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

I knew someone that had a similar issue. Ended up having a pin running down the finger for 2 months. Be careful around Orth Surgeons, incredible Docs overall (I owe a lot to mine, specifically being able to use my left thumb) but I have to wonder about anyone that takes a drill to another persons body on a daily basis.

Looks like a broken tendon. Go to your local ER and have it assessed. Probably will end up with a splint and a erfereal to an orthopedic surgeon. Good luck!

Good luck. I had a similar thing with my thumb. My thumb stuck straight out. It wasn't a problem but cars kept stopping and asking me if I wanted a lift.

I felt a squigly thing in my forearm and it was my thumb tendon broken off. I got an operation where they reconnected it but it was an awful physio rehab - very painful. It's 90% ok now but can hurt a bit at times, and this is 25 years later.

Looks like boutonniere deformity.

Wow! I didn't know you were already gutted! :eek:

Yes. See a Doc ASAP. I blew out my bicep a month ago and the Orthopod said that time is critical if it is a tendon issue. Had my distal repair 3 weeks ago. Still can't extend my fingers-radial nerve palsy. Days, weeks, months nobody knows.. Bottom line- get it seen!

Looks like a classic case of trigger finger. Happened to me once, took a cortisone injection, into the effected area. End of problem. Don't believe them when they tell you that the needle "only hurts a bit".

http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00024

just so

Had it checked today, said it is broken and now in a splint and they said to get it X-Rayed and comeback in 4 weeks:)
Leg is getting better too.

Byron, please tell me the finger wasn't attached to your your drinking arm :D

Huh, broken is usually bruised.

I suspect Byron von D can drink adequately with his off hand

Too bad, Byron. That bent finger was the perfect shape for some of those questionable ladies you hang out with.

don't listen to these guys. they are jealous.

how did you break it?

Yes, either hand and even without handshttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/suppo...ys/men_ani.gif

It is my left and I hadn't had anything to drink all week:eek:



Yes sir I canhttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/wat6.gif
Why don't I feel any pain??

That works fine in the bars;)

I wish I knew, I just woke up with it, had I been drinking the night before, I could understand:confused: but water & Gatorade don't have any effects without booze in them.

No doubt, but the problem is he can only signal for 1 and 4/5s beers when he's running low instead of two like he's used to :)

Well let’s thank THE BIG GUY for giving us redundant drinking arms!
I’m not quit as efficient with the left, as I'm a righty :D

Finger upate

Still in a splint, but not broken, but tendon. Now they want me to have an MRI on my finger.

heat and Kroil. repeat as needed.

Just noticed this thread, How do you get yourself in these predicaments? Haven't even finished healing up the leg and now you have finger issues? :>) How's the leg doing?

Karl
88 Targa

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

Are you open to trades? :)

Have a big toe that locks up straight from time to time - try getting shoes on with a sgt. Hulka that wont bend.

Btw, you are going to look like some kind of contorsionist picking buggers at the stop light!