Congrats on you effective healing -- I hope it is still behaving itself after 4 yrs.. It is amazing how many times we encounter an issue that we have never even heard of, and then find out that it is a fairly common problem! I'm in week #4 of splinting and praying that it works for me. Your video has been reassuring as I still have some pain and swelling, which is why I even came to watch this video. In my case, I simply 'snipped' my middle finger to get some of our boxer's (dog) slobber off of my finger -- a movement that I have done a bazillion times in my life with no problem -- then 'pop' and I'm being treated by a hand specialist! I praise God that it is my left hand, as I am right handed -- and a photographer. I can still turn the zoom ring on my lenses, albeit a bit slower and more clumsy. 🙂 Thanks for sharing your experience.
Watched your video, injured my middle knuckle, it was bad. I could see my middle tendon go off to the side every time I close and open my fingers. I injured it during a jiujitsu tournament Dec 18, 2021. After watching videos I did similar splint a week later for 6weeks but I extended it to 8weeks. It worked for me. My finger is about 80% back to normal. Slowly strengthening it back to 100%. Thank you for your video (and other RUclips vids) I was able to do it without surgery! Hope this will help others
@@youssefounaha I would suggest to have it checked with a medical professional first. In my case I bought a malleable aluminum splint from amazon and molded it just like the splint he used on this video and followed what he did. I train jiujitsu and there’s a lot of gripping involved. So far it’s been good. I was taping the fingers together when started training jiujitsu again. Good luck and hope you’ll have a successful recovery!
Ruptured mine a month ago. Didn't really know what happened, and figured it would have healed by now. Glad to hear from someone first-hand that it can take quite some time to be 100% again. Will be patient with it, and continue to do light stretches daily.
in the same boat currently, gotta use a splint for 6 weeks. fingers crossed no surgery needed… doctor told me if its not injured again and the splint is successful in immobilizing the finger the bands should heal on its own.
@@samerbark690 I can tell you now 6 months later that my hand ended up healing on it's own. It took a long time though, and hurt for a while. I didn't use any splint since I'm homeless and drowning in too many problems, but I refrained from using that hand or moving that finger as much as possible, and it seems to have healed now. I'm still gonna go easy on it for a while longer though, just to be safe.
@@MetalDark_xxx666 Honestly I'm homeless and busy trying to fix my life and never used a proper splint. I tried holding a pen or marker under the finger to keep it elevated and over the rest, but couldn't keep that up for long. Really I just tried to hold the pen or whatever under that finger as much as I could, while not using that hand anymore as much as possible, and eventually, over some months, it started to heal. It still feels a little weird sometimes, but seems healed, and is fully functional (though I try not to push my luck and do anything crazy - it's probably fine now though).
Thanks. I posted to try to help people. Don't push yourself too hard during healing. I have no lasting effects because I listened to my Doc and went slow :)
@@Textile_Dude I'm a little over 4weeks in using a splint. It's not easy at first but manageable. I hope I won't require surgery after I remove my splint in week 5.
Fuck. All I did was flick some dirt off my fingers and now I'm here, freaking out, with a messed up hand, while homeless, unemployed, and about to start a new job. I just want to die already.
Hey. Thanks for your videos. They are very good and assuring that the problem has a non-surgical solution. I injured my right hand few days ago at the same spot and condition as yours but it's on the right hand. So far i have met the general practitioner and was given painkillers and swelling medication. Not painful anymore and buddy taping now to prevent the tendon from popping but i can feel it's trying to pop at certain hand position. I'm just hoping to avoid seeing the specialist and wearing the splint. I just had a surgery a month ago and still recovering. I can't afford more downtime from work. Do you think I can buddy tape and the sagittal band can still heal properly?
Well I am no doctor so would hesitate to give any answer. If it is still occasionally feeling like its going to pop I would be concerned. Part of the point of the splint is to ensure the affected finger stays away from flexing at the big knuckle. Perhaps you could make your own splint?
I had repair surgery and wrist fusion 2 weeks ago. Currently in a cast. Quite painful currently. Stitches to be removed on Friday and new cast. Wondering about if I should of gone your route. Ugh.
My right hand’s third metacarpal’s saggittal band ruptured a couple years ago. Good God, was that painful!!!!! 😩 It took a couple weeks of several misdiagnoses, antibiotics (UC thought it was cellulitis), casting, and pain meds, to finally see a PT/hand specialist, having a custom brace/splint made, that I wore for 6wks... with a 95%-ish recovery. Two days ago, the same thing happened on my left hand (thankfully, not as bad) but- I need to find a good splint/brace..... where did you get yours?
They made it right in the physio clinic. They even took pictures because they had not made one before, It is probably something you could make yourself maybe. The important thing seems to be to make sure your affected finger is in line with the backside of your hand so that the extensor tendon is not sliding off the side of the knuckle. And keep it that way for at least 6 weeks.
Oh man! I''m so glad I found this video. Thank you so much for posting. I play piano for a living and needless to say I panicked. Everything you explained is exactly what happened to me. I have a question for you. I'm at week three and my knuckle is still swollen and the tendon is not exactly on the top in the middle. Sitting a little to the side of the knuckle but not jumping off. How was this for you? And which point were you willing to bend your finger to see if it was holding? Thanks again!
I can’t remember visually how it looked at week 33. I was super careful and did no bending or testing until the doctor did it in his office at week 6. I was terrified when he pushed down to give resistance and asked me to raise it. I am no doctor but I would suggest patience and don’t push it at all.
Hello. I’m also a keyboard player. Can you please inform me on what happened with your hand in course of 4 years since this video? Does playing the piano produce burning in the joint or any discomfort after approximately half an hour of playing? What do you feel in the joint now, both “at load” and “at idle”?
I actually don't play anymore. My ears are ruined. (sins of my youth) and I got tired of dealing with a shoulder injury. That being said I still use my hands a lot for hobbies related to textiles. I spin yarn, weave, do needle work, stuff like that. I also do a lot of home reno. I have not noticed any lingering affects at all from the injury. I never even think about it anymore. Never causes me discomfort.
Thanks so much for sharing, I ruptured my Sagittal band in the same way as yours but on my right hand, and it was 3 weeks ago before I finally saw a specialist yesterday. I am in a splint now and they said it’s a 50/50 chance it’ll work for me and I’m really really hoping for a positive outcome. I have to wear my splint for 4 weeks before I go back in for a check up. How soon after your injury occured did u start your splinting? Thanks so much for sharing again!!
I managed to get in to a doctor the next day to get a splint. And yes, the sooner the splinting the better the chance of success without surgery. Hope it works out for you!
SparrowThe hey man just wanted to give u and anybody else who may read this an update, I went back in for my follow up on Tuesday after getting my splint 4 weeks ago, which was exactly 3 weeks after getting the actual injury, doctor said I had a 50/50 chance of reattachment and healing at 3 weeks. Kept the splint on for the 4 weeks only taking it off for showers, and great news! The Sagittal band actually reattached itself to the tendons and is now on its way to recovery. Doctor bent my hand into a fist, then had me bend it into a fist myself a couple times, felt stiff and weird, and a little swollen, like I was afraid it was gonna click off again, but it didn’t!. Doc also said I’m not quite out the woods yet, I need to keep it in the splint when I sleep and if I’m doing any demanding work, but I can take the splint off and just buddy band it when I’m just relaxing, he actually sent me home with a buddy band on and not the splint. Once again man, thanks for sharing! Really helped my nerves when This all initially occurred.
@@TheNotoriousKID Cool! the procedure your doctor went through with the fist and stuff is exactly what mine did :) . You sound pretty lucky! Congrats and take it slow.
Artisan Rebel I had my injury and waited 4 weeks to go to doctor. Doc said it’s a partial rupture and put me in cast. He said like you 50 50 chance it heals
Interesting , how long did you wait before you put on the splint . I'm planning to see a doctor for my pinky sagitall band tear next week and by that time it will be almost 2 weeks. Is that too late to recover or is it within time to heal it
I saw a doctor within a couple days. Made my own splint until then with like a pencil and some tape. No idea how long is too long to wait. Hope it works out for you.
Same. All I did was flick some dirt off my fingers, and now I'm here, freaking out, with a messed up hand, while homeless, unemployed, and about to start a new job. I just want to die already. Did yours heal?
This is making me extremely sad. I flicked something out of hand last night and my knuckle suddenly popped and it immediately began hurting, with a weird feeling I've never felt before and I noticed my tendon was rolling off my middle knuckle. I had hoped it was something that would heal in a couple days but now I realize I have at least two months of healing ahead of me while wearing a splint. At least I'm off work for the moment, but I'll be starting again in a few weeks which sucks. I just ordered some splint material off Amazon and am doing more research on this. I hope the splint is going to heal it, I had hand surgery just last year after a tablesaw accident, I really don't want to have to go back to my hand specialist so dang soon... Should I be icing it? It's a little swollen but not much, and it only hurts if I move my finger laterally.
Not sure if you should ice. I know treatment success depends on splitting sooner rather than later, even if you have to improvise before your Amazon shipment comes
@@Textile_Dude I made a splint from a tongue depressor and Acewrap bandage first thing this morning so I've already got that covered, and the swelling has already gone down so I'm not too worried about icing it. How long should I keep it splinted? And should I be flexing the finger a little each day so it doesn't lock up?
@@TheExplosiveGuy well I am not a doctor, but I had my splint for 5 or 6 weeks. Dr g that time I never moved my finger down at the big joint. The lower 2 joints halfway down the finger and near the tip, I would move them as a matter of course when my other fingers moved. What you want to avoid as far as I can tell is any finger extensor effort, that is, straightening and extending the finger out/up. You don't want the torn ligament being asked to support the extensor tendon from rolling off the knuckle. If I recall, after 5 weeks I was instructed to very gently start removing the splint ad doing closing and opening of fist. Still wore splint for a while after but less and less.
I had this injury 35days ago can i now wear a splint as of now i didnt wear any splint , as i cant make my fist completely , i been doing the warm water thing it helped m alot bt still its not completely healed i can make my fist completely with same power Thanks
Hi. I'm from India, and very grateful to you for making this video. I followed you advise religiously & recovered without a surgery...🙏
Congrats on you effective healing -- I hope it is still behaving itself after 4 yrs.. It is amazing how many times we encounter an issue that we have never even heard of, and then find out that it is a fairly common problem! I'm in week #4 of splinting and praying that it works for me. Your video has been reassuring as I still have some pain and swelling, which is why I even came to watch this video. In my case, I simply 'snipped' my middle finger to get some of our boxer's (dog) slobber off of my finger -- a movement that I have done a bazillion times in my life with no problem -- then 'pop' and I'm being treated by a hand specialist! I praise God that it is my left hand, as I am right handed -- and a photographer. I can still turn the zoom ring on my lenses, albeit a bit slower and more clumsy. 🙂
Thanks for sharing your experience.
Makes you feel as if all these people facing similar issues are of your own kind, right?
Watched your video, injured my middle knuckle, it was bad. I could see my middle tendon go off to the side every time I close and open my fingers. I injured it during a jiujitsu tournament Dec 18, 2021. After watching videos I did similar splint a week later for 6weeks but I extended it to 8weeks. It worked for me. My finger is about 80% back to normal. Slowly strengthening it back to 100%. Thank you for your video (and other RUclips vids) I was able to do it without surgery! Hope this will help others
Thanks for the feedback. Glad it worked out.
Please help me. I have the same problem. I don't want to have surgery. How can I recover?
@@youssefounaha I would suggest to have it checked with a medical professional first. In my case I bought a malleable aluminum splint from amazon and molded it just like the splint he used on this video and followed what he did. I train jiujitsu and there’s a lot of gripping involved. So far it’s been good. I was taping the fingers together when started training jiujitsu again. Good luck and hope you’ll have a successful recovery!
Sounds like you’re on your way to a complete recovery. I am happy for you.
Ruptured mine a month ago. Didn't really know what happened, and figured it would have healed by now. Glad to hear from someone first-hand that it can take quite some time to be 100% again. Will be patient with it, and continue to do light stretches daily.
I did the same thing..its been 6 weeks now...tendons seem to be holding...I play guitar...thank GOD
what splint did u use please reply
Thanks for posting. You have given me hope
Priceless!
Good luck. Glad to help!
in the same boat currently, gotta use a splint for 6 weeks. fingers crossed no surgery needed… doctor told me if its not injured again and the splint is successful in immobilizing the finger the bands should heal on its own.
Thank you for sharing. I hope I will have the same experience!
Glad to hear I'm going through the same thing. Good to know that surgery wasn't needed.
Good luck! Hope it works out.
Did it heal??
@@Network126 i see, a recent fella messed their hand as well
@@samerbark690 I can tell you now 6 months later that my hand ended up healing on it's own. It took a long time though, and hurt for a while. I didn't use any splint since I'm homeless and drowning in too many problems, but I refrained from using that hand or moving that finger as much as possible, and it seems to have healed now. I'm still gonna go easy on it for a while longer though, just to be safe.
Thanks for the great videos for sagittal band rupture.
Thanks for your vids on this, now i have a name for this injury
So glad that your finger is ok. I have six weeks to wait! Just seen your video on the injury, so similar to my experience 🇬🇧cheers!
Best of Luck!
Did it heal?? I'm going through this now!
@@Network126 how r u now? what splint did u use
@@MetalDark_xxx666 Honestly I'm homeless and busy trying to fix my life and never used a proper splint. I tried holding a pen or marker under the finger to keep it elevated and over the rest, but couldn't keep that up for long. Really I just tried to hold the pen or whatever under that finger as much as I could, while not using that hand anymore as much as possible, and eventually, over some months, it started to heal. It still feels a little weird sometimes, but seems healed, and is fully functional (though I try not to push my luck and do anything crazy - it's probably fine now though).
Thank you for the update!
Just tore mine today, your videos were really helpful and a big relief. 6+ weeks of no guitar though...thats going to be rough...
Thanks. I posted to try to help people. Don't push yourself too hard during healing. I have no lasting effects because I listened to my Doc and went slow :)
Did it heal?? I'm going through this now!
@@Network126 Yep! I made a splint to hold my finger in place, wore it for 2 months, havent had a problem since.
@@brokenacoustic Thanks! Good to know!!!! I'm going to make a splint ASAP!!! I already immortalized it with a pen!!
@@brokenacousticwhat is your splint look like
? please 🙏
This was so helpful. Thank you.
Awesome. Thanks for the feedback.
Thank you. It happened to me while I was wringing out my hand after washing
Don't know if I mentioned in the video, but me too! I was flicking some rice off my finger that got stuck there when washing dishes.
@@Textile_Dude I'm a little over 4weeks in using a splint. It's not easy at first but manageable. I hope I won't require surgery after I remove my splint in week 5.
@@Theauthenticmindset Go slow. Even after 5 weeks my Dr. still had me putting the splint back on at night. Don't rush things. Good luck.
Fuck. All I did was flick some dirt off my fingers and now I'm here, freaking out, with a messed up hand, while homeless, unemployed, and about to start a new job. I just want to die already.
Hey. Thanks for your videos. They are very good and assuring that the problem has a non-surgical solution. I injured my right hand few days ago at the same spot and condition as yours but it's on the right hand. So far i have met the general practitioner and was given painkillers and swelling medication. Not painful anymore and buddy taping now to prevent the tendon from popping but i can feel it's trying to pop at certain hand position. I'm just hoping to avoid seeing the specialist and wearing the splint. I just had a surgery a month ago and still recovering. I can't afford more downtime from work. Do you think I can buddy tape and the sagittal band can still heal properly?
Well I am no doctor so would hesitate to give any answer. If it is still occasionally feeling like its going to pop I would be concerned. Part of the point of the splint is to ensure the affected finger stays away from flexing at the big knuckle. Perhaps you could make your own splint?
I had repair surgery and wrist fusion 2 weeks ago. Currently in a cast. Quite painful currently. Stitches to be removed on Friday and new cast. Wondering about if I should of gone your route. Ugh.
My right hand’s third metacarpal’s saggittal band ruptured a couple years ago. Good God, was that painful!!!!! 😩
It took a couple weeks of several misdiagnoses, antibiotics (UC thought it was cellulitis), casting, and pain meds, to finally see a PT/hand specialist, having a custom brace/splint made, that I wore for 6wks... with a 95%-ish recovery.
Two days ago, the same thing happened on my left hand (thankfully, not as bad) but- I need to find a good splint/brace.....
where did you get yours?
They made it right in the physio clinic. They even took pictures because they had not made one before, It is probably something you could make yourself maybe. The important thing seems to be to make sure your affected finger is in line with the backside of your hand so that the extensor tendon is not sliding off the side of the knuckle. And keep it that way for at least 6 weeks.
Please help me. I have the same problem. I don't want to have surgery. How can I recover?
Oh man! I''m so glad I found this video. Thank you so much for posting. I play piano for a living and needless to say I panicked. Everything you explained is exactly what happened to me. I have a question for you. I'm at week three and my knuckle is still swollen and the tendon is not exactly on the top in the middle. Sitting a little to the side of the knuckle but not jumping off. How was this for you? And which point were you willing to bend your finger to see if it was holding? Thanks again!
I can’t remember visually how it looked at week 33. I was super careful and did no bending or testing until the doctor did it in his office at week 6. I was terrified when he pushed down to give resistance and asked me to raise it. I am no doctor but I would suggest patience and don’t push it at all.
@@Textile_Dude Thanks so much for your reply. I really appreciate it. I will stick to the regimen. Thanks for sharing your story.
@@GeraldWhiteMusic Best of luck to you. Glad I could help.
Hello. I’m also a keyboard player. Can you please inform me on what happened with your hand in course of 4 years since this video? Does playing the piano produce burning in the joint or any discomfort after approximately half an hour of playing? What do you feel in the joint now, both “at load” and “at idle”?
I actually don't play anymore. My ears are ruined. (sins of my youth) and I got tired of dealing with a shoulder injury. That being said I still use my hands a lot for hobbies related to textiles. I spin yarn, weave, do needle work, stuff like that. I also do a lot of home reno. I have not noticed any lingering affects at all from the injury. I never even think about it anymore. Never causes me discomfort.
Thanks so much for sharing, I ruptured my Sagittal band in the same way as yours but on my right hand, and it was 3 weeks ago before I finally saw a specialist yesterday. I am in a splint now and they said it’s a 50/50 chance it’ll work for me and I’m really really hoping for a positive outcome. I have to wear my splint for 4 weeks before I go back in for a check up. How soon after your injury occured did u start your splinting? Thanks so much for sharing again!!
I managed to get in to a doctor the next day to get a splint. And yes, the sooner the splinting the better the chance of success without surgery. Hope it works out for you!
SparrowThe hey man just wanted to give u and anybody else who may read this an update, I went back in for my follow up on Tuesday after getting my splint 4 weeks ago, which was exactly 3 weeks after getting the actual injury, doctor said I had a 50/50 chance of reattachment and healing at 3 weeks. Kept the splint on for the 4 weeks only taking it off for showers, and great news! The Sagittal band actually reattached itself to the tendons and is now on its way to recovery. Doctor bent my hand into a fist, then had me bend it into a fist myself a couple times, felt stiff and weird, and a little swollen, like I was afraid it was gonna click off again, but it didn’t!. Doc also said I’m not quite out the woods yet, I need to keep it in the splint when I sleep and if I’m doing any demanding work, but I can take the splint off and just buddy band it when I’m just relaxing, he actually sent me home with a buddy band on and not the splint. Once again man, thanks for sharing! Really helped my nerves when This all initially occurred.
@@TheNotoriousKID Cool! the procedure your doctor went through with the fist and stuff is exactly what mine did :) . You sound pretty lucky! Congrats and take it slow.
SparrowThe thanks again man, my next and hopefully final follow up is in less than 3 weeks, I will give u an update then.
Artisan Rebel I had my injury and waited 4 weeks to go to doctor. Doc said it’s a partial rupture and put me in cast. He said like you 50 50 chance it heals
Interesting , how long did you wait before you put on the splint . I'm planning to see a doctor for my pinky sagitall band tear next week and by that time it will be almost 2 weeks. Is that too late to recover or is it within time to heal it
I saw a doctor within a couple days. Made my own splint until then with like a pencil and some tape. No idea how long is too long to wait. Hope it works out for you.
This just happend to me. Im scared.
Same. All I did was flick some dirt off my fingers, and now I'm here, freaking out, with a messed up hand, while homeless, unemployed, and about to start a new job. I just want to die already. Did yours heal?
Can you tell the type of this splint? How is it called? I would like to find it in a store in my country.
It is not from a store. The nurse made it from plastic that she would heat up in really hot water then bend it to form around my fingers.
@@Textile_Dude How did you take shower, generally clean yourself with this thing on 24 hours a day?
@@Textile_Dude How did you cook?
This is making me extremely sad. I flicked something out of hand last night and my knuckle suddenly popped and it immediately began hurting, with a weird feeling I've never felt before and I noticed my tendon was rolling off my middle knuckle. I had hoped it was something that would heal in a couple days but now I realize I have at least two months of healing ahead of me while wearing a splint. At least I'm off work for the moment, but I'll be starting again in a few weeks which sucks. I just ordered some splint material off Amazon and am doing more research on this. I hope the splint is going to heal it, I had hand surgery just last year after a tablesaw accident, I really don't want to have to go back to my hand specialist so dang soon...
Should I be icing it? It's a little swollen but not much, and it only hurts if I move my finger laterally.
Not sure if you should ice. I know treatment success depends on splitting sooner rather than later, even if you have to improvise before your Amazon shipment comes
@@Textile_Dude I made a splint from a tongue depressor and Acewrap bandage first thing this morning so I've already got that covered, and the swelling has already gone down so I'm not too worried about icing it. How long should I keep it splinted? And should I be flexing the finger a little each day so it doesn't lock up?
@@TheExplosiveGuy well I am not a doctor, but I had my splint for 5 or 6 weeks. Dr g that time I never moved my finger down at the big joint. The lower 2 joints halfway down the finger and near the tip, I would move them as a matter of course when my other fingers moved. What you want to avoid as far as I can tell is any finger extensor effort, that is, straightening and extending the finger out/up. You don't want the torn ligament being asked to support the extensor tendon from rolling off the knuckle. If I recall, after 5 weeks I was instructed to very gently start removing the splint ad doing closing and opening of fist. Still wore splint for a while after but less and less.
@@Textile_Dude OK thanks for all the info. I don't have medical insurance so I can't afford to have it treated, so this really helps me out.
@@Textile_Dude i have this on my ring finger
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I had this injury 35days ago can i now wear a splint as of now i didnt wear any splint , as i cant make my fist completely , i been doing the warm water thing it helped m alot bt still its not completely healed i can make my fist completely with same power
Thanks