It all started when I was playing cricket sometime ago. Let me illustrate you the kind of situation it was. We were fielding in the first innings. And, one more thing to be disclosed here was that, the day before I went to play, I had already stuck my finger in the gap between the car door, when I slammed it, and got my middle finger of the right injured. It was just a little bruise at the cuticle. But it was no big stuff. I knew that I would be alright in a day even when my finger wanted to get the "experience". So, as we were fielding in the match first, I rushed to the position of the wicket keeper as it was my favourite. We would be playing with the rubber balls, but for some reason they chose to play with a hard cover ball. I took a position that was too close to keep that make of a ball. The delivery was an averagely fast one. It was not that I had not seen a ball of that speed, infact I had faced a hundred of them till I started playing. My thoughts being these, life had other plans (that's what it does always, right?). The batsmen left the ball unhit and it travelled straight to me and just tapped my little finger of my right hand. That was gentle for the moment, but from the next second, the knuckle of my pinkie(that's where the impact would be) swelled up a bit and there was some degree of pain too.
Okay, so, you know the cause of my injury, now let me tell you something that would be helpful to you for the first time in this article.When you experience something of this sort, first of all, don't strain the area of injury. Don't press it, don't even try to massage the knuckle joint. Just keep the finger at rest atleast for two days, but that depends on the intensity of pain, so decide yourself. Ice it occasionally. Use some counter pain type of medications such as balms, sprays, etc.. Normally, you won't need a doctor for it. But, if the injury is so severe as a fracture, please heed doctor's consultancy. Place your hand on a flat surface and don't prefer it to be hanging down, as it may increase the swell.
Don't panic and run to a doctor if you feel you don't have a fracture, it will most probably go off in a week or a maximum of two.
