What to do about painful clicking finger joints

Treatment of painful clicking fingers can be directed at the cause of the problem, using physical therapy such as radial shock waves, medication such as the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesic drug celecoxib, general therapy such as avoidance of repetitive motion of the finger joints, and surgical intervention such as tenotomy and tenosynovectomy. The most common cause of finger joint pain and clicking is stenosing tenosynovitis of the flexor tendons of the fingers, and osteoarthritis of the fingers can also cause the above symptoms. 1. Physical therapy: such as ultrasound, infrared, electromagnetic therapy and radiation shock wave, etc., which can reduce the local inflammatory reaction, the patient’s pain and clicking symptoms. 2. Drug therapy: pain is obvious can be external or oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesic drugs, oral such as celecoxib, external such as diclofenac diethylamide emulsion. 3. General treatment: Limit the repeated activities of the fingers, pay attention to keep warm, avoid cold. 4. Surgical treatment: the non-surgical treatment can not be improved by the necessary time to perform surgical treatment, according to the specific causes can be performed tenosynovial cut and release surgery or finger arthroplasty and so on. Finger joint pain clicking, to go to the hospital in time, under the guidance of the doctor standardized treatment. The above medications should be used in accordance with medical advice.