Index Finger Won't Straighten Out.
 

I swear, if I was a car, I would part myself out.....

I woke up this morning and while combing my hair, my hand felt funny:eek:

Well, I tried to straighten my fingers & noticed my index wouldn't go, I can use my other hand to do it, but it just drops back:confused:

No pain, just feels a little numb between my thumb & finger:confused:

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This has happened to me. You have snapped the tendon on the top of your finger. Mine healed by itself. To this day the plastic surgeon still doesn't know how it healed itself. I would try bandaging it up straight right away.

It took mine months before it finally started moving again.

I wonder I managed that, I haven't been doing anything:confused: And I'm right handed. I'll tape it up:(

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Byron,
That's UGLY!:eek:
Go see a doctor, he might have an idea what happened.

Soak it in cider.

Thats probably why it won't straighten out, kinda limp looking.

thats happened to mee too. but it was my thumb on my right hand. one day i woke up and it was numb and i had no control over it. feeling came back in a few days with normal funtion
Sean

self abuse is bad for you....

hair on the palms is next.. been there done th... , uh never mind. maybe its just a mild cramp. soak in epsom salts.

Too much dippity doo in the hair.
Try a softer product, something that doesn't harden.

Myself, I don't have that problem.:D

Ho...A G spot oriented finger...!

There is a positive side!!!:p

Nope, don't use the stuff on my hair:D

wrong hand:rolleyes:

Still the same :o

You're gonna look like this soon. :eek:

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Not a doctor here, but have done some reading on a condition called Dupuytren's Contracture. If it were me I would see a doctor.

My dad had/has this. This is not what Byron has. I think it has to do with a torn or slipped tendon as well.

Either way, Byron, you should really stop watching the 12 hours of Sebring and see a doctor.

I have a doctors appointment at the beginning of the week for my leg, so I'll show this too.

Jim, more like this:p
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Thanks guys to the help.....

If you didn't hurt it then it's not likely a torn tendon.

It is more likely an issue with the tendon sheath not allowing smooth movement. Search Trigger Finger.

Kind of like a kink in the clutch cable housing binding the clutch movement. We are on topic now.

Time, anti-inflamatory meds, range of motion, physical therapy and maybe surgery will address this.

Hope yours resolves quickly.

that happened to me during a basketball game last year. mine was a result of a severed tendon. despite it happening during a basketball, it was painless. didn't even know about it until the ball felt funny in my hand. anyway, to make story short, you have to keep it straight for something like 3 months. I had a surgeon give me two aluminum popsicle sticks and tape, but that didn't work. I used that for 4-5 months before a therapist gave me that special brace that slips over the finger. don't use tape as it is not strong enough over a 24 hour period. the whole experience wasn't painful, but a pain in the *ss having to keep that on for 24 hours/day.

That's not dupuytren's

You've ruptured your extensor tendon over the distal joint. Sometimes this can be fixed with a splint, but sometimes it requires a pin or a more formal operation.

You need to get it looked at in the next fews days -- sooner the better - to avoid a permanent deformity