Thumb Chip Fracture

beerdrum108 · Jul 21, 2012

I was playing basketball on Thursday when I tried to deflect a pass, but the ball ended up going straight into my left thumb. I thought it was just a regular jam but it felt worse when I got home. So I set up an appointment to get it checked out the next day, and an x-ray showed that it was a RCL strain w/ a chip fracture. I went home with a thumb splint and got scheduled for an ortho appointment next Wed.

Has anyone had a similar injury? If so, how long did it take to heal?

thachosen123 · Jul 21, 2012

I've had chip fractures on both my middle fingers and my ring fingers on BOTH hands in the span of 2 years

. As they say, everybody heals differently so i can't really give you a timetable, but one thing i recommend is when you feel comfortable enough take the splint off, make sure to constantly flex/bend your finger(or thumb) to get/keep the blood flowing and keep it loose. I was back on the court in no time :hat