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Illustration of the hand's flexor tendons with a small swelling catching under a pulley at a finger base.
Trigger finger: a swelling on the flexor tendon catches under the pulley at the base of the finger. Kieran Hirpara 4.0

Post-operative exercises and precautions after trigger finger release, including tendon glides and joint blocking exercises.

This protocol guides your recovery after trigger finger release with Dr Kieran Hirpara at Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton. It explains what to expect, the precautions to follow, and the post-operative exercise program — bring this page or its PDF to your physiotherapist or hand therapist so your rehabilitation stays coordinated.

If you have any concerns about your wound after surgery, get in touch with the rooms. It is often helpful to take a photo of the wound and email it for review.

What to expect

Care of your wound is explained separately — see the wound care page linked at the end of this protocol.

The exercises below are very important to prevent your tendons sticking as your wound heals. At times the joints in your fingers can become stiff following this procedure. Preventing this stiffness early is important, so you are encouraged to apply firm, prolonged stretches to your finger (using your other hand), especially for straightening. This form of passive stretching is safe and will not affect the surgery — the pulley has already been released, so there is nothing inside that a stretch can disturb.

Once your wound is healed, apply heat to your hand 15 minutes before performing these exercises. After completing the exercises, application of ice may be helpful to prevent inflammation.

Sometimes the hand or wound can become sensitive. This is normal, and can be prevented or minimised by commencing daily desensitisation — gently tapping or rubbing over the wound (with the dressing in place) — starting immediately following your surgery. This type of "sensory feedback" allows the skin to normalise touch and texture.

In the first 48 hours, work to keep swelling down: keep the hand elevated, use ice, apply compression if your therapist has provided it, and gently "pump" the fingers (open and close) to move swelling along.

Begin using the hand for light tasks — dressing, eating and similar — as soon as pain allows, and build up gradually. Don't overdo it: if your pain or swelling clearly increases after an activity, ease back until the hand settles, then build up again.

Once the wound is fully healed, commence scar massage — firm circles over the incision. The wound care page has more information on scar management.

What the evidence says about recovery

Open release of the A1 pulley is a well-established operation with a strong track record in the published literature. The catching and locking is corrected by the surgery itself — once the pulley is divided the tendon glides freely again — and the triggering does not usually come back: in a series of nearly 1,600 open releases, fewer than 1% of patients needed a second operation for persistent or recurrent triggering, and there were no nerve injuries or deep infections [4]. A comparative study with over three years of follow-up likewise found no recurrences after open release [5].

Soreness in the palm settles substantially over the first one to two weeks — in one comparative study the median time to significant pain reduction after open release was about a week [5]. Some tenderness in the palm with firm gripping, mild swelling or finger stiffness can linger for several weeks after that. This is normal and reflects the scar maturing, which takes around three months [3] — the desensitisation, scar massage and exercise program in this protocol is designed to manage exactly this. In the large series above, about one in twenty digits had a documented problem after surgery, most commonly temporary stiffness or scar tenderness that settled with treatment; recovery of motion tends to be slower in people with diabetes, so the exercise program matters even more in that group [4].

Published hand-therapy protocols start active and passive finger motion and tendon-glide exercises within the first days after surgery, add scar management and desensitisation once the wound has healed, and reintroduce graded grip strengthening later [2][3] — the same staged approach as the program on this page. Starting the exercises early is what keeps the tendon gliding and the joints supple while the wound heals.

Return to work depends on what your job asks of the hand. In a comparative study, half of patients were back at work within about two weeks of open release [5]; people in lighter or desk-based roles often manage sooner, while heavier manual work waits until the lifting and gripping restriction below lifts.

A randomised controlled trial compared three months of supervised therapy after open release with a self-directed home exercise program: overall function, motion and pain were similar between the groups at six months, grip strength recovered further with supervised therapy, and the patients who clearly benefited from formal therapy were those whose triggering had been present for more than twelve months before surgery and those doing housework or lighter work [1]. In practical terms, a well-performed home program — the exercises on this page — carries most patients through, with formal hand therapy adding value where the finger was stiff for a long time before surgery or progress is slow.

Precautions and limitations

Light functional use of your hand is encouraged for daily living tasks such as self-care, feeding, dressing, writing and typing. The limits that matter:

  • Avoid lifting, gripping and weight bearing for up to 4 weeks post-op.
  • Driving is limited for the first week — resume once pain allows, you can make a full fist, and you can safely control the vehicle.

For your physiotherapist:

Management

  • Home exercise program as per the cards below: wrist flexion/extension stretch; DIP (distal interphalangeal) and PIP (proximal interphalangeal) joint blocking; tendon glides (Series A and Series B)
  • Firm prolonged passive stretches to the finger, especially into extension, for early prevention of joint stiffness
  • Heat to the hand 15 minutes before exercises once the wound is healed; ice after exercises to prevent inflammation
  • Daily desensitisation (gentle tapping / rubbing over the wound, dressing in situ) commencing immediately post-op
  • Swelling management in the first 48 hours: elevation, ice, compression as indicated, gentle finger pumps
  • Graded return to light functional use as pain allows, monitoring for post-activity pain/swelling flares
  • Scar massage (firm circles over the incision) once the wound is fully healed

Precautions

  • Light functional use only for daily living tasks (self-care, feeding, dressing, writing, typing)
  • No lifting, gripping or weight bearing for up to 4 weeks post-op
  • Driving limited for the first week; resume when pain allows, a full fist is achieved and the patient can safely control a vehicle

Expected milestones (criteria-based, guided by published protocols [1][2][3])

  • Pain settled to comfortable levels with simple analgesia within 1–2 weeks [5]
  • Wound healed, with scar massage and ongoing desensitisation under way, by 2–3 weeks [2][3]
  • Full active finger flexion and extension (full fist and full composite extension) by about 3 weeks, restored and maintained through the blocking and tendon-glide program [2]
  • Graded grip and pinch strengthening (e.g. putty) introduced once the 4-week lifting/gripping precaution lifts, progressing to full functional use
  • Consider escalation to supervised hand therapy where triggering had been present for more than 12 months pre-operatively, where the patient's roles involve sustained light/fine hand use, or where range of motion or grip recovery is slow [1]

These are the exercises from your handout, started after surgery and continued at home as guided by your physiotherapist or hand therapist.

Your exercises

Use the other hand to push the wrist backwards, then forwards, with the fingers relaxed.

Kieran Hirpara 4.0

Wrist flexion / extension stretch

Rest your elbow on a table (or your forearm over the edge of a table or arm chair) and gently rock your wrist back and forth. Once more comfortable, grasp your palm with the other hand and push the wrist backwards (fingers loose, pointing to the ceiling) — hold 15 seconds; then the other way (fingers loose, pointing to the floor) — hold 15 seconds. Repeat 5 times each direction.

10 reps, 4–5 times daily

The other hand supports the finger just below the end joint while it bends and straightens.

Kieran Hirpara 4.0

DIP joint blocking

The DIP (distal interphalangeal) joint is the end joint of your finger. Begin with the palm up, supporting your involved hand with your other hand just below the end joint. Bend and straighten the end joint, holding each position for 3–5 seconds. Support the middle joint only enough so it does not bend. It is okay if the other fingers move during this exercise.

10 reps, 4 times a day, daily

The other hand supports the finger just below the middle joint while it bends and straightens.

Kieran Hirpara 4.0

PIP joint blocking

The PIP (proximal interphalangeal) joint is the middle joint of your finger. Begin with the palm up, supporting your involved hand with your other hand just below the second joint. Bend and straighten your finger at the middle joint, holding each position for 3–5 seconds. It is okay if the other fingers move as well.

10 reps, 4 times a day, daily

Three hand positions: fingers fully straight, then a hook position, then a tight fist with the thumb over the fingers.

Kieran Hirpara 4.0

Tendon glides — Series A

With your hand in front of you and your wrist straight, fully straighten all of your fingers — you may use your other hand to ensure the fingers achieve full extension (position 1). Bend the tips of your fingers into the "hook" position with your knuckles pointing up (position 2). Then make a tight fist with your thumb over your fingers (position 3).

5–10 reps, 2–3 times a day, daily

Three hand positions: fingers fully straight, then a tabletop position bending only at the bottom knuckles, then the fingers bent at the middle joints touching the palm.

Kieran Hirpara 4.0

Tendon glides — Series B

With your hand in front of you and your wrist straight, fully straighten all of your fingers — you may use your other hand to ensure the fingers achieve full extension (position 1). Make a "tabletop" with your fingers by bending at your bottom knuckle and keeping the fingers straight — make sure your wrist does not drop forward (position 2). Then bend your fingers at the middle joint, touching your fingers to your palm (position 3).

5–10 reps, 2–3 times a day, daily

Straighten the fingers fully, then push a little further with the other hand.

Kieran Hirpara 4.0

Active composite extension

Resting your elbow on a table, straighten your fingers as far as possible, then push a little further with your other hand. Count to 5, and relax.

10 reps, 3–4 times daily

Hand flat on the table, palm down, pressure massaged over the back of the hand.

Kieran Hirpara 4.0

Passive composite extension

Place your hand flat on a table, palm down. With your other hand, apply pressure over the back of the hand and 'massage' towards your body. Count to 5, and relax.

10 reps, 3–4 times daily

Touch the tip of the thumb to the tip of the index finger and hold.

Kieran Hirpara 4.0

Thumb opposition

Start with the fingers straight and relaxed. Touch the tip of your thumb to the tip of your index finger. Hold for 5 seconds, then return to the start.

10 reps, 3–4 times daily

After your protocol

This protocol was written in association with Sarah Farrell, BOccThy (Bachelor of Occupational Therapy), Accredited Hand Therapist, and incorporates updated post-surgical management guidance (April 2025) from Ruby Doolan, Accredited Hand Therapist, Extend Rehabilitation. It works alongside the practice's general recovery advice — see managing post-operative pain, wound care and hand therapy basics. For the operation itself, see trigger finger release.

The recovery framing and milestones are additionally informed by published trigger finger release rehabilitation protocols, including those of the University of Virginia Hand Center and Twin Cities Orthopedics, and by published outcome studies of open trigger finger release, including a randomised controlled trial of post-operative rehabilitation (Saito et al., Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023) and a large adverse-event series (Bruijnzeel et al., Journal of Hand Surgery, 2012).


References
  1. Saito T, Nakamichi R, Nakahara R, Nishida K, Ozaki T. The effectiveness of rehabilitation after open surgical release for trigger finger: a prospective, randomized, controlled study. J Clin Med. 2023;12(22):7187.
  2. University of Virginia Hand Center. Trigger Finger Release Guidelines (post-operative therapy protocol).
  3. Meletiou SD, Twin Cities Orthopedics. Post-operative Management of Trigger Release (A1 pulley release).
  4. Bruijnzeel H, Neuhaus V, Fostvedt S, Jupiter JB, Mudgal CS, Ring DC. Adverse events of open A1 pulley release for idiopathic trigger finger. J Hand Surg Am. 2012;37(8):1650–1656.
  5. Chanthanapodi P, Aodsup S. Comparative results of percutaneous and open surgery for trigger fingers: a propensity score analysis. Front Surg. 2025;12:1509292.
Evidence & references

Trigger Finger Release (A1 Pulley Release) — Surgical Outcomes & Post-operative Rehabilitation

Topic scope: (A) the place of surgery in stenosing tenosynovitis (trigger finger/thumb) after failed conservative care (splinting, corticosteroid injection), and (B) post-operative rehabilitation after surgical division of the A1 pulley — open or percutaneous. This is an early-motion pathway: nothing is reconstructed, the catching is mechanically abolished the moment the pulley is divided, and the rehab exists to keep the now-free tendon gliding and the finger joints supple while the wound heals.

Defining principle of the rehab here: A1 pulley release removes the obstruction; it does not create a construct that needs protecting. Once the pulley is divided the flexor tendon glides freely and triggering does not usually recur. So — unlike a tendon repair, and like a carpal-tunnel decompression — the pathway is immediate active motion: full active finger flexion/extension and tendon glides from the first days, oedema and scar care, early light functional use, and a quick return. Most patients need no formal hand therapy at all; supervised therapy is reserved for the minority with pre-existing joint stiffness, long-standing triggering, or slow recovery. The single branch point is whether the finger was already stiff before surgery (long-standing fixed flexion / PIP contracture) — those patients need active therapy to recover motion the release alone cannot restore.


A. WHERE SURGERY SITS IN THE PATHWAY

Trigger finger is usually managed non-operatively first: activity modification, splinting, and corticosteroid injection, which resolves a substantial proportion of digits without surgery. Surgery (A1 pulley release) is reserved for digits that fail injection, recur, or present with a fixed deformity. The corpus contains the comparative evidence underpinning this stepped approach (percutaneous release vs steroid injection; one- vs two-injection regimens; corticosteroid solution choice) — Moderate (RCT). The rehab protocol on the patient page begins after that decision has been made, so this brief concentrates on the surgical and post-surgical evidence.


B. SURGICAL OUTCOMES & RESOLUTION RATES

Open release of the A1 pulley is one of the most reliable operations in hand surgery. The mechanical problem — a thickened tendon catching under a tight pulley — is solved by dividing the pulley, and the result is durable:

  • In a series of 1,598 open releases, fewer than 1% required a second operation for persistent or recurrent triggering, with no nerve injuries and no deep infections [Bruijnzeel 2012]. About one digit in twenty had a documented post-operative problem, almost all minor and self-limiting (transient stiffness, scar tenderness). Strong (large cohort).
  • Recovery of motion is slower in patients with diabetes, reinforcing the value of the exercise program in that group [Bruijnzeel 2012]. Moderate.
  • A propensity-matched comparison with >3 years follow-up found no recurrences after open release, with median time to significant pain reduction of about one week and roughly half of patients back at work within ~2 weeks [Chanthanapodi 2025]. Moderate.

Take-home for rehab: because the operation itself abolishes the triggering, the rehabilitation is not "earning back" a surgical result — it is preventing the two things that can go wrong during healing: tendon adhesion and joint stiffness. Early glide and early extension are the levers.


C. OPEN vs PERCUTANEOUS RELEASE

Both techniques divide the same structure and converge to the same place.

  • A Level I meta-analysis of 8 RCTs (548 patients) found no significant difference between open and percutaneous release in revision, complication, or pain rates — both are appropriate options [Casey 2024, J Hand Surg Am]. Strong (meta-analysis of RCTs).
  • Larger RCT syntheses show percutaneous release confers faster early functional recovery — better short/mid-term Q-DASH, ~12 days earlier return to work, and shorter analgesic use — while long-term function, grip, motion and complication/revision rates are equivalent. Strong.
  • Percutaneous (including ultrasound-guided/sonographically-controlled) technique is supported by multiple corpus series for efficacy and safety, with the main theoretical risks being incomplete release and digital nerve proximity, mitigated by surface landmarks and imaging [corpus percutaneous series]. Moderate.

Rehab implication: the post-operative program is essentially the same for both approaches — early active motion, glides, oedema and scar care. The patient page applies regardless of whether the release was open or percutaneous; percutaneous patients simply tend to be comfortable and back to activity a little sooner.


D. THE ROLE — AND LIMITS — OF POST-OPERATIVE HAND THERAPY

This is the central evidence point for the protocol, and it is one where "more therapy" is not automatically better.

  • A prospective RCT compared 3 months of supervised rehabilitation after open release against a self-directed home exercise program: at six months, overall function, motion and pain were similar between groups. Supervised therapy added further grip-strength recovery, and the patients who clearly benefited from formal therapy were those whose **triggering had been present

    12 months pre-operatively and those in housework/lighter-work roles [Saito 2023, J Clin Med]. Moderate (single RCT).

  • Published surgeon and hand-therapy protocols (e.g. University of Virginia Hand Center; Twin Cities Orthopedics) start active and passive finger motion and tendon glides within the first days, add scar massage and desensitisation once the wound is healed, and reintroduce graded grip strengthening later — precisely the staged structure of the patient page. Consensus.

Bottom line: a well-performed home program carries most patients through. Formal hand therapy is reserved, not routine — escalate it for long-standing pre-operative triggering, pre-existing joint stiffness/contracture, manual or fine-use occupational demands, or slow motion/grip recovery.


E. COMPLICATIONS

Serious complications are uncommon (roughly <1–4% across series) and most "complications" are minor, self-limiting healing phenomena:

  • Digital nerve injury — the most feared complication, particularly relevant to percutaneous technique (blind division near the radial digital nerve of the thumb and index) and to scar/retraction in open release. Rare in experienced hands; transient paraesthesia is more common than true division [corpus complication series]. Moderate.
  • Incomplete release / persistent triggering — failure to fully divide the A1 pulley (or an A2/FDS slip contribution); a recognised cause of revision, more often discussed with percutaneous technique. Moderate.
  • Recurrent triggering — uncommon after adequate open release (<1% reoperation in the 1,598-digit series) [Bruijnzeel 2012]. Strong.
  • Infection — usually superficial; deep infection rare (none in the large open series) [Bruijnzeel 2012]. Strong.
  • Bowstringing — a rare complication from excessive proximal pulley loss (A1 plus encroachment on A2); largely avoided by limiting division to A1 [bowstringing case literature]. Weak (case-level).
  • Stiffness / flexion contracture / "flare" — the commonest self-limiting problem; transient PIP stiffness, scar tenderness and a post-operative inflammatory flare that settle with the motion, desensitisation and scar program. Recovery is slower in diabetes. Moderate. This is the category the rehabilitation program actively targets.

F. PHASED POST-OP TIMELINE (matches the patient protocol)

Phase Window Protection Motion / use Therapy add-ons Notes
I — Immediate active motion & oedema control Day 0–2 None beyond dressing Active finger flexion/extension and finger "pumps" from day 1; tendon glides commenced Elevation, ice, compression if provided; desensitisation (tap/rub over dressed wound) from day 1 Nothing reconstructed -> motion is the priority; manage swelling actively
II — Glide & joint motion Week 0–2 None Tendon glides (Series A/B), DIP & PIP blocking, composite extension; firm passive stretch into extension Continue desensitisation Goal: keep tendon gliding, prevent adhesion & stiffness; pain settles substantially (~1 wk) [Chanthanapodi 2025]
III — Scar maturation & function Week 2–4 Light functional use only Full active fist + full composite extension by ~3 wk; build light daily-living use Scar massage (firm circles) once wound healed; heat before / ice after exercises No lifting/gripping/weight-bearing to ~4 wk; driving limited ~first week (full fist + safe control)
IV — Strengthening & return Week 4+ None Graded grip/pinch (e.g. putty) once 4-wk precaution lifts -> full function Supervised therapy if indicated (long-standing trigger, stiffness, slow recovery, occupational demand) [Saito 2023] Manual workers return later than desk/light roles

Timings are criteria-based and drawn from published surgeon/hand-therapy protocols; they are typical, not trial-mandated.


G. KEY CONTROVERSIES / EVIDENCE QUALITY

  1. Is routine post-op hand therapy necessary? The best available evidence (Saito 2023 RCT) says no for most — home exercise matches supervised therapy on function/pain/motion at six months, with supervised therapy adding grip strength and benefiting a defined subgroup (long-standing trigger, lighter-work roles). The protocol's "therapy reserved, not routine" stance is evidence-aligned. Moderate.
  2. Open vs percutaneous. Equivalent long-term outcomes and safety (Casey 2024 meta-analysis); percutaneous offers faster early recovery. The rehab is the same either way. The live debate is technique-side (nerve safety, completeness of release), not rehab-side. Strong on equivalence.
  3. The rehab protocol structure itself is consensus/expert, built from surgeon patient-guidance documents plus one rehabilitation RCT — there is no large trial dictating exact phase timings.
  4. Diabetes modifies recovery — slower motion recovery and a lower threshold to involve a hand therapist; not a different protocol, a different pace. Moderate.

H. EVIDENCE STRENGTH FLAGS (summary)

  • STRONG (meta-analysis / RCTs / large cohort): open vs percutaneous equivalence in revision/complication/pain (Casey 2024, 8 RCTs); percutaneous faster early functional recovery (RCT syntheses); durability of open release (<1% reoperation, no nerve injury/deep infection in 1,598 digits, Bruijnzeel 2012).
  • MODERATE (single RCT / cohorts): home exercise ~ supervised therapy at 6 months with grip-strength edge for supervised therapy (Saito 2023); percutaneous efficacy/safety series; slower recovery in diabetes; injection-vs- surgery comparative data.
  • WEAK / CONSENSUS: the post-operative rehabilitation protocol structure and exact phase timings (surgeon/hand-therapy patient-guidance documents); bowstringing risk (case-level).

CITATIONS

RAG corpus (180,000+ Orthopaedic articles)

  • Open Versus Percutaneous Fixation of Trigger Finger: Meta-Analysis of Clinical Outcomes. J Hand Surg Am. 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2024.03.010
  • Complications of Open Trigger Finger Release. J Hand Surg Am. 2010. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.12.040
  • Differential Pulley Release in Trigger Finger: A Prospective, Randomized Clinical Trial. Hand (N Y). 2021. DOI: 10.1177/1558944721994231
  • Percutaneous A1 pulley release vs steroid injection for trigger digit. J Hand Surg Eur. 2010. DOI: 10.1177/1753193410381824
  • Comparative Study of A1 Pulley Release and Ulnar Superficialis Slip Resection in Trigger Finger. J Hand Surg Am. 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2022.04.021
  • Risk Factors for Requiring Ulnar Superficialis Slip Resection During Trigger Finger Release. J Hand Surg Am. 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2024.08.013
  • Impact of Flexor Tendon Traction Tenolysis on Clinical Outcomes in Open A1 Pulley Release. J Hand Surg Glob Online. 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsg.2024.09.010
  • Ultrasound-Assisted Percutaneous Trigger Finger Release: Is It Safe? Hand (N Y). 2008. DOI: 10.1007/s11552-008-9137-8
  • Evaluation of Percutaneous First Annular Pulley Release: Efficacy and Complications. J Hand Surg Am. 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2016.04.009
  • Sonographically controlled minimally-invasive A1 pulley release using a new guide. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2023. DOI: 10.1186/s12891-023-06982-x
  • Percutaneous A1 pulley with corticosteroid injection for trigger finger release. J Orthop Surg Res. 2025. DOI: 10.1186/s13018-025-05776-2
  • A Cost and Efficiency Analysis of the WALANT Technique for the Management of Trigger Finger. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2019. DOI: 10.1097/gox.0000000000002509
  • Management of Pediatric Trigger Thumb and Trigger Finger. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2012. DOI: 10.5435/jaaos-20-04-206
  • What's New in Hand Surgery. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2024. DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.23.01343

Trigger finger surgical & rehabilitation literature (URLs)

  • Saito T, et al. The Effectiveness of Rehabilitation after Open Surgical Release for Trigger Finger: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study. J Clin Med. 2023;12(22):7187. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10671987/
  • Bruijnzeel H, et al. Adverse Events of Open A1 Pulley Release for Idiopathic Trigger Finger. J Hand Surg Am. 2012;37(8):1650-1656. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22763058/
  • Casey JC, et al. Open Versus Percutaneous Fixation of Trigger Finger: Meta-Analysis of Clinical Outcomes. J Hand Surg Am. 2024;49(6):570-575. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38727666/
  • Chanthanapodi P, Aodsup S. Comparative results of percutaneous and open surgery for trigger fingers: a propensity score analysis. Front Surg. 2025;12:1509292. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11922895/
  • Complications of Percutaneous Release of the Trigger Finger. PMC. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6485534/
  • Trigger Finger. StatPearls, NCBI Bookshelf. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK459310/
  • Bowstringing as a complication of trigger finger release. J Hand Surg Am. 1988. https://www.jhandsurg.org/article/S0363-5023(88)80097-2/abstract
  • Trigger Finger (patient information). British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH). https://www.bssh.ac.uk/patients/conditions/15/trigger_finger

Published rehab protocols (patient-guidance — basis for the phase structure)

  • University of Virginia Hand Center. Trigger Finger Release Guidelines (post-operative therapy protocol). https://med.virginia.edu/orthopaedic-surgery/wp-content/uploads/sites/242/2015/11/Triggerfingerreleaseprotocol.pdf
  • Meletiou SD, Twin Cities Orthopedics. Post-operative Management of Trigger Release (A1 pulley release). https://tcomn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Trigger-Release-A1.pdf
  • EmergeOrtho. Trigger Finger Release - Post-operative Instructions. https://emergeortho.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Trigger-Finger-Release.pdf

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l. You means the individual or entity exercising the Licensed Rights under this Public License. Your has a corresponding meaning.

Section 2 -- Scope.

a. License grant.

1. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Public License, the Licensor hereby grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, irrevocable license to exercise the Licensed Rights in the Licensed Material to:

a. reproduce and Share the Licensed Material, in whole or in part, for NonCommercial purposes only; and

b. produce, reproduce, and Share Adapted Material for NonCommercial purposes only.

2. Exceptions and Limitations. For the avoidance of doubt, where Exceptions and Limitations apply to Your use, this Public License does not apply, and You do not need to comply with its terms and conditions.

3. Term. The term of this Public License is specified in Section 6(a).

4. Media and formats; technical modifications allowed. The Licensor authorizes You to exercise the Licensed Rights in all media and formats whether now known or hereafter created, and to make technical modifications necessary to do so. The Licensor waives and/or agrees not to assert any right or authority to forbid You from making technical modifications necessary to exercise the Licensed Rights, including technical modifications necessary to circumvent Effective Technological Measures. For purposes of this Public License, simply making modifications authorized by this Section 2(a) (4) never produces Adapted Material.

5. Downstream recipients.

a. Offer from the Licensor -- Licensed Material. Every recipient of the Licensed Material automatically receives an offer from the Licensor to exercise the Licensed Rights under the terms and conditions of this Public License.

b. No downstream restrictions. You may not offer or impose any additional or different terms or conditions on, or apply any Effective Technological Measures to, the Licensed Material if doing so restricts exercise of the Licensed Rights by any recipient of the Licensed Material.

6. No endorsement. Nothing in this Public License constitutes or may be construed as permission to assert or imply that You are, or that Your use of the Licensed Material is, connected with, or sponsored, endorsed, or granted official status by, the Licensor or others designated to receive attribution as provided in Section 3(a)(1)(A)(i).

b. Other rights.

1. Moral rights, such as the right of integrity, are not licensed under this Public License, nor are publicity, privacy, and/or other similar personality rights; however, to the extent possible, the Licensor waives and/or agrees not to assert any such rights held by the Licensor to the limited extent necessary to allow You to exercise the Licensed Rights, but not otherwise.

2. Patent and trademark rights are not licensed under this Public License.

3. To the extent possible, the Licensor waives any right to collect royalties from You for the exercise of the Licensed Rights, whether directly or through a collecting society under any voluntary or waivable statutory or compulsory licensing scheme. In all other cases the Licensor expressly reserves any right to collect such royalties, including when the Licensed Material is used other than for NonCommercial purposes.

Section 3 -- License Conditions.

Your exercise of the Licensed Rights is expressly made subject to the following conditions.

a. Attribution.

1. If You Share the Licensed Material (including in modified form), You must:

a. retain the following if it is supplied by the Licensor with the Licensed Material:

i. identification of the creator(s) of the Licensed Material and any others designated to receive attribution, in any reasonable manner requested by the Licensor (including by pseudonym if designated);

ii. a copyright notice;

iii. a notice that refers to this Public License;

iv. a notice that refers to the disclaimer of warranties;

v. a URI or hyperlink to the Licensed Material to the extent reasonably practicable;

b. indicate if You modified the Licensed Material and retain an indication of any previous modifications; and

c. indicate the Licensed Material is licensed under this Public License, and include the text of, or the URI or hyperlink to, this Public License.

2. You may satisfy the conditions in Section 3(a)(1) in any reasonable manner based on the medium, means, and context in which You Share the Licensed Material. For example, it may be reasonable to satisfy the conditions by providing a URI or hyperlink to a resource that includes the required information.

3. If requested by the Licensor, You must remove any of the information required by Section 3(a)(1)(A) to the extent reasonably practicable.

4. If You Share Adapted Material You produce, the Adapter's License You apply must not prevent recipients of the Adapted Material from complying with this Public License.

Section 4 -- Sui Generis Database Rights.

Where the Licensed Rights include Sui Generis Database Rights that apply to Your use of the Licensed Material:

a. for the avoidance of doubt, Section 2(a)(1) grants You the right to extract, reuse, reproduce, and Share all or a substantial portion of the contents of the database for NonCommercial purposes only;

b. if You include all or a substantial portion of the database contents in a database in which You have Sui Generis Database Rights, then the database in which You have Sui Generis Database Rights (but not its individual contents) is Adapted Material; and

c. You must comply with the conditions in Section 3(a) if You Share all or a substantial portion of the contents of the database.

For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 4 supplements and does not replace Your obligations under this Public License where the Licensed Rights include other Copyright and Similar Rights.

Section 5 -- Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability.

a. UNLESS OTHERWISE SEPARATELY UNDERTAKEN BY THE LICENSOR, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE LICENSOR OFFERS THE LICENSED MATERIAL AS-IS AND AS-AVAILABLE, AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND CONCERNING THE LICENSED MATERIAL, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHER. THIS INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ABSENCE OF LATENT OR OTHER DEFECTS, ACCURACY, OR THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF ERRORS, WHETHER OR NOT KNOWN OR DISCOVERABLE. WHERE DISCLAIMERS OF WARRANTIES ARE NOT ALLOWED IN FULL OR IN PART, THIS DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

b. TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, IN NO EVENT WILL THE LICENSOR BE LIABLE TO YOU ON ANY LEGAL THEORY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, OR OTHER LOSSES, COSTS, EXPENSES, OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS PUBLIC LICENSE OR USE OF THE LICENSED MATERIAL, EVEN IF THE LICENSOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSSES, COSTS, EXPENSES, OR DAMAGES. WHERE A LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS NOT ALLOWED IN FULL OR IN PART, THIS LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

c. The disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability provided above shall be interpreted in a manner that, to the extent possible, most closely approximates an absolute disclaimer and waiver of all liability.

Section 6 -- Term and Termination.

a. This Public License applies for the term of the Copyright and Similar Rights licensed here. However, if You fail to comply with this Public License, then Your rights under this Public License terminate automatically.

b. Where Your right to use the Licensed Material has terminated under Section 6(a), it reinstates:

1. automatically as of the date the violation is cured, provided it is cured within 30 days of Your discovery of the violation; or

2. upon express reinstatement by the Licensor.

For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 6(b) does not affect any right the Licensor may have to seek remedies for Your violations of this Public License.

c. For the avoidance of doubt, the Licensor may also offer the Licensed Material under separate terms or conditions or stop distributing the Licensed Material at any time; however, doing so will not terminate this Public License.

d. Sections 1, 5, 6, 7, and 8 survive termination of this Public License.

Section 7 -- Other Terms and Conditions.

a. The Licensor shall not be bound by any additional or different terms or conditions communicated by You unless expressly agreed.

b. Any arrangements, understandings, or agreements regarding the Licensed Material not stated herein are separate from and independent of the terms and conditions of this Public License.

Section 8 -- Interpretation.

a. For the avoidance of doubt, this Public License does not, and shall not be interpreted to, reduce, limit, restrict, or impose conditions on any use of the Licensed Material that could lawfully be made without permission under this Public License.

b. To the extent possible, if any provision of this Public License is deemed unenforceable, it shall be automatically reformed to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable. If the provision cannot be reformed, it shall be severed from this Public License without affecting the enforceability of the remaining terms and conditions.

c. No term or condition of this Public License will be waived and no failure to comply consented to unless expressly agreed to by the Licensor.

d. Nothing in this Public License constitutes or may be interpreted as a limitation upon, or waiver of, any privileges and immunities that apply to the Licensor or You, including from the legal processes of any jurisdiction or authority.


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