Okay...

1. A bell from my ice cream cart hit my thumb a couple of weeks ago (8/16)

2. I thought it was just a bruise bone but nothing serious. It's in the metacarpal joint area. I put ice on it everyday. Until...

3. I started moving and jerking it around like two weeks later to see if it was fully healed (9/2)

4. The next day at work it felt stiff and was hurting (9/3)

5. It was still stiff and hurting and feeling stiff/weak for a couple of days until I put a ACE thumb immobilizer on it (9/7)

I'm planning on keeping this thumb immobilizer on for six weeks and then relaxing for another six weeks. I CAN'T see a doctor so I don't know how serious this is or what's the right thing to do.

Should I wear it all the time? In the shower?

This injury has had me worried. I don't want to lose my guitar hobby.

Please help. What's the best way to treat my thumb?

Thanks

Even if painful do you have full range of motion? When you were moving it around and jerking it did it do all the things it should do?

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I think i had full range of motion. When i was jerking it around that's what I was trying to find out. Now I think it's best to not move it. I felt weakness when i had my hand in a "coin toss" position. The next day it hurt.

thanx

injury site is i MTP joint. metacarpalphalanges

If you had full range of motion you likely reindured some of the joint tissue when you were jerking it around. If you count on this finger for guitar playing it might be best to get it checked out. Thats a valuable skill you have.

Well, I wanted to see a doctor too. But I can't...I hope for the best. And yea, I don't want to lose my hobby.

You cracked the bone in your thumb. It will heal on it's own in time. Give it 3 more weeks and it will be ok.

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