LEFT HAND PINKY...

I'M 33 YRS. OLD..I WORK FOR A VENDING COMPANY..AND ONE DAY I ACCIDENTLY DROPPED A CASE OF 24 PACK WATER ON MY HAND...JUST SLIPPED...AND I FELT SOMETHING WRONG WITH MY LEFT HAND..AS I LOOKED AT MY HAND,MY PINKY WAS TILTED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.(INWARDS)..TECHNICALLY IF I CAN MOVE IT.IT'S NOT BROKEN...MOVE A LITTLE...COMPARE TO THE OTHER FUNCTIONS IN MY HAND.SEEMS LIKE WHEN I TRY TO SNAP IT BACK..SOUNDS/FEELS LIKE SOMETHING'S OUT OF PLACE...NO DOCTOR REQ'D..QUICK FIX..RESEARCH ONLINE...CAME UP WITH A SPLINT MADE OF A POPCICLE STICK,ELASTIC,NAPKIN..WEAR IT OCCASSIONALLY...PAIN IS STILL THERE...ADVIL IS THE KEY, I GUESS...

[Dr Vinod]

Hello!

You should not move your pinkie without ruling out fractures. This can give you further complications. Get an X-ray done and continue wearing splint for 4 weeks. Wear a proper finger splint which you get from a pharmacy.

If there is no healing after couple of weeks and you do not have any fracture on an X-ray; you have to get yourself examined by an orthopedician or a hand surgeon for a proper diagnosis of any small muscle, ligament or tendon sprain or tear.

Take care!