the video, doctor. The splint that I got for my trigger thumb cost a bomb! Will be trying out with the band aid to assist me with doing the house chores ❤❤keep those videos coming, really helps a lot❤❤
Very good tip, thank you!
Thank you for your vidio I had surgery on my thumb 3 week still sore can't still bend my thumb yet until it heal how long it take for my thumb to bend please tex me
Thank you Michelle for your video, it's a big help in my work. You are an angel from heaven to me. Watching here in northern ireland 🇬🇧 😉
Hello Ireland!! You are welcome!
Ive got this on my middle finger and it's quite distressing because every time I try to flip the bird at someone, it points back at ME!😮
Hello.
Certainly I have a problem with my writing hand and unfortunately I can write as past and my fingers are very soft and they don't have enough flexibility for writing and I push the pen or pencil a lot.
I wanted to get advice from you and I want to know what should I do to write like the past?
Thanks.🙏
I developed sore stiff hands in January with triggering on the right ring finger. Recently I realised that the cause was my inside door handles which curve upwards at the end with the point hitting my palm under the rf for over ten years. And the handle springs are way too strong. Lousy design Oakley.
Another coincidence is that when I lift a mug the weight is resting on my ring finger.
A couple of weeks ago I taped up the doors so I could open them push pull with no downward pressure and the condition has now improved significantly.
To prevent triggering I wanted to make a ring which I could remove to wash my hands. In the end I settled on Cling Film. I got the idea from a scone wrapped in CF. I take a piece about 18 ×12 inches and fold it lengthwise into a cigar shape about 2cm wide. I wrap it around my left index finger making it neither too loose or tight. Loose is better than tight. I attach a piece of sellotape to secure the first turn to help stop it unravelling from the inside. I secure the end flap with a narrow piece of sellotape/scotchtape. It's soft and malleable but strong enough to hold its shape, for a day or two anyway. The inside gets sticky in the heat so perhaps a little powder or oil will help with that. It's still a work in progress.
I wear it mostly in bed where the triggering is worst. I'm wearing it now as I type. I wear a garden glove (firm rubber palm cloth back) for household chores and cycling.
Another kind of ring for rrf which has proved useful is white elastic. The length is double circumference rrf, width is lower section rrf. It's loose enough to twirl around the finger and the construct is stretchy and easily adjustable.
I put double-sided sticky tape (don't use best scissors to cut dsst) along the first half and finished with white pvc tape around half the outside.
Will this help for when we sleep as that’s when the inflammation kicks in
Good day to you, I am 67 and had a cortisone injection for my little finger 2 months ago. It didn't make a sound before, it just got stuck and I had to manually open it with the other hand Now after the injection it's doing both. Should I do the band aid on it. Could it work after years of this problem or should I go for the surgery. Many thanks, bless you for helping.
I saw my surgeon after wrist surgery. I am having numbness in my hand. He thinks It is carpal tunnel are there any exercises for this. I follow your channel and have been doing your exercises for months. .
I just started experiencing this in .y pinky for the last 2 months. Does this method cure it or just provide relief? How long do you keep them on for?
A rheumatologist suggested the "buddy system" of taping trigger finger to its adjacent finger. Also massage and 100 mg hyaluronic acid daily reduced locking. Surgical paper tape from the Dollar Tree is cheap and easily removed.
Wow, I didn't know this was a thing. My thumbs have been popping at the knuckle for about 25 years, no pain, just popping. Never knew it could be corrected as it really doesn't bother me because it's part of my life. Who knew? 😵💫
THANK YOU. I wake up in pain with the Spider-Man middle finger locking bend. It wont open 😕 and is painful to snap open. I will definitely try this!
After 3 operations, other fingers started acting up, and I decided not to go through any more procedures.
And after months I discovered something that no doctor had ever told me - - this condition goes away BY ITSELF with time, like any other infection. 🙄
I make my own permanent support. I use a hardish plastic strip and make a ring then I use the finger of my glove to wrap around the plastic. I sometimes sew the glove finger on. I make sure it is lose enough not to cut circulation and tight enough to stay on. Works great for me. This is good idea but I can't wear bandaids.
I had trigger finger that was stuck or frozen wouldn’t release! It made me so mad, I just yanked it straight & voilà it released & haven’t had any issues since then! After 2 weeks it was definitely a win!
Is it good for numbness in the thumb and forefinger?
How about tape. Can we use it to replace bandaid?
Where do you put the bandaid for the thumb
I came down with trigger thumb on my right hand after I just woke up with it one day around a year ago, very painful. I even went to a hand doctor and got a couple steroid shot in the joint and it really didn't help much. So I did some research and found out that this could be caused by a B6 deficiency and read that taking P-5-P, 50mg 3-times a day along with a magnesium supplement to help with absorption would heal my trigger thumb. I also read that you have to take it a minimum of 6 months for the healing to take place. Well, after 6 months and 2 weeks I noticed my trigger thumb getting a lot better almost over night, It's now getting better everyday and I don't have to splint my thumb at all and I can bend my thumb without triggering it and basically the pain has gone away and my mobility is returning more every day. I had an appointment with the hand doctor at the end of next month for another steroid shot and now I going to cancel, don't need it. The doctor didn't believe in P-5-P as a treatment but I proved him wrong! Your video's helped m e through a lot, thank you
After steroid shots did you notice pain between your finger on a bone area? What’s P5P?
Band Aid is much more better than the Oval 8. Thank u Michelle.
It depends on the person but I agree!
Here's a tip: Nexcare Clear Waterproof Bandages work very well!
They will stay on for hours. I wish I would have thought of this Band-Aid trick! Thank you!
Having worked through trigger thumb for the last 2 months, let me say this: a band-aid is UNSUFFICIENT to lock the joint into place. Two bandaids doesn't do it either. What does do it is some medical tape wrapped several times around the finger/joint, and that approach is much less intrusive than that triangular device she suggests putting on the finger. My $0.02. ps: for me, it's now at about 10 weeks since it started, and it's much better...but definitely still not fully healed. It takes a LONG time.
I have trigger finger,both middle fingers. I found using using ace bandage wrapped one turn around the finger really works great. I use ,I think it's the 2" size.
Same. I'll try that.
I tried the bandaid trick but after a few days I got dermatitis from the adhesive. So now I cut a 4x4 bandage into 1” strips (use 1 at a time) and attache 5” of 1” durapore tape (looks like fabric and doesnt stretch) and wrap this whole unit around the bottom of my finger and it works great. I can get it wet when I wash my hands (use a paper towel to dry it off), it conforms great to my finger, can do all sorts of work without triggering. Wearing a glove on that hand when washing up keeps the bandage from getting wet and makes it last longer.
This seems like an interesting technique but it also seems to target the CMC joint rather than the MCP. Better to make it explicit what you are targeting to prevent misunderstanding.
I came here looking for treatments for MCP joint trigger finger
I use athletic tape, then put a band-aid over it. It usually lasts a couple of days. My trigger finger affects my left ring finger. I got it from playing the guitar several hours per day. The tape + band-aid prevents locking but doesn't do anything to relieve the underlying condition. I have to be careful when I use that finger when playing - too much pressure can be super painful.
I played the guitar for hours every day too in my early days, not so much these days. I have always wondered what could have caused this condition, for some reason I never considered it being the guitar. Makes total sense, since it's only my right ring and little finger I have problems with. Thanks for your comment.
me also excessive guitar playing caused locking finger joint
I use kinesio tape with micropore over it for my thumb, but I do find my skin gets irritated eventually. That's why I don't use bandaid/elastoplast, because the adhesive is much more irritating.
Can I keep it while sleeping ??? Because when i woke up i feel very difficult. please i need your suggestion
Can I keep it while sleeping too??? Because when i woke up i feel very difficult. please i need your suggestion
Thanks so much. I was given an oval 8 [ wrong size at the Othro. It was making the inflammation worse. The bandaid is per, until I go to physical therapy Friday. Thank you.
I love the Band-aid method! Works great!
what about the thumb. Both mine are very painful ,both "triggering" and incapacitating in most things I need to do.
You explained my situation 100% same. It has been 8 months after road accident. My right hand thumb tip is not extending fully towards backside.tip joint have little swelling on it. Let's try this bandage method 🤞
did It work
@@zachmayer9488 yes I ordered pair of thumb straightner and it helps
Oh nice, I am glad I did this to my trigger finger before I found this trick. I do have a logical mind...lols.
I’m
Not able
To bend my thumb at all
Without clicking. Will
It heal? My chiropractor said it’s a bad case and referred me to an orthopedic Dr.
Oh I just have to say that is such a slick idea I’m 65 years old about a year ago here in a half ago I did One whole side of my large roof on my HomePod shingles removing them and replacing them and afterwards I swear I had carpal tunnel lotta pain in my left primary hands well that is very day I’ve never had it checked out I just try to collect information on UA-cam but my ring finger locks up at times And that is the exact location where I’m gonna start putting a Band-Aid on my finger that’s exactly where my ring finger on my primary hand which I swear I have carpal tunnel in my hand now like separate times great idea
I hope the Band-Aid helps!
I band-aid one finger to the next,, That works also
What do you do if it’s been locked for 3 days
Should you go to the ER if your Thumb is Swelling Shut where you can't Move your Thumb????
So this is basically a splint alternative?
Mam my thumb broken before 1 month I take treat ment but why my thumb is swallon now itself?? Please tell me
What is your opinion on using Meridian energy pen to treat trigger finger? Thanks
I am not familiar with that so I’m not sure there is research proving it’s effectiveness.
Michelle, do you have any advice for stroke hand recovery?
Unfortunately, I don't have any videos specific to stroke yet.
Thanks Michelle your videos , really helping me recover from my wrist and arm injury many thanks
My finger won't straighten under any circumstances, am I too far gone for this to help?
CURE IS WHAT WE NEED
what also helps with this condition well as arthritis is finger tipless compression gloves more support than bandaids
Yes I have just started using one at night and it seems to help