Best 5 Exercises with a Mallet Finger Splint On: What To Do While Your Mallet Finger is Healing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2024
- Join Michelle as she guides you through 5 exercises you can do with your mallet finger splint on. Typically you have to wear a mallet finger splint for 6-8 weeks, or longer. This not only makes your injured mallet finger very stiff but also your WHOLE hand.
Since a mallet splint can prevent you from using your hand normally, it is important to keep the range of motion of all your uninjured finger joints. Proper healing of your mallet finger is top priority. So it is important to perform these exercises with your splint ON if your mallet finger is still healing.
Always consult with a doctor or your hand therapist to make sure you are doing these exercises correctly. See disclaimer below.
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00:00 Best 5 Exercises with a Mallet Finger Splint On
01:08 Knuckle Benders
02:00 Passive PIP Stretch
04:00 Active PIP Blocking
07:18 Straight Fist
08:24 Stretching to Uninvolved Fingers
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This video is for educational and demonstration purposes only and is not to be used as a replacement for seeking medical advice or treatment of your condition. Virtual Hand Care, or its members, do not offer medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always consult with your doctor or healthcare provider before starting any exercise program. Please know that performing any exercise or program is solely at your own risk.
Don't let ALL your fingers get stiff! Did you know as your mallet finger is healing, which can take a LONG time, there are exercises you can do with a mallet finger splint on. 👍These exercises are NOT for your mallet finger but your uninjured fingers and your finger joints not in a splint. Let me know in the comments if these helped prevent fingers stiffness while healing from a mallet finger. Not medical advice.❌ LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to show your support. 🙏
Thank you so much for this video. I just did this to my right middle finger on Sunday. I appreciate this information.
Thanks so much, Michelle. You are awesome.
This is great you provided more exercise then the therapist ❤
Great mam, very helpful to me know..
Great videos Michelle, very helpful and insightful
Thank you! Glad it was helpful!
Good morning thanks for this video.it helps a lot for me coz i have a carpal tunnel dyndrome..
Thanks alot ... Your video great ... Can you make avideo for what i can do exercises after 6 weeks when i remove the support for the mallet finger
Muchísimas gracias por la ayuda. Saludos
¡De nada!
Thankd for the great video. I would be interested to know more about what to do after the 8 week splinting period, i.e. what exercises to do.
Your welcome! I go over all of that in my mallet finger program- virtualhandcare.com/mallet-finger-treatment/
Hi. How soon after splint removal should I be able to make a fist? TY
i have a splint like that seethrough but on my small finger and then some tape below so it not fall off when sleep so it can not bend in the middle.
Can i use tape if i dont have anything els
Uh just wondering if a dislocation (DIP Joint) is solved by wearing a splint for up to 6 weeks? I thought they were used to heal heal the tendon and avoid dislocation again but popping it back in place is done first?
Hi,
I got my mallet finger two years ago. I am pianist.
I did the 6 weeks of blocked finger to recover but not do a nice recovery.
Do you have advices for this situation ? Should i wear something in the night + exercices in the day for instance ?
how was ur mallet finger affect ur piano skills?
i’m a piano player and very scared about not healing my finger correctly
i was lifting weights before i got a mallet ring finger. is this safe to continue?
I got mallet fingers 5 month before I showed to doctor within 5 days and advised to wear a finger splint for 1 month. I worked it around 1 month 10 days and now 3 month passed and still unable to mode my that part of ring finger and doctor please tell me why still I didn't got control on my ring finger and a ring type thing is near area of fracture in ring finger. Why that ring occurred ? Please tell me doctor
This is what you are wearing on your finger during the exercise if i do this exercise without it nothing will happen i have a problem with one only finger plz plz reply me❤
Hello, i have my tumb as a mallet finger but you are not talking about this specific finger.
I was confirmed by my doctor that i have mallet finger, no bone damage accrding to the x-ray. I'll be getting splint put on my pinkie finger (right hand) any day. I was wondering if I could engage in racket sports ie pickleball while my pinkie is in a splint ? Im sure i can get by playing without the use of my pinkie. I would make sure the splint us on well. Or should i avoid vibration from the racket ?
This comment is 6 months old so I’m curious what you did! I took a week off sports after the injury but then resumed playing ball hockey, baseball, and… indoor rock climbing 😳 while wearing the splint. The doctor & therapist weren’t thrilled about the climbing, but I was able to make it work!
I started playing pickleball after two weeks with the splint on. I was being careful but it did interfere a little with my game. I wasn't able to get a full grip. After 6 weeks when the splint was taken off I incresed the frequency of playing. It wasn't fully healed after 6 weeks but after 6 months it got even better but still not 100% . Best be carefull with the sport you choose, one good knock from a hockey stick could set you back again.@@misterrainer
@@misterrainerhey man i play ball hockey and football and got a mallet finger on my middle finger. How was it playing with the injury? Have you been able to make a full recovery while using it?
@@realzionit’s been a challenge but I’ve been able to work through it. Still not fully recovered but making progress. Make sure you let it heal (mine took 8 weeks) and then do your hand therapy exercises.
I had a tendonous mallet injury on my little finger about 16 days ago. A hand therapist put a cast on it within a couple of hours. At first, when I bent the middle joint during exercises I felt nothing on the fingertip or nail -- it was completely immobile at the end of the finger inside the cast. Now when I bend the middle joint I can feel that the last knuckle is also bending and I can fell pressure on both the fingertip and nail from the cast when I bend the finger back and forth. This seems to indicate that the tendon has healed somewhat since I'm getting motion at the fingertip. My question: is this bad? Should I avoid bending that finger so I don't flex the extensor tendon before it's completely healed? Or could this mean that the tendon was just stretched and is recovering quickly? I plan to keep the cast on for the full eight weeks in any case.
It could be that your finger swelling has gone down and your splint/cast has become loose. I would contact your therapist, they may want to make one more secure. You do not want to be bending at the tip. You likely feel the finger flexor bending which pulls again the healing of the extensor. This could cause your finger to not heal straight especially with a tendinous mallet.
I have a tendinous mallet on my middle finger on the right hand. I had it in a splint 5 days later. Before that I had it in a splint intermittently only. I wasn’t able to get in to the hand specialist until 5 days later and didn’t go to urgent care. The Dr. told me they recommend removing the splint once in a while to air it out, but not to bend the end joint. The first week I had a hard time doing it by myself and have tried many types of splints! I’m better at it now and started counting my 8 weeks over to be sure! While in a splint, can I still use that hand for light duties, or should I avoid picking up anything other than a fork to eat! Just curious if I am over-doing it. I watch my niece’s 19 month old son and occasionally wants to be picked up after a fall. I try to just use the free fingers but I assume I am putting more pressure on the muscles in my entire hand.
@@laurav2735 It turns out I screwed that finger up and it never healed. I would recommend not using your hand at all, and never bend the injured finger. I was in a splint for four months and the stretched tendon never healed, because I used the finger early on.
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I lifts weights. Guess i have to stop for a few weeks.
My mallet finger at the same time is a trigger finger... Lol😂😂😂and I am also a pianist 🥴🤕😭😭😭😂
I'm suffering inside 😂 but I m laughing too 🤣 it couldn't be worst... could it? By the way... Greetings from Greece 😋
That is not very common to have both of those together. I would see a hand specialist because that is likely something else.
@@VirtualHandCare thank you very much for the answer! I will try to find the right hand specialist because i went to the doctor and he found out that I have got a trigger finger . Then I visited another doctor and told me that i have tendonitis with a trigger finger and i asked him about the top of my finger which is bend and he told me that it is arthritis or i should have an x-ray. 😁 I don't know why the same finger is bent... I think it will be like this forever🥴 Thank you so much for your answer!! Wish you the best and we love your videos!!! Have a nice day 😊😊😊😊
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@@user-sc6ii6oj4h Χαίρεται χαίρεται! Ναι ναι Ελληνίδα. Δεν ξέρω που μένεις, εγώ Αθήνα είμαι. Βρήκα έναν ορθοπεδικό εξειδικευμένο στα άνω άκρα και έκανα ακτινογραφία (κόκκαλο δεν είχε σπάσει) και μαγνητική (σύνδεσμος/τένοντας ούτε). Τελικά επειδή επιμένουν οι τενοντίτιδες, υπάρχει πιθανότητα να είναι μια μορφή άτυπης αρθρίτιδας. Είναι όμως έτσι το δάκτυλο όχι mallet finger, αλλά swan neck deformity ( αφού το εξέτασε ο γιατρός ο εξειδικευμένος). Αν είσαι Αθήνα μπορώ να σου πω το όνομα του γιατρού. 🙂 Αλλιώς βρες κάποιον εξειδικευμένο ορθοπεδικό στα άνω άκρα γτ ίσως πρέπει να κάνεις ακτινογραφία κ μαγνητική στο δάκτυλο. Ελπίζω να σε βοήθησα λιγάκι. 🙂 Περαστικά μας 😋
Hi guys, can I swim with my bony mallet splint on, with a glove over the splint to keep it dry? I'm going to miss swimming for 8 weeks otherwise 😢
You can definitely get it wet but need to ensure the splint stays secure and doesn’t slip off. I’m through 8 weeks in a splint and now 2 weeks of therapy where I remove the splint and do exercises. Just make sure you can dry the skin thoroughly after you’re done swimming.