I'm a player of stringed instruments and am not a doctor but I will share my expriences. About 15 years ago I suffered from a trigger finger in middle finger of my right hand probably brought on from excessive grasping (too much woodworking, golf and tennis) according to the Doc. He gave a steroid injection to the area which have me some relief and another about 6 months later, if I remember correctly, and that and going east for awhile cleared it up and it hasn't come back.
Not too long after that I had...