5 Treatment Tips for Swollen Fingers After Broken Elbow: Why Fingers Swell and How to Help
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2024
- Hand expert, Michelle shares 3 reasons WHY your fingers swell after an elbow fracture, dislocation, or other injury. Then she'll show you HOW to help swelling with 5 treatment tips to decrease your swollen fingers while in an elbow cast.
Reasons why your fingers may swell are due to gravity, limited use, and elbow casts or braces preventing the fluid from moving out of your hand.
The treatment tips for swollen fingers after a broken elbow include elevation, active motion, compression, seeking guidance from your doctor or hand therapist, and more!
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0:00 INTRODUCTION to 5 Treatment Tips for Swollen Fingers After Broken Elbow: Why Fingers Swell and How to Help
0:30 GRAVITY
1:13 LIMITED USE
1:55 CAST OR BRACE RESTRICTIONS
2:55 ELEVATE
4:34 MASSAGE
5:46 EXERCISE
8:31 COMPRESSION
9:12 SEE A DOCTOR OR HAND THERAPIST
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Learn 5 Treatment Tips for Swollen Fingers After Broken Elbow. 💪In this video you'll learn why your fingers swell and what you can do about it right away! Your whole body can feel stiff with a broken elbow, especially your fingers. If you found these tips helpful let me know in the comments below. 🙌 LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to show your support. 🙏
You are an angel in a human form.
Thank God I found this video. I have a fracture on my upper arm and because of the cast my hand is swelling and it really bothers me.
Thank you for these videos. I broke my elbow and now find that my hand is very swollen. Your service is a life saver for me!
Watch ASAP. I am 3 months after a major hand surgery. My hand has limited movement and swelling. I can only wonder were I would be today if I had started sooner. It's not that I didn't move my fingers it's more like I could have been smarter in my exercise. All of her videos provide value.
After watching several I discovered I was doing my hand exercise wrong. Working smart and hard is better than working wrong and hard. 😊
Good luck to everyone. I took my hand for granted. Now I am trying to get it back.
As a recent severe elbow injury person that Splint/Cast/Brace looks so much more comfortable than the ones I had!!! ( I slept elevated at night and also did something called a Six Pack of hand exercises, helped a lot)
I got a bone bruise injury in my right arm close to 2 months ago from a fall at the local grocery store and the only way I prevented from having swollen fingers was to use both the elastic bandage/gauze a little more loosely than usual instead of tightening it to help with/the blood flow and not getting purple ones when you lose circulation
Thanks so much for this! My fingers hurt just as much as my fractured elbow because of the swelling! 😅
Very helpful, relieved my worry and showed me what to do! I broke elbow one week ago and am waiting for surgery and was concerned about all the swellling.
THANK YOU!!! So glad I finally googled swollen fingers and broken elbow. Neither the ortho doc nor the primary care NP gave any tips for dealing with the swelling -- they both blamed the sling and suggested I ease up on using it a bit. Not much help. Can't tell you how happy I am to see your video. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thank you so much for the helpful tips x
Thanks wonderful
Thank you so much, I feel I know have hope!
Thank you. This was exactly the info I needed.
Thank you ♡
Thank you for all of your extremely helpful videos! ❤🎉
My mom dislocated shoulder and fractured arm THIS IS SOOO BEYOND REASSURING her fingers and wrist are swelling!! THANK YOU SO MUCH ❤❤❤
Your video is very helpful and brings ease to my mind.
very useful. I tried your sggestions and they worked. Thank you.
Thankuuuu so much maam
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I only found you yesterday, wish I had found you weeks ago? I broke my elbow 6 weeks ago, full arm cast comes off tomorrow. I have only been following a couple of your videos for two days and what a difference 😊 , I can now bend my fingers and get my thumb to touch my little finger, before that I could not bend any of fingers almost at all, as you say felt like concrete, Thank you sooo much. ❤
broken elbow. radial ball replaced, rod and pins surgery 2 weeks ago. hand is swollen, can't bend fingers. you didn't mention using ice. can I still apply ice packs or is that bad
Thanks very much it’s great to see there’s light at the end of the tunnel. Broke my elbow and going through all these issues. Cast came off 2 weeks ago physical Therapy starts in 2 days I am in a rush to start moving my arm, but the swelling in my hand just gets in the way big time.
Very helpful. Great video. I had a compound fracture/dislocation that required surgery for internal fixation and an external fixation device installed. Now 6 months post injury, surgeon is saying I need to have the internal hardware removed as well as my ulna styloid that is giving me discomfort. In general, what limitations happen when the ulna styloid is removed?
Thank you so much. My 88yr old mom dislocated her elbow two weeks ago and her fingers are swollen. The cast was changed today but they are still swollen. Im going to let her do some of tge exercises you recommended and if tgey dont work Im going to take her back to the hospital.❤
That's what my physiotherapist in the hospital told me to do (I broke my elbow and had a surgery this week) but I find myself really bad time doing this... and she told me that I have to do so every few hours, which I don't... so I find your videos and channel as a motivation! yet, it is still so hard for me... even mentally....
Please, can you tell me why is this so important? an you tell me words of motivation?
Thank you Michelle - I've seen a physio, a hand therapist and an acupuncturist but your advice is invaluable! Thank you.
You are welcome and THANK YOU for the kind words!
Thanks for this info. What if you've been told to wear a sling 24/7. How can you move shoulder around ? Had elbow dislocation and fracture with surgery ( got a screw). Doctor said wear sling all the time come back in two weeks.
Watched one of your videos, Great content. Wanted to ask about my finger. Jammed it when trying to catch a soccer ball about 5 years ago. It didn't break or dislocate and healed fairly quickly after typical symptoms.However after 5 or so years it still gets sore and feels tender. It also clicks when you flex it while putting pressure on the sides of it. Any advice? Thanks you!
You are not only beautiful Michelle, but also an angel to all of us who are dealing with hand injuries. Thanks for these informative videos!
That is very kind. You are welcome!
Thank you god
Fab videos. The skin on my hand has really suffered whilst in a cast for 5 weeks. I couldn't wash it properly to protect the cast. Any tips / creams that might help it recover, as well as these exercises? Thanks
If someone were to break four fingers in the same hand, what would the treatment be? How would the cast be applied? Or would the hand just be immobilised? What would the treatment be like and how would it be done?
Thanks for your video. Im in the UK and hardly any advice on this subject. Im 10 weeks post humerus fracture, brace removed 2 weeks ago. Im using my hand and arm much more but the swelling is bad every day. My question is this - why am i getting this swelling at all, when the bone is 95%healed and how much longer have i got to suffer this.? Its very depressing. With regards to using ice, be VERY CAREFUL people. I left mine on for too long and now still dealing with the effects of ice burn 3 weeks later.! 😢
Pls I need some help. I had dislocated my index finger about 5 months ago and wasn’t very consistent with my exercises, now the finger is kind of stiff and I can’t fully bend or straighten it. Will it get better if I make sure I’m consistent with my exercises?
Can you post a link to the removable elbow splint you use in this video? Thanks
Sorry you can't purchase these. It is a custom Delta Cast that I made. A hand therapist that uses Delta Casting material can make one for you!
I have a grade 2 ucl tear, should I wear a cast? Conservative treatment is not working. I’m tired of being in pain.
Broke my olecranon and had hardware installed. For swelling of the hand I tried to keep my arm elevated at all times with pillows and I used my squishy stress toy a lot. It was soft and that was good since I had little strength and sometimes I put it in the fridge so it was like squishy ice pack. It gave my fingers the movement needed for like 10 days until the swelling went down and I could've used my arm a bit.
I am waiting to have surgery on my displaced fractured elbow. Currently it is splinted. Is it still safe to do exercises before surgery? I have had 2 broken wrists on the same arm so I am already doing as much as I can minus holding anything in that hand. Can I safely use a squishy ball?
I broke my wrist snow boarding back in january and have now been out of my cast for 5 weeks now. My fingers are swollen and my forearm is so much smaller with no muscle tone. My joints hurt a lot and am having trouble bending them. Can any help with advice?
is it normal for my hand to have blue parts after elbow surgery? it's swollen and knuckles have a bluish tinge and blue patch on palm.
I have swelling in my wrist after an melunion. Its been about 6 months and my extension is still blocked by swelling. Do you think its permanent?
Cold pack?
I got surgery on my broken elbow 3 days ago. I'm at the point were I can lift it vertically for a while. The back of my hand got the swelling not so much my fingers.
I broke my arm and elbow. Is it all right to use my hand
Should i be worried about swelling in my hand 14 days after a dislocated elbow ?
Thank you so much for your videos I tripped and broke my arm when I was running I am leaving the hospital today. I was wondering if I ask where did you get your arm cast or brace? I would like to order because I live in Greece they wrapped it with an old-school way. I would like to have something more comfortable like yours if you could get back with me I really appreciate it. Thank you.
@edwardcordell Sorry you can't purchase this long arm cast. It is a custom Delta Cast that I actually made. A hand therapist that uses Delta Casting material can make one for you.
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Just keep opening and closing your hand till the swelling go. I kept doing that for days till the swelling go
My husband had a revision of a non union on the left elbow after an open fracture. He still has so much swelling and sensitive to touch in the hand. What else would you recommended. He already on medication and tries to do light exercise, elevating and putting a compression glove on.
I hope he is seeing a hand therapist! There are so many solutions they can show him.
Hi,i'm an argentinian OT. I ve got a Lot of wrist fractures with stiff fingers,specialy in the Index. In they consult they reach a fist but out of they service,they loose Range. What do You think it is?
Hi fellow OT! There could be a lot of reasons. Are you giving them the same exercise program for them to do at home? Stiffness is very normal and needs to be worked on several times a day, not just in therapy.
Thank you, Michelle. I am about 10 days out from brace removal after a broken wrist. My doctor cheerfully changed my cast to the brace and told me take it off in 3 or 4 weeks and I didn’t need to come back in. I also didn’t routinely need PT. I tell you that only to explain I’m kind of on my own and you’ve been a big big help. My question is, my hand and fingers still swell up constantly. Is this normal? They loosen up if I use/ move them but soon are swollen and stiff again.
Yes, you can definitely have a yo yo affect on your fingers. The fact that it gets better if you loosen them up is a good sign!
@@VirtualHandCare thank you so much.
My elbow is bend what to do
What about ice?
Both heat and ice can be helpful.
I didn’t break it just my soft tissues are hurting