#21 - mallet finger

i hurt my finger playing dodgeball tonight at pickup. actually it was before we even really started. i went to catch a ball that wasn't even thrown hard and it hit the tip of my finger. i thought i just jammed it but then i couldn't extend the end of my finger at all except using my other hand to do it passively. craziness.



so what did i do? taped that baby up and played 2 hours of dodgeball. it was great but i couldn't throw for the life of me. i worked on some catching but it still sucked. so now i'm doing some RICE protocol, got it splinted and asked all my athletic trainer friends for advice on whether or not i should go see a dr. obviously i should...eventually but for now i think this will be fine. it doesn't hurt and i think it's pretty under control. i'll take pics of it tomorrow when i take the tape off to re-splint it. i had to go buy an ice cream bar so i could splint it with the stick!! haha