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Old Dec 13, 2009 | 05:35 PM
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sprained or broken thumb?

mud football. thumb hurts like hell,super limited motion.thing that worries me is when i put pressure on my middle figer tip it hurts my thumb quite a bit. on a good note its not swollen much yet.
Old Dec 13, 2009 | 05:48 PM
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If you can move it, it ain't broken. Probably jammed or hyper-extended. Take an Advil & Vitamin V and ice it.
Old Dec 13, 2009 | 05:56 PM
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yep. Thanks! took a vico and a bath and its doing a lot better since ice pack/bath. Was just worried because i have some arthritis in my hands at 24, never had an injury that affected by moving other fingers.

But it should be all gewd!

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Old Dec 13, 2009 | 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by ipozestu
If you can move it, it ain't broken. Probably jammed or hyper-extended. Take an Advil & Vitamin V and ice it.
Not 100% true.

Its a finger anyway, nothing they can do for it except splint it.
Old Dec 13, 2009 | 07:50 PM
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Old Dec 13, 2009 | 09:17 PM
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Old Dec 13, 2009 | 09:23 PM
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Just get a splint on it and you will be fine and that's all a doctors office will do anyways.. At least its not your hand since that is a pain in the ***. It might be broken because its not swollen since when i broke a few toes they were not swollen but my my toenails got hella nasty looking.
Old Dec 13, 2009 | 09:46 PM
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Old Dec 13, 2009 | 09:52 PM
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Old Dec 13, 2009 | 09:59 PM
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If you got coverage for it, it wouldn't hurt you much if you have a copayment on going to get xrays. I thought I had a sprained finger but went in anyways b/c it started to turn black and blue after a day. Went in, found out that a piece of my bone was ripped off my finger with the tendon that connects to it. I could move it perfectly fine and everything, it didn't even hurt at all really.

Unless you want to take the risk of losing any mobility in that finger I would go in and have a professional take a look instead of asking a bunch of impreza owners what they think. lol. Also its important to note that there are universal splints, but there are a number of ways to properly splint a bone based on where the break is and which way its broken. I don't think you need to ask me how I found this out the wrong way.
Old Dec 13, 2009 | 10:47 PM
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no coverage. ya i can wiggle it side to side, fwd but even tryin o endure pain i cant move it backward. so hopefully hyper extended

ya laid off no insurance, otherwise id just go
Old Dec 14, 2009 | 12:27 PM
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Lol, I think your thumb is okay. But in case I'm wrong and your thumb is really ****ed, I'm not responsible.

Hope that helped.
Old Dec 14, 2009 | 01:38 PM
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Lol, I think your thumb is okay. But in case I'm wrong and your thumb is really ****ed, I'm not responsible.

Hope that helped.
I hear that about every other night at the dojo to describe various body parts
Old Dec 14, 2009 | 02:28 PM
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Id say its probably fractured and its going to hurt for months unless you get it splinted.

Ive broken thumbs and fingers before. I could move them, but there was constant pain and pressing on a certain part made it really hurt.

A couple of times, they discovered a small fracture. They splinted it and away I went. The thumbs are both heald but my right index finger and right ring finger, I never went in on and the index finger hurts 8 months later and the ring finger has limited flexibility.
Old Dec 14, 2009 | 02:42 PM
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If you can find out which way you think your finger bent in the wrong way you can determine the best "guesstimate" on how to splint it. For example when I broke my finger, it got bent backwards and so an area where the bone chipped off there was significant bruising/discoloration and a white mark where the bone and the tendon were hitting the skin... so I had to put a splint on the finger that didn't allow my finger to curl down (make it so you can't make a fist)... some people are opposite but any immobilization is better than none. GL.
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