problem with joints/bones in hand

[ceecee79]

I hope that you go to a doctor, not the ER, cause it is way over-priced, but I also currently have no medical insurance, so I understand. But also, I am very low pain tolerant, so if something is hurting me, I will go. You could try an urgent care facility, most have X-rays, and the ones around here will let you pay a portion (maybe $50) up front, and then bill you for the rest. My sister was smoking outside one night and when she got up to come in the house she tripped on the porch and broke her foot. She actually went in the house and WENT TO SLEEP. She said it hurt, but it was late and she didn't want to wake anyone up, lol. The next morning my mother made her go to the doctor where she was told it was indeed, broken. That could not have been me. If I broke a foot, I would have screamed loud enough for someone to call me an ambulance, lol. High pain tolerant people are intriguing to me. But get it checked out, you don't want any lasting injury, and I'm sure they can do something for you. And as previously stated, don't keep moving it.

ceecee79 Reviewed by ceecee79 on 07-05-2007. problem with joints/bones in hand okay, three weeks ago I was scaling a fence..it was kinda wet outside and this was a privacy fence..one of the 6' wood ones. I then slipped and started to fall..my right hand was wedged in between two planks on the top of the fence when I slipped..then just out of reaction I used my left hand to lift myself up..I was intoxicated and didn't notice it much until the next day. I now sit here three weeks later with reduced functionality in my right hand..if anything's more than like five pounds or Rating: 5

[birdgirl73]

If insurance and a doctor's visit aren't an option, then here's a practical paramedic's best guess: it does indeed sound like a sprain or tendonitis of some kind. The hand has amazingly complex nerve/tendon and muscular structures.

It's true that a doc wouldn't be able to do much other than rule out a break with an X-ray. You could have a fracture of a small bone. But if it's the more likely possibility of a sprain or tendonitis, then remember RICE: rest, ice, compression, elevation. The compression (like with an Ace wrap) and elevation are particularly important if you have any swelling. OTC anti-imflammatories like Advil and Motrin are great for sprains or tendonitis. And use that hand as little as you possibly can for the next few weeks. If you coudl immobilize it in a sling, even better. Both sprains and tendonitis take lots of time to heal. Time and the RICE approach are what anybody trained in practical or orthopaedic medicine would tell you.

[Markass]

thanks everyone...:thumbsup: