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I have injured my ring finger playing cricket and the doctor reckons its either fractured (which it has been a couple of times before) or, worse, I've torn tendons (and have 'mallet finger').
I will find out tomorrow when I have an x-ray and ultrasound, but am fearing my cricket season has probably been cut short!
Has anyone else suffered a similar injury? I'm told it may require wearing a splint for 6-12 weeks and possibly surgery ... is that true? What else does the Recovery process involve?
I had mallet finger in my middle finger, it's not an actual tear of ligament but the bone breaks and the ligament pulls it away from the main bone. The recovery for me was just a splint to keep the finger straight to allow the bone to stay in place. I am young So i had a fairly short Recovery Time but depending on age they'll probly give you exercises to do once the splint is off. Sometimes it doesn't heal on the first try, I believe the most they will try is 3 times splinted before they do surgery in which the place a bolt in your finger keeping it completely straight (this is permanent).
