Finger pain locking
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For a long time my left elbow locks up and it hurts to straighten it . It makes a loud cracking noise too. And recently I have been having pain in my ring finger. It doesn't happen all the time. What would cause this?
What you have is probably trigger finger. This is associated with catching, snapping or locking of the involved finger flexor tendon, resulting in inability to move the finger and pain. The diagnostic thing is that you can unlock the lock and start the finger functioning again. Treatment is by injecting steroid into the tendon. If that fails, this can be surgically corrected. Please consult an orthopedic specialist. Hope this helps.
The locking progresses in severity from my index finger to my pinkie, with the pinkie finger locking the tightest. I know that trigger finger usually locks the knocking knuckles, but I've never heard of someones base knuckles locking up. Anyone else have this problem?
Just as a side note, I had knee surgery a year and a half ago. My knee cap dislocated, and when I collapsed onto my knee, somehow a piece of my femur chipped off.
This is due to me constantly hitting hard surfaces. i have no pain in that particular finger or knuckle or any part of the hand but i cant fully raise my right ring finger. It gets to about half way and i cannot raise it anymore unless i force it up with my other hand. Apart from that i have full use of my right hand and no pain in or around the knuckle or finger. Any ideas whats wrong??
Hi, about 11 years ago I slipped and hit my tibia on a hard step when getting on the bus. There was a lot of pain and blood and since then my tibia feels dented. I still get sharp pain and aching even though it happened such a long time ago.
2 weeks ago I slipped again and hit my tibia in the same place. It did not bleed but swelled up and it is still red and bruised. When I run my finger along the tibia bone it is still sore and tender and hurts more when squeezed.
This is associated with catching, snapping or locking of the involved finger flexor tendon, resulting in inability to move the finger and pain. The diagnostic thing is that you can unlock the lock and start the finger functioning again. Treatment is by injecting steroid into the tendon. If that fails, this can be surgically corrected. Other than that it can be arthritis too. Please consult an orthopedic specialist.
Hope this helps.
my thumb keeps locking, literally only for a second but i kinda have to force it to move its like a clicking effect (but no sound) and is quite painful. what could it be?
Recently, my finger ring finger on my left hand started to hurt. There is no sign of swelling or bruising. When I'm bending it, it will make a popping sensation. Sometime when I put my hand into a fist and try to open it, all my fingers but my ring finger will move up. And can try as hard as I can but I can't get it to move without touching it for a while. But if someone pushes it back up, they feel no resistance. Same if I move it with my other hand.
So, I've had mono for almost a month now. It's made me a lot less active than I usually am. So, when I started noticing that both pinky fingers were starting to lock up, I thought it was just due to my lack of movement and really only being on the computer all day or sleeping. Now that I've gotten a bit more active, I'm not so sure anymore. The joint locking is painless and mainly in my pinky fingers except for after I sleep, then it tends to impact more fingers.
Hi, I am a 38yr old female with a list of past & present heath problems but my concern is ALS & do I have it?? I had a double discectomy & fusion @ the c5-6 level in 2005, since then the severe pain I had which was localized to my left shoulder blade & could only be described as what I would imagine getting shot with a hunting rifle through the shoulder would feel like went away with surgery but as tine has lapsed new symptoms have started & progressed steadily.
My jaw has been locking in place for awhile now. It causes horrible headaches and terrible jaw pain. What could be the cause of this? How can I lessen the frequency?
Hello Michelle,
I am sorry that you are having these joint "locking" issues and pain. Knees and elbows are obviously are joints. Are you having pain in other joints. Joint pain can often be a result of an inflammatory process.
The popping sounds can be signs that your joints and bones have too much stress on them and are rubbing together in place they shouldn't and popping out of places they should be.
First you have to find out whether the muscle wasting was the cause or the effect of knee locking or knee pain. Generally weakness of the inner thigh muscles and tightness of the outer thigh muscles causes the knee cap to move from its place and cause knee pain and knee locking. This could have happened in your case if you have a localized muscle wasting only.
Hi,
If the pain is mostly underneath the cap it says that the joint line pain would be there. Pain at the joint line is the result of a collateral ligament or meniscus problem (or both) until proven otherwise. Anterior knee pain can also be due to Patello-femoral syndrome.
When did his pain begin, what was he doing at the time, and what were the initial symptoms?
Does he experience any grinding, locking, catching, or giving way of the knee?
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Thanks for writing to the forum!
“In normal situations, the knee is a smoothly operating mechanism, like a door hinge swinging open and shut," explains Edward J. Resnick, M.D., professor of orthopedic surgery at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. "But if you put a jam in the door or an object in the hinge, that smooth movement may be obstructed or frozen in position.
My doctor came into the room, tested me for CT, and aftering determining I didn't have carpal tunnel told me I had RSI, wrote a presciption for Diclofenac and left. It took him all of five minutes and I didn't even get to finish telling him what was wrong. My finger joints are stiff sometimes, from typing and my wrist is tight/stiff. When I flex, I can feel a numb pain (not numbness as in can't feel) move along the back of my hand, in the pattern of my veins.
I bumped it, I think mildly, with my office chair a short while ago and the pain was very great. Some movements hurt a little, typically sideways motions. Yet running not only does not hurt I actually feel better running then other activities, including just sitting! My guess has been a bone bruise, but I am concerned about what else it might be.
Is there any problem with continuing to run if it doesn't give me pain? Is there any way to tell if it is more serious than a bruise?
I have the same thing but I havnt gone to a doctor or anything, mine too came after I had a child and I play video games on my pc and after a while when ever I get off I realize my wrist locked up the bent position it was when I was typing i pop it back with out pain but when I do experience pain is when I try to lift myself up with my palm down I have to make fist to push off of.
Whats a mucus plug? Im 32 weeks and kinda freaking out.. I am in alot of pain and have no idea whats in store... What is head locking?
Hi, I was told that since the tear was likely asymptomatic, I could run the marathon as long as I didn't get the clicking or locking or feel any significant pain (indicating that the tear was now displaced). If any of that happens at any point, I will have to go in for a partial menisectomy. The tear is in the "white zone" so it won't heal on its own because there is no blood supply (it is to the interior of the knee).
Do you know if you will be able to run at any point?
This resolved itself within a few days but I continue to have pain, locking, popping and weakness. The weakness first started in 1998 when someone kicked my leg in from behind me and my knee has given way in 2005, resulting in a bone bruise on my shin from hitting a step on the bus. The bone bruise has healed although I have a dent in my shin from where I hit it.
Popping sound when straightening my leg from a bent position.
My brother has been having problems with his joints locking up. I believe this is particularly occurring in his arms. For example if he punches outward, sometimes his elbow locks up midway, causing extreme pain. This also occurs when lifting weights. He can't lift very heavy weights, or he locks up and has extreme pain; he currently is trying to work around this by using two hands to lift a single 15lb weight.
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