Trigger Finger is condition when a tendon involved in movement of terminal joints of finger start getting stuck under the tendon sheath while movement and when it got released ,it releases with a snap giving imitating trigger of a gun. This is the reason this condition is called trigger finger. Whenever patient tries to move finger in flexion as in making fist , inflamed tendon got stuck. the inflammation in tendon can be of any reason from repetitive stress injury to direct injury to tendon, various physiotherapy machines including Laser Therapy, Ultrasound Therapy along with manual release are used to treat this condition. When inflammation decreases tendon starts to slide normally under tendon sheath.
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