An injury that causes your finger either to bend too far or bend in the wrong direction. If your finger bends backwards, it’s called “hyperextension ... Your joint is stable but you ...

Noninvasive treatments include physical therapy (PT), occupational therapy (OT), and splints ... it better restrain the middle joint of the finger from hyperextension while allowing for downward ...

The metacarpal connects the longer, second bone of your thumb to your wrist. The bones of your thumb have three joints: The first one near the tip is called the interphalangeal (IP) joint.

ST. LOUIS (AP) St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina will try to play in the NL Division Series while wearing a splint to protect his injured left thumb. The All-Star, widely considered the ...

Untreated mallet finger can also lead to a condition called swan neck deformity, where the joint below your injury becomes hyperextended to compensate ... A common treatment is wearing a finger splint ...

Orlando Robinson thought he was fine, was ready to return to Tuesday night’s Miami Heat victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers if necessary, thought he just jammed his right thumb. The next day ...

presented by American Century Investments this weekend despite spraining her thumb “a few weeks ago.” "I've been babying it,” she says. “I've been wearing a splint.” She added that she ...

Two innings later, though, Lagares suffered a fractured IP joint of his left thumb when he dove for a bloop RBI single by Anthony Rendon. He remained in the game despite his pain, but was removed ...