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A couple of years ago, I "mashed" my hand pretty bad in a 'blading fall. Altho very painful initially, I did not seek medical treatment (and still have not), thinking there were no broken bones, just a fairly bad mangling of tissue and muscle. ALtho I was wearing "hand guards", my hand was at a right angle to the pavement and my rib cage came down directly on my hand, so my hand "buckled" to some extent. Anyway, the pain transformed into stiffness and soreness, which worsens as time goes by, and is worse at times, and I was thinking that it was likely arthritis, and have been "treating" it as such. But, lately I have wondered if it might actually be a case of bursitis, and also have noticed that if I indulge in alchohol that the condition is considerably worse the next day. Any knowledgeable experts out there that might be able to clue me into what I should be attempting to treat??? Oh, should point out that the main pain and stiffness emanates solely from inside the two joints of the leftmost and rightmost fingers. And, likely should add that a "horse liniment" concoction of oils of eucalyptus, soy, emu, rosemary, clove, perpermint, lavender, tocopherol, and aloe vera does seem to alleviate the pain, soreness, and swelling to some extent....