Thanks Sam! I just discovered you. As a massage therapist of 30+ years, I am now just beginning to have trigger finger symptoms in a couple of different fingers. Massage seems to help, and rest. So far, so good, but I am definitely aware of it when I massage clients and finding new techniques which gives my fingers a break. Thanks again!
Thank you for all the great videos, Sam! I am a paramedic and I've still got a road ahead of me, before being able to enter medschool, but your lessons are already helping me a lot! A big thank you from germany!
Nope. I don't think anything like ChatGPT could replace such a marvelous Teacher. I can find text answers (and, as a really capable student, even pictures) by myself, but it's no near the effect of these videos and this way of describing.
Another great explanation/video. I can fully relate to trigger finger, having suffered from it (digitus medius) and been operated on. The surgeon kindly let me see the incision and inner workings of my own hand 😁🖐👍
Thank you for the informative video series. I am just writing to ask if anyone has had any luck with massage or stretching or any other non-surgical interventions that might be able to reduce the amount of collagen building around the tendons and/or decrease inflamation in the fingers? I'm 47 and only been climbing as a regular pass time for the last year or so, but have recently been getting some acute pain in my ring finger from climbing, as well as any work requiring a firm grip (e.g. forking a garden bed). Recently a muscuolo-skeletal specialist diagnosed me with early Depuytrens contracture, but I also hypothesize that my relatively acute pain during climbing may be caused by nodules on my finger tendons being pulling through the A2 pulley under pressure (I can feel a small ridge/bump pulling through when I lightly pinch my first knuckle with the other hand and then flex my finger). My main concern is that I may be worsening the condition the more I climb, and I've just had approximately a month break without the pain or finger swelling diminishing....
Thank you som much for such an amazing lesson. Please keep up teaching in youtube. You difinitly have a very large impact in our lives. Please do the whole body every section in the body in depth. Thank you professor From your supporter.
I had a trigger finger, middle finger on my right hand when I was in my late teens. But my finger, due to being broken as a kid, got stuck out and wouldn’t bend inwards, instead of the other way around. I had 2 surgeries trying to rectify the problem when my surgeon was sadly killed in a car accident and I never bothered to see anyone else about it. I figured 2 surgeries were enough, so it still gets stuck and I have to bend it with my other hand. Annoying more than anything these days. I’m just used to it.
I used to have a "trigger" finger but not anymore. I never saw a Dr. or received treatment. I have no idea when my finger returned to normal. Glad it's gone, it was very annoying.
Thank you for this excellent video too! I just previously viewed your video on Dupuytren's Contracture (and left you a question therein) but seeing your video above may have helped me answer my own question. My question was, "How do Dupuytren's and Trigger Finger differ in their diagnosis?" I really thought I had 3 trigger fingers because when I bend them, they get locked and have a hard time coming up. They don't click at all on the way down - just get stuck when I try to extend them and click once they do unlock. I was diagnosed with Dupuytren's but was thinking it might simply be Trigger Finger (of course I'd prefer it to be Trigger Finger too). From your above video, I am assuming that if it were Trigger Finger I would feel a lump and sensitivity at the direct base of the finger. I don't. My sensitivity on each of my problem fingers is approx. one inch below the base of each finger. I remember the doctor saying he feels some lumps there too, and now that I compare those areas to the same areas on my 'good' fingers, I realize there ARE tiny lumps there. I think I can see now why I was diagnosed with Dupuytren's and not Trigger Finger - the lumps in Dupuytren's will form lower down on the palmar fascia whereas Trigger Finger lumps will be higher up and at the base of the finger. Is this correct? Thank you again for both fabulous videos. They have really helped me understand the anatomy of both conditions and therefore the conditions themselves. Ugh, I wish I didn't have Dupuytren's but knowing is important. Your time and great videos are much appreciated! Going to go search now to see if you have any suggestions on preventing early Dupuyten's from worsening 🤞🏼 Thanks again!
I can open my index finger just fine but the last joint near the nail can't close well... The result it the index can't fully close, only about 80% which means I can't make a fist with that hand... If I force the finger closed, like with a rubber band it will stretch...and fully close after a few minutes..if I keep it closed for a while and remove the band, then for a little while after that I can close my hand into a fist with the index closing about 98%.... This problem started after picking up a heavy plastic bag and pulling the index finger... Occasionally there is a clicking after I stretch it but normally not and there is no pain... So far doctors no help and no confidence of a fix... Any thoughts?
Good video Sam. I have trigger finger in my middle finger. Left hand. Right hand middle finger locks 🔒. I know the feeling. Had steroid in my left hand to ease the trigger finger. Any way I have a condition as well called Hemchromatosis.
Interesting. Question: My 4th finger when writing, or just working with my hands, gets straight, like a cramp. Is that trigger finger too, or called something else? I'm a 70 yr old woman
My pinky locks and I’m unable to touch my pinky and thumb only with the help of my ring finger, I’ve been told nothings wrong but still have all these symptoms from pain, locking of my pinkiny, and there’s like nothing over my ring finger knuckle. I had a crush injury in July last year and it’s still giving me hell.
Wonderful video lesson as always. I learn so much from your excellent teaching. Thank you! You did a video about bones and nearly got to talking about fractures. As I sit here recovering from surgery to repair a distal radial fracture (several pieces had to be realigned and they had to be kept together), I wonder whether you have created a video about how fractures heal. Where would I find it? Or are you planning to create a new video? I'd be thrilled and grateful to see what you can do about this.
I've talked about some regions of fascia in videos (neck, others?) but I usually need to use cadavers to teach about fascia during dissection. It's the only time you see it, as you have to remove the fascia to see what's underneath.
Thank you for your explanation I am a hand therapist and always enjoy your videos. You explain things well.
Thanks Sam! I just discovered you. As a massage therapist of 30+ years, I am now just beginning to have trigger finger symptoms in a couple of different fingers. Massage seems to help, and rest. So far, so good, but I am definitely aware of it when I massage clients and finding new techniques which gives my fingers a break. Thanks again!
Thank you for all the great videos, Sam! I am a paramedic and I've still got a road ahead of me, before being able to enter medschool, but your lessons are already helping me a lot!
A big thank you from germany!
When I watch your videos about any subject ,it just keep stuck in my head ,and that what make me loves your videos ,thank you
Nope. I don't think anything like ChatGPT could replace such a marvelous Teacher. I can find text answers (and, as a really capable student, even pictures) by myself, but it's no near the effect of these videos and this way of describing.
Another great explanation/video. I can fully relate to trigger finger, having suffered from it (digitus medius) and been operated on. The surgeon kindly let me see the incision and inner workings of my own hand 😁🖐👍
Thank you for the informative video series. I am just writing to ask if anyone has had any luck with massage or stretching or any other non-surgical interventions that might be able to reduce the amount of collagen building around the tendons and/or decrease inflamation in the fingers?
I'm 47 and only been climbing as a regular pass time for the last year or so, but have recently been getting some acute pain in my ring finger from climbing, as well as any work requiring a firm grip (e.g. forking a garden bed). Recently a muscuolo-skeletal specialist diagnosed me with early Depuytrens contracture, but I also hypothesize that my relatively acute pain during climbing may be caused by nodules on my finger tendons being pulling through the A2 pulley under pressure (I can feel a small ridge/bump pulling through when I lightly pinch my first knuckle with the other hand and then flex my finger). My main concern is that I may be worsening the condition the more I climb, and I've just had approximately a month break without the pain or finger swelling diminishing....
hope that you are still climbing! i found that stretching my fingers between climbs and longer rest helped me
Thank you som much for such an amazing lesson. Please keep up teaching in youtube. You difinitly have a very large impact in our lives. Please do the whole body every section in the body in depth.
Thank you professor
From your supporter.
I had a trigger finger, middle finger on my right hand when I was in my late teens. But my finger, due to being broken as a kid, got stuck out and wouldn’t bend inwards, instead of the other way around. I had 2 surgeries trying to rectify the problem when my surgeon was sadly killed in a car accident and I never bothered to see anyone else about it. I figured 2 surgeries were enough, so it still gets stuck and I have to bend it with my other hand. Annoying more than anything these days. I’m just used to it.
@Dr Webster: i'm glad to find your post for my issues and hearing that you are a rock climber = ) Thank You!
I used to have a "trigger" finger but not anymore. I never saw a Dr. or received treatment. I have no idea when my finger returned to normal. Glad it's gone, it was very annoying.
Thank you for this excellent video too! I just previously viewed your video on Dupuytren's Contracture (and left you a question therein) but seeing your video above may have helped me answer my own question. My question was, "How do Dupuytren's and Trigger Finger differ in their diagnosis?" I really thought I had 3 trigger fingers because when I bend them, they get locked and have a hard time coming up. They don't click at all on the way down - just get stuck when I try to extend them and click once they do unlock. I was diagnosed with Dupuytren's but was thinking it might simply be Trigger Finger (of course I'd prefer it to be Trigger Finger too). From your above video, I am assuming that if it were Trigger Finger I would feel a lump and sensitivity at the direct base of the finger. I don't. My sensitivity on each of my problem fingers is approx. one inch below the base of each finger. I remember the doctor saying he feels some lumps there too, and now that I compare those areas to the same areas on my 'good' fingers, I realize there ARE tiny lumps there. I think I can see now why I was diagnosed with Dupuytren's and not Trigger Finger - the lumps in Dupuytren's will form lower down on the palmar fascia whereas Trigger Finger lumps will be higher up and at the base of the finger. Is this correct? Thank you again for both fabulous videos. They have really helped me understand the anatomy of both conditions and therefore the conditions themselves. Ugh, I wish I didn't have Dupuytren's but knowing is important. Your time and great videos are much appreciated! Going to go search now to see if you have any suggestions on preventing early Dupuyten's from worsening 🤞🏼 Thanks again!
I know you are very good doctor & teacher your represent skill the very best l know you are success in your life
Thanks, that's very kind. I am a scientist doctor (PhD) rather than a clinical doctor.
I can open my index finger just fine but the last joint near the nail can't close well... The result it the index can't fully close, only about 80% which means I can't make a fist with that hand... If I force the finger closed, like with a rubber band it will stretch...and fully close after a few minutes..if I keep it closed for a while and remove the band, then for a little while after that I can close my hand into a fist with the index closing about 98%.... This problem started after picking up a heavy plastic bag and pulling the index finger... Occasionally there is a clicking after I stretch it but normally not and there is no pain... So far doctors no help and no confidence of a fix... Any thoughts?
he actually kind of looks like Dr.House
Good video Sam. I have trigger finger in my middle finger. Left hand. Right hand middle finger locks 🔒. I know the feeling. Had steroid in my left hand to ease the trigger finger.
Any way I have a condition as well called Hemchromatosis.
Thank you for another great video, Sam. I have a request. Can you make a video on Axillary lymph nodes? It will be very helpful.
The human hands are really amazing.
Thank you for your videos!
Interesting. Question: My 4th finger when writing, or just working with my hands, gets straight, like a cramp. Is that trigger finger too, or called something else? I'm a 70 yr old woman
I really love the anatomy of two parts in the body:The hand🖐and heart❤.I watch your all videos about these two parts.😊
My pinky locks and I’m unable to touch my pinky and thumb only with the help of my ring finger, I’ve been told nothings wrong but still have all these symptoms from pain, locking of my pinkiny, and there’s like nothing over my ring finger knuckle. I had a crush injury in July last year and it’s still giving me hell.
Wonderful video lesson as always. I learn so much from your excellent teaching. Thank you!
You did a video about bones and nearly got to talking about fractures. As I sit here recovering from surgery to repair a distal radial fracture (several pieces had to be realigned and they had to be kept together), I wonder whether you have created a video about how fractures heal. Where would I find it? Or are you planning to create a new video? I'd be thrilled and grateful to see what you can do about this.
It's on my to do list but I haven't worked out how to do it yet. Hopefully I won't break another bone and that prompt me to make a video.
Do you have more detailed laryngeal models that reveal the fine structures of the epilarynx, and how they are involved in speech production?
Can you do a video on ansa cervicalis?
Hi，Webster！I’ll appreciate it if you could tell what kind of camera you use to record videos? And really love your teaching style and video！
Currently the Canon R6.
Dupuytren’s Contracture…..please? 😅
It's on the to do list - it was actually a coin toss for this video whether it would be about Dupuytren's or trigger finger. Sorry!
I don't know if you have covered fascia. Where it is, the structure of it, the purpose, etc.
I've talked about some regions of fascia in videos (neck, others?) but I usually need to use cadavers to teach about fascia during dissection. It's the only time you see it, as you have to remove the fascia to see what's underneath.
Awesome!!!