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- One year trigger finger release surgery update results is pretty much a 95 percent range of motion, which I am thankful for. The finger will still tend to curl if ignored and still needs TLC to straighten out and bend fully inward.
Time will tell as the Dr. is telling me it's a scar tissue matter at this time.
Thanks for watching and work safe!
I am worried because after the surgery (20 days) my middle finger stay bent, stiff, swollen and painful. I am doing therapy in a center and my house but I don’t see improvement. This video tells me that I am not alone, I’m going to buy the joint jack to relieves my finger. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and giving your advice. Good look.🙏
The joint jack saved me big time. I used it every evening for nearly a year. These things can definitely take more time to get back to full range of motion than anyone thinks.
My hands were bulletproof the first 5 decades of my life....those days are gone.
Good luck on your healing!
Thanks for watching!
I had my middle finger left hand done 8 weeks today. I've been so worried since my finger is stiff, feels off, and can't make a full fist but watching these videos and seeing comments feel much more at ease. Guess we're all trying to rush with an instant fix but it's slow & steady. ❤
This getting old crap is for the birds
Heck I'm 71 now unbelievable.
Keith Kuhn
KK, I am right behind you.
Stay safe!
@@pmtips4482
Safe as well being that you're right behind me I need a little push once in awhile.
Just to keep me moving.
No Shit
Keith Kuhn
@@KTHKUHNKK lol I hear you on that!
@@pmtips4482 You mentioned an injury caring a bucket. Is part of the problem that injury on top of the trigger finger issue causing your slow recovery?
I am going through exactly the same thing on the same finger. Mine is only 6 weeks post op but isn't improving. Thanks for the tips, its very helpful and gives me hope!
It really does take time and patience, along with rehab work.
We go our entire lives without hand and finger tendon problems, then boom, we have damage. I guess I took them for granted, something I shouldn't do.
Now after lots of hammer, crowbar, prybar, and sawzall work tearing down 2 sheds, my right thumb tendon is snapping open and closed.
Seeing a hand surgeon will be my very last resort.
Thanks for watching!
@@pmtips4482 Thanks for explaining about the need to break up scar tissue! BTW i suppose you probably saw the vid by Virtual Hand Care warning against ball-squeezing, and advising a rolled-up washcloth instead.
My index trigger finger is locked and can't bend neither straighten up
Doc told me you can't just leave it bent, there is a risk of it never straightening out if you wait too long.
It took 5 weeks of hand therapy on mine.
Good luck and thanks for watching!
I'm a long time guitar player and had the release surgery done on my left ring and pinky fingers about 8 weeks ago. I have similar stiffness issues and do the same thing on my steering wheel. The two knuckles remain very sore and I get soem strange sharp pains every once in a while. The worst post-op effect is that sometime I can be doing the easiest picking up of something small and light and I will get a nerve jolt through my whole body. My OT says its probably swelling tendons on the nerves, but shes not certain. I didnt expect the recovery to take so long and seeing that you are still not 100% after a year is concerning! I can play guitar agian, but I dont have the stamina I had even when they were triggering.
Everyone will have a different experience. I notice that especially on healing. Age is a huge factor also.
Thanks for watching and I wish you a fast recovery!
Same surgery like 7 years ago. I have the same problems you demonstrated except for the folding in the finger issue. I have still the scar tissue tho and hand becomes painful with the cold.
Two months post op...same issues...slow process...
Just a tip...to help with your grip, try anti vibration gloves. Ones with a good amount of padding in the palm. It helps me with grabbing small tools, and eases grip effort untill 100 % recovered.
Thanks for the tip!
Great much needed info for me. Thank you so much for posting.
BTW: I am 5 weeks out from surgery on my left thumb and middle finger. My thumb is fine, no issues. My middle finger has been very problematic and I’m experiencing the same issues as you described. I appreciate you for sharing your experience and knowledge greatly. Thanks again
You are so welcome!
Best of luck to you!
Same issues after 4 weeks post surgery. Also first 2 weeks I was pain free. On third weeks I started to have pain. On fourth week I have sometime very big pain at night time and driving the car. My surgent not advised me to do physical therapy.
When I absolutely could not straighten my finger two weeks after surgery, the surgeon all but insisted I go to a hand therapist. He claimed if I didn't....I may never get that finger straight. It all worked out after 6 weeks of therapy twice a week, and using the awesome finger joint jack every single night for 6 months. It has 100 percent range of motion now.
Thank you for watching and good luck with your finger!
Hi, I’m going in to have the same surgery on both hands. But my surgeon said that Dypetrends contracture can occur post surgery. It seems like that’s what you have now. The good news is that you can have an enzyme injection to release that scar tissue and to relieve the contracture that you seem to have. Just thought I’d let you know
That is great news on the enzyme injection, I wasn't aware of that.
Thanks for watching!
My physical therapist used a jade stone and massage cream to break up my scar tissue! I bought one and use it myself now
It really helped me to achieve greater bend and straightening of my finger! I had surgery about 2 months ago
That's great ! Mine improves every month.
Thanks!
Thank you for this video. I have the exact same issues with my recent trigger finger surgery. My surgeon said that only about 2% of surgeries have such difficult issues with scar tissue. I have not used the finger jack but I am going to ask my PT about it.
Thank you for watching and good luck with your rehab!
Not bad. I will be happy with that range of motion. I just need to be able to grab a golf club 😅
Best of luck to you!
Hope you can hit the links!!
I have a trigger thumb and a cyst too. My surgery is tomorrow morning.
Good luck!
I need a middle finger surgery and been putting it off. Im scared. I thought this surgery was a piece of cake.
Everyone will have a different outcome. Some will be better than others.
I think age determines a lot too. I have zero regrets on my three hand surgeries, two carpal release and a middle trigger finger. Plus two TF injections that worked. Sometimes you just have to trust a doctor.
Thanks so much for sharing your experience. I had the steroid shot a month ago and it didn't really do anything so I'm going for the surgery. I noticed this video is 9 months old and just wondering how your finger is doing now? I'm an artist (drawing with pencils). In your experience, how long do you think it would be until I could draw again ? I'm hoping not more than a week.
The finger in this video is at 99 percent range of motion and 100 percent no pain.
I am extremely pleased with the outcome. It's hard for me to say how long you'll be down from your drawing though, everyone is so different on healing. I would think about 2 weeks should do it.
Best of luck to you!
Thanks for watching!
@@pmtips4482 Thanks for the info !!
Both of my hands is like that my little finger and trigger finger is bent over bad
You should have it checked out.
I wish you the best of luck!
Thanks for this. I'm 5 days post surgery
Best of luck to you!
Thanks for watching!
Wow. That stinks. I look forward to this 😮
It's worth it. It took well over a year, but my hands and fingers are 100 % now and I thank God every day I can use my hands!
Thanks for watching!
I broke my pinky finger in a freak bike accident, had 2 k wires put in. one by my last knuckle (near fingernail) got infected. It healed with hardened scar tissue underneath the skin, on the knuckle. It's now a permanent "lag"/trigger finger, with a bump of scar tissue and the inability to close my finger fully like in your video here. I also can not straighten it out, not even close. Wondering if I should have even agreed to the K wire surgery...
Wish my hand therapist had given me the finger(joint) jack you have. looks exactly like something I need. the overnight splint looks very useful as well. mine is "hooked" like you said yours would be had you not put the splint on at night
Nice to see you've made improvements though. Thanks for the vid
I wouldn't hesitate to ask your therapist for a finger jack. If that's a no-go...you can get them online.
Thanks for watching and good luck!
Thanks for the reply. My hand therapy has finished she didn't give me any suggestions or tools, just kind of said your finger is just like that now
I am searching for a finger jack like yours online but none are quite like that. Do you have a link or know where I could purchase one like yours? the white one with the "screw" around 3:20 mark in video
Ryan, go to amazon and search "finger jack splint", the type I was given is imo too much money, 80 to 100 dollars. There is a decent looking one for about 12 dollars but is shorter requiring you to place it directly over the joint, but looks like it would work.
Good luck and I hope you get your range of motion back to normal!
@@pmtips4482 Thank you for all the great information. Cheers
I had trigger finger release surgery from the VA about 5 weeks ago on my right 5th digit. (pinky) I am able to bend it about 80% to the palm. I still have redness around the surgery and it is still tender. My main issue is my other three fingers. They are becoming numb and tingling whenever I raise my hand above my shoulder for more than 10 minutes. When I wake up in the morning my hand feels almost completely numb. I don’t understand why these fingers are being affected. Thanks for the update. It is helpful to know not all release surgeries are as successful as they say.
You really need to see a hand specialist. I've had carpal and trigger finger surgery, it sure sounds like you have an overlapping issue going on.
I wish you the best of luck!
Thank you for your video. I am 3 weeks post op and frustrated with the middle finger curling like that and it feels so bruised….guess I will have to be patient.
It's my experience, finger tendon issues can take several months to a couple years to actually heal.
I wish you the best on healing!
Thanks for watching!
I had this surgery today. It was on the long finger. It’s been about 13 hours. I have no feeling in the pointer, long finger or ring finger. Thumb and baby finger are tingling. Is this a normal thing after this surgery? I can not find any info about numbness in the fingers, just the incision site.
I hope you got your feeling back in all fingers. On mine, when I got the injection 2 months prior to surgery, my middle finger was numb for nearly 3 days. He shot what looked to me like a lot of cortisone and I think it put pressure on my nerve keeping it numb that long.
All is good now with it though. Now my right thumb and ring finger are triggering badly.
Good luck to you!
I'm glad you have the movement back and hope like you said by next year you are good to go. Have a good week Pm! See ya!
Thanks, you too!
Thanks for your great video ! I was operated two months ago on two trigger fingers. I’m having therapy but don’t see much improvement yet. The fingers stay stiff a bit painful and I can only bend them halfway. I find it a bit disappointing the surgeon didn’t inform me recovery can take a while.
I hear you. My surgeon is absolute tops, and he never discussed anything post op either. I think this is because every single person will have a different outcome and the doctors don't want to get into all the what ifs, but rather handle each patient as the time presents.
In my personal experience of three injections and one TF surgery and two CT surgeries, anything with the tendons, sheaths, and pulleys, takes time to heal (could be weeks, could be months).
Thanks and good luck!!
@@pmtips4482 Thank you too ! It goes up and down I believe it takes time and I should be patient. In February I have an evaluation appointment with my surgeon.
Your videos helped me so much! I'm new post op on same finger. Thank you!!
Thank you for watching!
Good to hear about the finger jack, I’m definitely going to need that.
I need one but not winning. #SA
Thank you for this helpful video
Glad it was helpful!
Five weeks after my surgery (both middle trigger and carpal tunnel), I still have discomfort when stretching the finger straight and curling it in fully. I can however get the finger mostly straight which I think is thanks to exercising the fingers regularly (repeadedly opening and closing the hand daily). I think this has helped massively with the stiffness and flex.
Yes, you will have to exercise it every day and keep stretching the finger out.
I had to use the finger jack for nearly a full year every evening.
It is finally coming into it's own, at about 90 to 95 percent range of motion.
Thank you for watching!
@@pmtips4482 Amazing thanks for info. I didn't expect that long a recovery but will persevere with the exercises!
Good tips on the extending the finger.
Thanks! 👍
I have tendon cut repair in my middle finger in first joint 9 weeks ago, I started to visit physiotherapist six weeks after I removed splint (fiberglass) on my hand, I have same problem like you specially in the morning it's rock, it takes like half an hour of massaging to curl the finger and I use splint in the night because not fully stretching, I have full passive motion but in active way is impossible, I hope one day I can bend my finger and make fist to play my guitar 🎸 (saz) again😥
Finger tendons can take a couple years to heal in my limited experience.
I wish you the best of luck getting full use of your hand back.
Thank you for watching and sharing!
Where can i buy the fancy splint of yours?
They are on Amazon but at ridiculous prices. My therapist gave one to me in the beginning.
My insurance paid for 6 weeks of therapy, it's been 2 years now and still have to sleep with that finger in a straight splint, if I don't it will curl up.
Thanks for watching!
@@pmtips4482 thanks and heads up. If it curl too frequent, it ll cause ulnar nerve entrapment. Just sayin
Thanks for that information, I may go to a hand specialist in Louisville Kentucky for another post op evaluation.
@@pmtips4482 unfortunately, there is not much to do on a scar tissue
@@BT-km7nl That's what I'm afraid of.
Thanks!
I’m two years post app from my middle finger surgery and it has fully recovered. I can bend my fingers back an forth with no problems or pain.. an to the date four weeks, postop from my thumb surgery
That sounds great on your recovery.
Thanks and work safe!