“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, ...
A condition that keeps people from straightening out their fingers has been connected to diabetes. “Trigger finger,” as it’s called, is when one or more fingers — often a thumb or ring finger — get ...
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -With more than 200,000 U.S. cases each year, trigger finger is a condition that causes pain, stiffness and a finger-locking sensation. Depending on severity, treatment can ...
Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Kristin Sandrowski with the Connecticut Orthopaedic Institute at Hartford HealthCare St. Vincent’s Medical Center is here to tell us about a common hand condition – trigger ...
Your hands are mechanical marvels, with pulleys — in the form of tendons — flexing and extending to open and close your fist, and straighten and bend your fingers. Each tendon is wrapped in a sheath ...
A viewer is asking what they can do to treat "trigger finger." Doctor Lacy Anderson has a few suggestions. Trigger finger is a condition that affects the tendons of the finger and thumb and results in ...