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Sterling Heights, MI
A 19-year-old female asked:

can my 12 year old still play softball with a jammed finger? she says its hard to get her mitt on.

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Dr. Peggy Ching
Dr. Peggy Ching answered
Plastic Surgery 41 years experience
Wrong question: The question is has your 12 year old's "jammed finger" been properly evaluated and treated by a qualified medical personel? If it is hard to get her mitt on, obviously sounds to me that the finger is quite swollen, or worse yet, deformed. Rather than address if "she can play", I would ask, can she afford to live with a crooked finger? [Speaking from the perspective of a hand surgeon of course.]
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