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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Nick1911 on February 23, 2010, 03:59:42 PM
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Just FYI - I tried it and it's no fun at all. =|
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Fingers, plural? Ouch. That can't help the ole typing...
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Didn't actually break it, but I got one mashed under a wooden waster while sparring. Looked like uncooked beef sausage for about a week. No fun.
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Fingers, plural? Ouch. That can't help the ole typing...
Just one, actually. Grammar fail on me.
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It does indeed suck. Most of my right hand fingers still freak out now and then. Random huge bursts of pain, and they broke nearly ten years ago. Have fun with that. =|
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Been there, done that, burned the T-shirt. Tried to catch a bale of hops; broke two and sprained a third. Never try to catch something that weighs as much as you if it's falling from chest-height. :facepalm:
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Uhm, ouch? What the heck were you doing?
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Uhm, ouch? What the heck were you doing?
Fightin'. Specifically, Krav Maga fight class.
My training partner was blocking hook punches. I was hook punching.
My partner misjudged where I was going to hit. Caught the punch with his elbow. To his credit, the defense worked. =)
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Fightin'. Specifically, Krav Maga fight class.
My training partner was blocking hook punches. I was hook punching.
My partner misjudged where I was going to hit. Caught the punch with his elbow. To his credit, the defense worked. =)
Hrm. Yea. I did that once. Completely accidentally. Someone threw one of those glass mugs at me, and I caught it with an elbow. Worked better than I thought, but I could never get it right when I was intentionally trying to do it.
So splint up the finger, inject it with a local and get back on the mat.
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Hrm. Yea. I did that once. Completely accidentally. Someone threw one of those glass mugs at me, and I caught it with an elbow. Worked better than I thought, but I could never get it right when I was intentionally trying to do it.
So splint up the finger, inject it with a local and get back on the mat.
Yea, I'm trying to figure out if I can still fight with a splinted finger.
Maybe if I substitute palm strikes for straight punches for a while? Hrm.
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Nick, thanks man. my thumbs been killing me. i feel much better now. :O ;)
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Ha! Suck it up, fingers are for breaking and spraining, that's why you have ten of them.
/judoka
Yeah, it sucks. Btdt. =|
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I hyperextended my left ring finger lifting a TV carton. Being as strong as I am I stress the body structure from time to time. Now when I make a fist, the finger locks up and I have to manually extend that finger....chris3
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Broke the little toe on my left foot back the last weekend of January as I was moving. Slipped on some ice and either landed on it wrong or it twisted up underneath me. Still hurts to this day.
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I hyperextended my left ring finger lifting a TV carton. Being as strong as I am I stress the body structure from time to time. Now when I make a fist, the finger locks up and I have to manually extend that finger....chris3
At least yours bends inwards. I'm still trying to get my pinky finger (busted Sept 2009) to touch my palm, and to raise it up off a flat surface. Last time I saw the Doc he said I need to keep doing the rehab exercises and maybe in another year I will have a normal grip. As for being able to lift it up from a flat surface - maybe yes, maybe no.
I've had to give up the full-size pistols/revolvers as I do not have a three-finger grip. On the other hand, I'm a whole lot better with the various snubbies & subcompacts.
stay safe.
skidmark
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Well, crap.
My primary care physician sent me to a orthopedic specialist with my X-ray in hand.
He thinks I should get surgery on it. The x-ray shows a chunk of bone sheared clean off, that is part of the last joint on that pinky. He recommends having the bone pinned back together so I don't end up with stiffness + arthritis later in life.
:'( :mad: =|
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good luck man. =(
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:O :O :O
Damn, sorry to hear that man. Will your insurance cover that?
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Damn, sorry to hear that man. Will your insurance cover that?
It should be, need to call and make sure the surgeon is in network.
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If it's covered, do it. Arthritis sucks. =|
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Sorry for the lousy quality, taken with my camera phone:
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This is a side view.
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:O hope they at least got you to where you ain't feelin it. =(
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Damn, Nick. I know you're an advanced DIY kinda guy, but x-rays with your cell phone camera? Impressive.
As for the bone, I'd probably do what the doc suggests. I know there are risks either way, but some things don't get much better on their own and that looks like one of them. I've messed up a few fingers and I'm very thankful that they work as well as they do. Good luck.
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try to avoid the staff (http://www.medicinenet.com/staph_infection/article.htm) if you go for the knife. it pays to check up on the hospital before hand. [tinfoil]
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All I can say is "ouch". Get well.
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Take the right course of action and time to let it heal properly.
My new hobby is climbing, I've been climbing indoors since last Nov.
Early on I hurt my ring finger on the right hand but kept on climbing 1 or 2 times a week. Three weeks ago I discovered the name of the injury and what the consequences were if I kept climbing and didn't let it heal. It is called a pulley injury, it is microtear(s) of the connective tissue in the finger. It causes enough weakness where I am more susceptible to a full blown tendon rupture if I don't let it heal up.
I'm taking time off from climbing and working out at home to maintain my fitness level.
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Ron - I couldn't agree more. Now that I realize the nature of what happened, I've decided it's best to take a hiatus from Krav Maga for a while. The owner has suspended my membership, which I thought was a decent.
I've got a better picture of the break:
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As you can see, I've seriously damaged the bones that make up the joint.
Funny - it hurt a lot when it happened, but I kept on fighting.
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ain't adrenalin grand. :facepalm:
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Surgery is tomorrow.
Makes me nervous, even though I know it's for the best. =|
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i'll be praying for you. if you believe in such things. :angel:
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Just a quick follow up, surgery is over, everything went really well.
Got a script for vicodin, so I should be alright from a pain standpoint. :cool:
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Good to hear.
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Just a quick follow up, surgery is over, everything went really well.
Got a script for vicodin, so I should be alright from a pain standpoint. :cool:
I'll say the obvious. Do NOT use your metal cutting gear while high on pain killers. :P
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and remember that vicodin contains tylenol. [tinfoil]
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Good to hear everything went well Nick. Don't be pickin' yer nose with that finger for awhile. Wait for it to heal, first. =D
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So, I have an appointment on April 29th to "get the pin out."
I was unsure what this meant until recently. I've recently noticed that I can see the end of a pin just under the skin at the tip of my finger. This is odd, because it appears to be inserted lengthwise, parallel to the bone.
Then I found this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znd_HUXM-0g (WARNING: Graphic!)
:O
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Don't worry, they use xylocaine and block the nerves first.
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So, I have an appointment on April 29th to "get the pin out."
I was unsure what this meant until recently. I've recently noticed that I can see the end of a pin just under the skin at the tip of my finger. This is odd, because it appears to be inserted lengthwise, parallel to the bone.
Then I found this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znd_HUXM-0g (WARNING: Graphic!)
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Yea, one of my brothers trashed his hand on a guardrail in a motorcylce accident. he had little pins sticking out every which way. Good to hear you're on the mend.
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My Wife had a plate in her wrist, which is now sitting in out breakfront.
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I am now without a 2 inch long, 1/16ish diameter stainless pin! =)
If you all want gory details, including the part where I had to lay on the ground because I was going to pass out - just ask. :O
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Um, pass... :P
:laugh:
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Finger is totally recovered.
I signed back up for fight class. :cool:
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Cool.
A girl I used to play coed softball with essentially jammed her ring finger inside the glove. It caused a break at the joint. She was playing first and the ball just hit her glove wrong. This was years ago and she still has little use of the finger. It can be pretty bad.
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Had a friend who was running a large paper cutter - multiple reams in one cut. The blade actuator was a pair of buttons arms' length apart. The actuator for the several-ton press to hold the paper in place, OTOH, was a too conveniently placed foot pedal. Fortunately he got off the pedal before the damage would have been irreparable.
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yea a 22ton wood splitter will leave a mark if your hand gets pinches by a piece of wood shifting. as he changes the bandage
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The steam presses I used to service had two green buttons so you had to use both hands to close it and couldn't catch a hand. Unless you're about 6' tall and can reach one of the buttons with a knee, use one hand to adjust the clothes and one hand to close the press on the hand you are using to arrange the clothes. Not me thankfully, sometimes it's good to be short. The kid said the back of his hand stuck to the hot steel, he ripped off all the skin. :O
Did a lot of damage, scarring etc. =|
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yesh, sometimes being "smart" is a curse. =( my hands ache just thinking about it.