broken finger and swelling - Burns & Injuries Message Board

redeem · 03-12-2005, 04:37 PM

i broke my pinky finger 3 weeks ago and the swelling hasnt gotten any better. i neglected to take care of it at first because i thought i had just jammed it. but i guess there was a tiny fracture. anyways, i am in the police academy, and im stessing out that if it doesnt heal soon that i will get kicked out. i cant really bend my figer to make a full fist. what can i do to quicken the healing process and stop the swelling? i heard ice wouldnt help at this point, and all ive been doing is taking ibprofen. would wrapping it do any good? heat? thanks, hope someone can help me

redeem · 03-14-2005, 05:08 AM

does any one know?

flintrock · 03-15-2005, 06:38 PM

My son broke his thumb last year...it was swollen and went to emergency room...they took x-ray and said it wasn't broken...that was on a saturday . went to doctor Monday and x-ray said it was broken. Had to have surgery because it was broken in a growth joint and he was only 13..........doctor said while it was still that swollen you can't see the break....he's good as new...........so get to doctor

sincerelycas · 03-23-2005, 03:22 PM

i broke my pinky finger jan 21st during school. they wanted me to goto the ER right away but i couldnt leave school for some reasons. so they splinted it and the next mornin i went. it was only broken 20%.. and they only cast if its more then %35 or something.. but i had to wear some weird thing.. it swelled horriblely too. but that went down.. iceing is nice i guess. you shouldnt try to bend it yet. a few months later for me.. the dr says not to wear the thing anymore so i dont.. but i cant fully bend it.. he says i might never be able to.. and if i wanted i could take physical therapy.. but we're not paying more $$ for it.

Kari7171 · 03-24-2005, 08:28 PM

The swelling still can be helped by ice. I slammed my pinky in my car door 4 weeks ago. I applied ice right away it happened at a convience store so I bought some right there. It still swelled up so I could not bend my pinky. It took about 3 full weeks to be able to bend it all of the way. It's 4 weeks now and it is still a little swollen and hurts if you push on it but just a little bit. Hot water will make it swell up still for instance it I take a hot bath my pinky swells up and throbs. When I ice it it brings the swelling down even after all of this time. Try the ice.