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A member asked:
How many ligaments are in the finger? what if you keep spraining the same finger? any permanent damage?
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2 coll, palmar plate: 2 collateral ligaments, palmar plate and capsule. Every time there is an injury, you get permanent damage. It heals with scar. Except bone, it heals with bone.
Answered 8/17/2013
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