Ring Finger Fracture?

[francie7]

Hi,

About a month ago I fractured my ring finger playing Gaelic Football (Irish Sport) and as a result it was crooked to the right from the middle knuckle, the consultant told me you can leave it alone and let it heal or have it repaired under surgery which is what I decided so went through with it they manipulated my finger then splinted it and taped them together although they didn't fully splint it only the front of it, so had the splint removed today after four weeks and my finger is still crooked but yet the x-ray shows it is has healed nicely and doesn't looked crooked on the x-ray but the naked eye it does and am very mad at that so am gonna get a second opinion on it, this is very strange and it couldn't be right that my finger is still deformed could be it one of my tendons I splinted it up myself all around to see if it will straighten could someone please throw some light on what am saying?

Thanks alot,
Francie

[francie7]

Hi There,

Thanks for the response. No my finger actually went into a crooked position after I got the impact and even after manipulation it remained like that, anyway since then I've taken it up with the orthopaedic on my appointment about the crookness and swelling he said if you where to rebreak it your at risk to a point of having a disfunctional finger were as if you leave it and you get the full function back albeit with the crookness just let it be, anyway after that and getting an assessment off the physio he said it should realign itself over time I had physio twice but not with the same fella and this physio was going more with what the orthopaedics told me you know, all said it probably will be the case of having that slight deformity for life.

[S. Kaul, MD]

Hey Francie!

This could be due to tendon stiffness as a result of disuse over the weeks of splintage and is likely to resolve with time with appropriate physiotherapy. You could consult a physiotherapist for the same.
Hope this is helpful.

Take care!