Title: Home Remedies: Just jammed your finger? – Mayo Clinic News Network
Headings: Home Remedies: Just jammed your finger?
Home Remedies: Just jammed your finger?
To treat a jammed finger:
To protect the finger during use:
Seek medical care if:
Children require medical care because damage to the growth plate of a finger bone can lead to long term deformity.
Try the P.R.I.C.E. approach for any strain or sprain — protect, rest, ice, compression, elevation.
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Content: There may also be a small fracture or dislocation of the joint. The injury can be extremely painful, and the joint usually becomes swollen. A jammed finger is a common sports injury. For example, your fingertip receives the full impact of a hard hit baseball, basketball rebound or volleyball spike. This type of injury may also result for other reasons. You reach out your arm to break a fall, and your finger jabs into the ground. The result is often a jammed finger. This type of injury usually heals quickly if there is no fracture, although the pain may linger for months when direct pressure is applied to the finger. To treat a jammed finger: Ice the finger with a cold pack for 15 minutes.