I jammed my finger really hard last night against a kitchen chair, like stubbing your toe but my middle finger. It hurt a lot when I did it, like the pain that makes you sweat and breathe heavy, then it was sore but not too bad. Woke up this morning to it being more swollen, difficult to bend, very sore to use. As I do things throughout the day, it gets more swollen and bends less and less. The only finger splint I can find is too short. Is there any point to being seen for this or is it just something to let heal?
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Popsicle sticks and tape
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Put a plaster or a bandage around your middle finger and the one next to it and wrap them together
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Buddy wrap it to your ring finger. That’s what we do in the ER.
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I jammed my middle finger a month ago by falling in the shower. I splinted it with medical tape and a popsicle stick but only for a few days. After a few days it still hurt to bend but I didn’t want it to get stiff. To this day it still hurts and feels bruised. It wouldn’t hurt to get an xray. I xrayed mine at work to rule out a break.
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Tape it to index or ring finger with medical tape. Just keep an eye on it and if gets worse or doesn’t seem right go get it checked. Never know how much damage you’ve actually done
I wouldn’t go to the doctor. If it’s jammed then we always pulled really hard on the finger to try to get it to pop. It usually takes a couple of times. Once it popped it started to feel better. I’m no doctor and this may be terrible advice but that’s what I’ve always done and I taught my boys to do that. Hope it helps
You could have more than a broken finger. You should get it checked out.
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I’ve been in the medical field for quite some time (not a medical provider) and in the years that I’ve worked urgent care and doctors offices, generally all they will do is buddy tape it to the next finger to stabilize it until it heals, since you can’t find a splint to fit it. Ice it and alternate Tylenol and Motrin, every 4-6 hours (as needed). They will help with the pain and the Motrin will help with the swelling.
Yes, GO TO DOC. U can have a fracture or badly injured. If u don’t splint, may get finger drop
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All you can do is tape it to another finger
They have splits at the drug store
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I accidently punched a kitchen chair once and did that to my pinky finger. I thought it was broke too. Just a really bad sprain and bruising which the hospital said can actually be more painful and take longer to heal than a break. Just wrap it and take ibuprofen. Ice it too
November 7th, 2020 my right ring finger got caught against my dogs harness and she took off…I tried to grab her and she then pushed up against my finger and it felt swollen and numb and I didn’t think anything of it but it was actually broken. I went to the orthopedic and the only thing he could do was put some pins in it if I wanted him too. I didn’t feel the need to really under go two surgeries…but they did give me a nice finger slip that fits my ring finger I can wrap for protection and hope that it will heal on its own.
pad a paddlepop stick, place between infured finger and next finger and strap them both together with stick in between.
I did this to my middle finger like two months ago and it’s still not right but for the first couple days I just taped it to the finger next to it until it was less tender.
They won’t really do anything. I had 2 fingers broken playing softball I’m high-school and I just tapped them. That’s all a doctor will do. So save yourself the time and money and just go buy athletic tape at Walmart and buddy tape it.
Yes. I broke my finger pretty bad and they had to mold my finger and put a finger cast on it (I guess that’s what you call it!!
I broke mine with a fall on my porch . I did the popsicle thing for two weeks then finally got it X-rayed it was a bad brake pins put in 6 wks of physical therapy and it is still not straight pinky finger .
Honestly they won’t do anything even if it’s broken unless it goes up into your hand so the best thing to do is to splint it. If you can’t find a factory made splint that fits try 4 popsicle sticks cut to size, smooth side down, one on each side of your finger and some medical tape or honestly any tape will do. If you can still move it even if it is difficult then it is less likely to be broken. Hope this helps. Good luck
Sounds like it is broke. Tape it to the next finger, so it doesn’t BEND.
I’ve broken a few. Like they say, tape it to the next one, if you cannot find a splint.
Just strap it to the finger next to it using surgical tape not too tight though. Keep it elevated to reduce swelling and paracetamol and ibuprofen for inflammation and pain relief.
If it starts going blue or cold
Seek medical advice x
Buddy tape it. Tape it to the finger next to it.
That was from falling down 3 steps while it was raining.
When I broke my finger they had to go in and put two pins in it.
I’ve got 3 broken fingers at the moment an no where in the world does anything Sept strap them up. Tape them together darl. I feel your agony and I’ve got a baby and a toddler to battle at the same time.
I would get it seen. My mom fractured her finger a couple years ago and even after being treated and going through physical therapy it still isn’t right. If she didn’t get it treated she would have even less mobility with that finger.
Not worth the risk of going to urgent care or the ER. Ice, elevate it above your heart for pain relief. If you have a popsicle stick, they make great splints. Wrap with tape or a piece of an ace bandage.
Make sure your finger is not disjointed, Dr, if it is, firmly tape bad finger to a good finger & leave like this until your bad finger feels better. DON’T use that hand until it’s comfortable to do so…see a Dr if finger hasn’t improved within about 3days…
Is their a deformity? Some fractures require pinning. I’d get seen to be sure.
Jamie I broke my finger and I went to the doctors they x-rayed it they put a splint on it I took off the split too early and now my finger is crooked and it sticks out it’s not it’s not right because I didn’t do what the doctor said so if I was you I’d go get it checked
Ice pack medical tape around the injured finger
Most likely broken. I would have it checked out
Tape you fingers together one next to the hurt finger for support. It’s all the drs would do or tell me to do 
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They put a splint on it i broke my pinky
Yea there is a point to getting it seen…that should be xrayed and treated. A broken finger is completely different than a broken toe (which usually can’t be treated beyond Buddy taping it). You don’t want your finger to heal wrong, or make it worse.
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If you get stuck on a question you can run ahead into your go back and pick up what you left behind you before
X-ray, then they strap it together for 3 weeks.
Broke my pinky finger day before Halloween and went to the dr day after Thanksgiving, because I felt it was getting worse. Did x-ray gave me split and found out multiple bones fracture. It just finally got better about 2 weeks ago