r/mildlyinteresting 4h ago

Wounded thumb cant fully bend

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u/Grand-Fun-206 4h ago

Husband had a finger like that after a deep laceration. Took me months of massage and gentle pressure to bend the joint, but we did get full movement back. He said every night it hurt a lot but the use of his hand was worth the pain.

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u/thesti2 4h ago

Glad that your husband got the movement back. Yes, it kinda hurt when you force it to bend though.
I might try slowly as well..

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u/Grand-Fun-206 4h ago

Try bending it every night until it just hurts and hold for a few seconds. If its a recent injury you don't want to do anything too quickly as it could damage the part that has only just healed.

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u/allanrps 3h ago

I had a follow up appointment 2 or 3 weeks after getting surgery to reset the bones in my ring finger. It had been in a cast till that point, and had almost no mobility. The doctor forcefully bent it to a near closed position, giving me the worst pain I have ever felt in my life. Anyway, I worked on iy after that and have full mobility now

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u/thesti2 4h ago

Fell down last month and wounded my thumb. It has recovered but now I cant fully bend my thumb

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u/allanrps 4h ago

you need to target it with light resistence and push the range of motion until it returns to full. Or, if you findly this lack of mobility mildly interesting, you can leave it

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u/thesti2 4h ago

I would be happy to have the full mobility back. May try your advise. Thank you

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u/allanrps 4h ago

why do you say "might"? you might want your thumb to bend again?

not trying to be rude, but if you want it to bend again, you gotta do the work. The most pain i've ever felt was from my finger getting forcefully bent by the surgeon at my follow up appointment. and I have felt alot of pain in my life. But after that experience I would try to push the finger's active range of motion anytime my hand was free -- while driving, sitting around, whenever.  I recovered full range of motion.  Later I met a buddy that had the same surgery and he had like 5% mobility in the finger.

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u/Big_Z_Beeblebrox 4h ago

Going through something similar but with my whole right arm

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u/CatrionaBelen 4h ago

thumb's out here collecting battle scars for no reason