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Hi, having mild pain at joint of index finger and palm. no dislocation, small swelling. happened due to over bending cricket.propose corrective action?

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Dr. Shahruq Sarela answered

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Hand injury : Maybe a from trauma that your experiencing swelling. To be honest this should subside in a weeks time. If you have alignment issues this could be a tendon injury, and need to be evaluated by a surgeon. If a true deformity you need a X-ray to evaluate for a fracture.

Dr Livingston agreed

Answered 5/26/2015

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A member asked:

Hi, having mild pain at joint of index finger and palm. no dislocation, small swelling. happened due to over bending cricket.propose corrective action?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Shahruq Sarela answered

Dr Livingston agreed

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