- All right! Hey, Bob, look at this.
I've forgot a Duncan yo-yo.
Hey, we're gonna show you three quick ways to
fix trigger finger.
If my trigger finger was working was active right now
I would not be able to use my yo-yo it's a big deal.
So hold on 9.3 seconds.
We'll get right at it.
- Yo yo yo
- Yo yo
- ♪ Bob and Brad ♪
♪ the two most famous physical therapist on the internet. ♪
- All right, Bob trigger finger.
It's got nothing to do with the trigger, but-
- And you have one.
- Yeah, I do. Actually right now, it's doing quite well.
There's a little click in there and it happens-
- Much better.
- It happens to be my, my middle finger.
Oftentimes it's the ring finger.
- Was it overuse?
- Yeah overuse, under use.
I didn't use my yo-yo enough evidently.
- All right.
- But anyways, we're gonna go through some quick
really good ways to fix this.
If you wanna get a long term, permanent fix
we have a excellent video.
- Right.
- That goes through all the mechanics-
- Explains it right.
- And explains the mechanics of it really well,
and it happens to be right here.
I would highly recommend this, but if you just
want to learn some exercises quickly, watch this one.
- We are old school.
- Yeah so get on this and hit that pause button.
Write it down on a piece of paper,
or take a picture of it with your phone.
Look it up on Bob and Brad YouTube.
All the information will be there.
All right.
Just a quick review.
My trigger finger is acting up a little bit right now.
Actually.
- Now it's pretty good.
There you go.
- It's locked in right now and there it goes.
But there's absolutely no pain with it right now.
- Awesome
- So when it's like this it doesn't bother me at all.
- Right.
- I can make it a little better,
and I will in just a second.
If your trigger finger is very painful,
and when you push in this area right here
cuz that's where the actual mechanics
- Show that Brad. There you go.
- I'm sorry.
Yeah, you might have to use some ibuprofen,
ice it down little bit.
- Right.
- Leave it, settle down if you've irritated it.
Okay. Next.
Now let's say that's all taken care of.
Okay, here we go.
First treatment right here is where the tendon is
getting locked up.
You're gonna go on this area.
And what I do is I make circles pretty deep.
- Very aggressive.
- Yep. Up and down. You can go across,
and I'm not sure which way really works good
but I cover it all and it has worked very well.
And we can see how it works now.
Yeah. It's getting better little bit there.
And I would work even more with that.
I go with a minute or two.
Now the other thing that works really well,
and this always works for me is
if I get on here and I'll just push
and hold pretty aggressive pressure in with my thumb
holding on the back for support
and oh, I gotta move. There we go.
That took care of it.
- It's like magic.
- Yep. If I'm down a little here
it it's still locking a little bit
but I get up in the right spot there
right there and you'll feel it.
You have to work with it.
And then you just keep working it to get that tendon
to slide through the pulley if you will,
and it'll take care of it.
- Don't you also stretch it Brad?
- Ah, good point yes.
Even before you start, you can do this before
and after just go past it and stretch down.
In other words, flex the joint
and finger down pretty aggressively
but it shouldn't create sharp pain
but you should feel a little bit as
- Right.
- A good stretch.
And then also go backwards.
- Again, no pain
- No pain, but you're gonna feel a stretch in there.
So the whole idea is get that tendon to work
through that pulley get the scar tissue out of there
and it'll work out very well.
Again, look at the previous, the video we've put up there
for complete details.
So you have a complete and thorough understanding.
And once again, you know when you wanna get
to your Duncan Butterfly
- Butterfly
- You're not-
- Right.
- Yeah. You're not held back by the trigger finger,
or whatever else you're doing that.
- This is a good example again,
when you get a, a problem, you figure it out.
- Exactly. Right. I'm a little more motivated.
I don't, that might sound selfish but-
- Once you're broke and hurt.
Yeah. But I don't know. We don't worry about that.
But look at this, the yo-yo could be a good thing
where the broken hurt look at that.
Well, whatever.
- Think.
- Take care.