“One morning, I woke up and my finger was stuck in a bent position,” says Risa Pulver, who’s lived with type 1 diabetes for 35 years. “I had to physically unbend it.” This was just a few years ago, ...

If you wake up with a finger that feels like it's locked in place, you've probably got trigger finger. This common condition makes it difficult to grip things and is one of the main causes of hand ...

Trigger finger is one of the most common hand conditions. Trigger finger occurs when your tendons become inflamed and swollen. This can lead to your tendons getting caught in your tendon sheath, ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Three or four months ago, the ring finger on my right hand started making popping noises when I bent it. Now it's still doing that, and it catches in a bent position from time to time.

What are the diagnostic features of trigger finger? What differential diagnoses should be considered? The three diagnostic features are clicking, locking and pain. Trigger fingers are more common in ...