Flexor Tendon Surgery

The tendons that allow you to flex your fingers are known, appropriately enough, as flexor tendons. They start in the forearm and travel through the carpal tunnel, over the palm, and into the fingers. The two flexor tendons in each finger anchor at different places, one at the middle joint, or PIP joint, and the other at the finger tip. On the way, they pass through pulleys, or tissue bands that hold them in place. The most common injury to a f