For people suffering with trigger finger there may be a happy ending. I had it in my left hand for about 15 years and it was manageable most of the time up until about 5 years ago when my hand was so stiff that I couldn't close it around the neck of an instrument without considerable pain. I finally had surgery which in my case involved making a small incision in the tendon sheath where the palm meets the base of the middle finger, it just took a few minutes. There is an even less invasive procedure called percutaneous release that can be done in the doctor's office. I was back playing music in a month and it hasn't bothered me since.