Four to six weeks for a ligament or tendon to heal (sounds like you tore it) and somewhat longer if you don't rest it as much as you can (that doesn't mean don't use it....just take it easy as much as you can)

As long as it is not getting worse or swelling etc....you're most likely doing ok.
Weedhound Reviewed by Weedhound on . 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