My terrible, horrible, miserable, not so very good day.

[MossRoad]

Has something to do with the tendon injury. Not really sure just what yet.

My guess is this:

Your tendon will stretch leaving your finger curved down. That thing will help hold it up while you heal, so your tendon won't stretch too much, and you'll be able to straighten your finger out after it's all over. It also keeps your finger moveable. If it was in a cast with your fingers curved, it would heal curved. If it was in a cast with your finger straight, it would heal straight. Either way would require therapy to get range of motion back. By leaving it free to move with assistance, you might be better off and keep a better range of motion VS a cast.

Again, that's just a guess based on my broke index finger since early August. They had to pin it and set it in a curved position, sistered to my middle finger. 8 weeks in a cast. Cast came off, pins came out, and both fingers were stuck in the curved position. Middle finger came back to 90-95% range of motion in 3-4 weeks. Index finger is now about 80-85% range of motion. I have therapy exercises that I have to do basically every hour or two every waking hour of every day. They said 8 weeks in a cast left the tendons stretched and weak, and they're what straighten the fingers.

The more time you can spend moving them and doing whatever they recommend for strength and range of motion, do it! :thumbsup:

 

[MossRoad]

Probably to keep it stretched out as it heals so that you spend less time at PT getting range of motion back.

Aaron Z

Yep! :thumbsup:

 

[Diggin It]

I know they don't want me to curl it fully as if holding a handle bar, hammer, etc. They said that could cause bigger problems at this point.

Right now, I have a stiff but formed piece under the hand from the end of the fingers to the wrist. That's wrapped with an ace type stretch bandage. I can flex all finger tips up and down, but not curl any. The weird thing is that there's been very little pain (so far). I try to take a couple of ibuprofen 500s before bed 'just in case'. There have been some twinges and minor aching, but none of that throbbing I was dreading.

When they checked it yesterday, the color was good, nothing odd. There had been no seepage into the gauze pad all week. Stitches are supposed to dissolve on their own.

 

[MossRoad]

I know they don't want me to curl it fully as if holding a handle bar, hammer, etc. They said that could cause bigger problems at this point.

Right now, I have a stiff but formed piece under the hand from the end of the fingers to the wrist. That's wrapped with an ace type stretch bandage. I can flex all finger tips up and down, but not curl any. The weird thing is that there's been very little pain (so far). I try to take a couple of ibuprofen 500s before bed 'just in case'. There have been some twinges and minor aching, but none of that throbbing I was dreading.

When they checked it yesterday, the color was good, nothing odd. There had been no seepage into the gauze pad all week. Stitches are supposed to dissolve on their own.

That sounds like good news! :thumbsup:

 

[GeneV]

Oh man that sux, you gotta wear that all the time? Personally, I don't if I could commit to wearing that, wow that's pretty tough.

 

[goeduck]

They want to put an effing crane on my finger.

How the 'ell am I supposed to sleep with an effing crane on my finger?

Not to mention how are you going to signal to the driver that cuts you off?

 

[Doofy]

Not to mention how are you going to signal to the driver that cuts you off?

I'd be more worried if that was my wiping hand.

 

[4570Man]

They want to put an effing crane on my finger.

How the 'ell am I supposed to sleep with an effing crane on my finger?

I’d rather wear that as the ankle boot I was supposed to wear for 8 weeks or so.

 

[Diggin It]

Got stuff to do but can't since they all involve tools I need my left hand for.

 

[radios1]

Got stuff to do but can't since they all involve tools I need my left hand for.

got any friends, neighbors, relatives, wife?..