A large tree limb blew down, and while attempting to move it my hand slipped, and whacked another, solid object, on the backside of my left hand.
I had gloves on, and nothing got cut or broken, apparently, but I’m now having some real trouble at moving a couple of fingers.
Ouch!
I am no doctor, but that could be something as simple as a bruise all the way to a hair line fracture. I would go get it checked out with a doctor.
Icing wouldn’t hurt.
@ The Whistle Collector, and s1m0n, thanks!
I whacked it, but good! My L2 and L3 are now dysfunctional.
Dammit!
Oh that sux sorry to hear that Cork.
Remember this.
RICE - Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation.
http://sportsmedicine.about.com/cs/rehab/a/rice.htm
This is the best you can do but go see your Doc ASAP.
Hope this helps some.
Thanks, Aanvil!
Considering all of the above advice, I’ve now used ice, to about freezing my hand.
Dammit! I did something similar many years ago, and it took a long time to recover, from that.
And now, decades later, at this point in time I really don’t care to consider the consequences, thank you.
Ouch!
!!!
Once your doctor confirms its not anythjinmg serious
get yourself some arnica cream and rub it in or maybe
go to an Oriental martial arts supplier and get one of them
lotions that are used after sparring and conditioning exercises
for to lessen pain, dysfunction and bruising side effects.
THis isn’t a medical advice post because it is premised on you first clearing your status with a doctor …
Also, brand names have not been mentioned
Well don’t get too freaked out.
I’ve been a Fencer most of my life and I had some really terrible blows to my hands.
Not much you can do but ice it, wrap it and keep it up a bit.
I’ve had spiral fractures and sometime they swell till I can’t move them and other times didn’t know until I got it x-rayed.
And it goes in the other way too.
You can really smash the heck out of your hand without breaks and have it swell
until things don’t want to work.
Just keep it stable and have it looked at right away.
You’ll be ok.
Oh and Cork don’t freeze it to death. A good bit of cold and some warming then cold will help to circulate the fluids that will want to build and promote healing.
And Talasiga knows what he talks about.
I have a tube of Arnica gel in my bag.
Its a little toxic so don’t eat it but that is the stuff.
Like Aanvil, lot’s of hand injuries here as well, from fencing, stick fighting, martial arts, mountain biking (er, well it’s the crashing not the actual riding that causes the problems…), etc.
I agree, see the doc, get x-rays/MRI to rule out breaks and tendon/ligament damage. One of my students got busted up stick fighting around the first of the year (didn’t buy and wear hockey gloves for sparring as I suggested), had a few fingers that were throbbing for months but would see the doc. I told him he had likely hairline fractures, but he didn’t listen, wouldn’t go to the doctor for like 3 months. Finally he got tired of the nearly constant pain and he went for x-rays: Sure enough, two fingers with hairline fractures. 6 weeks of laying off the fighting and he’s fine now.
Get it checked out, even if nothing is seriously wrong, knowing that gets you the all clear from the doc to start working on rehab asap. If you want the shortest possible recovery time, you need to start moving those fingers as soon as (the doctor says) it’s possible. Immobilization is not good if you don’t actually have significant damage.
The other advice is good as well, RICE, etc. until you see the doc.
Loren
A wet glove on a wet tree limb apparently wasn’t a good idea, and so my hand slipped, and the backside of it got bonked. Fortunately, the damage appears to be limited, nothing cut, torn or broken. However, I’ve got a couple of fingers, L2 and L3, which refuse to cooperate at the moment, and I’m told that it simply will take “time” for them to heal. It seems that some tendons took the hit, at about an inch from the knuckle.
I’ll put them back to work as soon as possible, but at the moment it looks as though the first thing is just to get them to be responsive, once again.
Thanks for your input, everybody, and it seems that ice was the right thing to use.
Glad it’s not serious. Get well soon.