It starts as a minor annoyance – a slight catch when you bend your finger. But soon, it becomes a constant source of frustration and pain. The loud, painful “pop” every time you try to straighten your finger, the stiffness in the morning, and the unnerving sensation of your finger locking in a bent position can interfere with everything you do.
It starts as a minor annoyance – a slight catch when you bend your finger. But soon, it becomes a constant source of frustration and pain. The loud, painful “pop” every time you try to straighten your finger, the stiffness in the morning, and the unnerving sensation of your finger locking in a bent position can interfere with everything you do.
This condition, known as Trigger Finger, is a simple mechanical problem that does not have to be a permanent part of your life. When non-surgical treatments have failed to provide lasting relief, a quick and highly effective surgical procedure can fix the problem for good. As a Harvard-trained specialist in the intricate anatomy of the hand, Dr. Rod French performs this delicate release with the utmost precision, guiding you from daily frustration to smooth, pain-free motion.
The cause of Trigger Finger is a simple mechanical mismatch. Your tendons are like smooth threads that glide through a series of tight tunnels, or “pulleys,” in your palm and fingers. In Trigger Finger, a section of the tendon becomes inflamed and forms a small nodule (the “knot”). At the same time, the entrance to the pulley (the A1 pulley) becomes too tight. Every time you bend your finger, the “knot” has to force its way through the tight “eye of the needle,” causing a painful click. When it gets stuck, your finger locks.
A Trigger Finger Release is a surgical procedure with one goal: to open up the entrance of the tight tunnel (the A1 pulley), giving the tendon the space it needs to glide freely without catching.
While injections can be effective for some, they don’t always provide a permanent solution. Surgery is the definitive treatment for Trigger Finger. You are a candidate if you have:
Trigger Finger is not a dangerous condition, but it is a profoundly annoying and often painful one that impacts your quality of life every single day. The surgical release is a minor procedure that often takes only 10-15 minutes to perform and provides immediate relief from the mechanical locking.
Waiting months or longer in the public system means enduring thousands of unnecessary painful clicks and frustrating moments. Choosing private care is a decision to end that cycle now. It provides immediate access to a specialist who can perform this simple, life-improving procedure without delay, allowing you to get back to using your hand comfortably and confidently.
The Trigger Finger Release is a very common and straightforward outpatient procedure.
Recovery from a Trigger Finger Release is typically very quick.
The surgical procedure itself is very fast, typically taking only about 10-15 minutes from start to finish.
The surgery is performed with local anesthetic, so it is painless. For the first day or two after surgery, you may have some mild to moderate soreness in your palm, which is easily managed with over-the-counter pain medication.
Trigger Finger Release is one of the most successful procedures in all of hand surgery, with an extremely high rate of providing a complete and permanent cure for the locking and catching.
This is a very safe procedure. As with any surgery, risks are rare but can include infection, stiffness, or irritation of the small digital nerves that run alongside the tendon.
