📌 Understanding Mallet Finger 📌 Mallet finger, also known as “baseball finger,” is a common injury where the tendon at the tip of the finger is damaged. This often occurs due to a sudden impact or force, such as a ball striking the finger. 🏀⚾️ 🔹 Symptoms: • Drooping fingertip that can’t be straightened • Pain and swelling at the fingertip • Bruising and tenderness 🔹 Causes: • Sports injuries • Accidental jamming of the finger • Direct trauma 🔹 Treatment: • Splinting: Wearing a splint to ke

A mallet finger injury which is also known as “dropped finger” occurs when the tendon responsible for straightening the fingertip is damaged or torn. This is an injury common in basketball players among other sports players where their fingertip is sometimes forcefully bent or struck causing the tendon to stretch or rapture. A mallet finger can be treated by wearing a mallet splint for about 6 weeks without taking it off. If worn correctly and religiously for this period of time the injury will

How to remove your splint and clean your finger during 24/7 mallet splinting…. At the end you can see a taping technique to assist in keeping the DIP joint straight (you can wear this tape underneath the splint - but do not rely on this tape technique alone) #activehandrehab #handtherapy #fingerinjury #splinthygiene #malletfinger #womaninbusiness #fingerrehab | Active Hand Rehab. In Linwood Medical and Rangiora Hospital

Dynamic Tape For Mallet Finger