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My Mum stuffers from it (in her 70s), is it hereditary?
Anyway I've got pain in my RH pinkie still for a minor tumble over a month ago, and my LH middle finger from another tumble over a fortnight ago seems to ache and I can't quite close it up.
Early 40s, is this where my joints start to pack up?
Nobody?
I've never had my fingers take this long to clear up from sprains. Should I seek medical advice? Or just accept a future with knackered fingers?
Ask your mum?
Middle finger that doesn't close properly sounds like a sprain.
"Pain in my finger" is a vague description though. What sort of pain, where exactly, when? Symptoms.
Call 111?
Middle finger that doesn’t close properly sounds like a sprain.
Well it was a sprain, but it's lasting quite a while and seems to like swelling up again randomly.
“Pain in my finger” is a vague description though. What sort of pain, where exactly, when? Symptoms.
For both currently affected fingers it's an ache emanating from the middle joint that becomes more intense as I try to close the finger (make a first), stiffness/limited movement the tighter I close it accompanied by an increase in pain, swelling around the joints. I also get pain in either finger if I manage to catch it just 'wrong' i.e. I've just set off my LH pinky again when closing my daughter's curtains for her.
The thing I'm noticing is that the joint pain/swelling/sensitivity hasn't lessened with time, I did that LH pinky over a month ago, that's not right surely? Is it?
If the pain originated from an injury I'd suggest that it is the injury taking time to heal that is the issue tbh. However, having said that I took a huge bang on my previously damaged left hip and increasingly since then (10 years) my left hip has been deteriorating to the extent that walking is painful, at times excruciatingly so. Causation? Correlation?
Whoever it was that invented Ebikes deserves a medal.
No.
A bit of time on the NHS website and I'm wondering if Osteoarthritis is a fit.
Men's health issues (we will go years before getting around to it).
If it hurts for more than two weeks, call your practice to get seen.
I've forever got sore fingers from a tumble, tree brush, tool mishap, riding too much, not riding enough... this weekend it was high ropes.
Sometimes they take a really long time to heal. I wouldn't fuss unless it's really impacting what you can do with your hands, or the reason for the pain isn't clear.
Tendons take a real age to heal. Often 6-12 months.
Sounds to injury related. Possible knuckle breaks?
A bit of time on the NHS website and I’m wondering if Osteoarthritis is a fit.
Keep looking and you’ll convince yourself. You’re weeks into soft tissue injuries, they’ll still hurt.
I get athritis....but I am 61, so its probably normal. However, I had a spill on my mtb which resulted in me bending my middle fnger backwards against the middle joint. Jeez it hurt like hell and I was lucky not to snap it.
Anyway, two years on its still not 100% but it has slowly improved over that period.So I'd say no!
I hurt my pinkie in a bike crash a few years ago (my late 30's). I had symptoms a bit like the ones you describe. Went to a GP who told me to just hope it got better (this particular GP tends to advise that for most things).
It did mostly get better. The middle joint is now a bit odd and knobbly looking, but I have full movement and no pain. Sometimes it feels a bit odd. But nothing major.