in pain....need help

[ya_man]

hey guys,
i was at the gym this morning and was workin shoulders/traps. Started off with DB press, went 60 to warm up, 70's fine...80's fine...then as i was putting them down, like dropping them, the left DB bounced back off the floor a couple inches and hit my left thumb. It bent it real awkwardly. I thought nothing of it and grabbed the 90's....got the first rep up, then a sharp pain went through my thumb down to about my wrist. anyone have any ideas what i might of done to my thumb/hand? it hurts like hell right now and is really stiff. Couldnt finish my workout which sucked ass. Also, any ideas to increase recovery time? Thanks guys!

[Explosive215]

ice it, then heat it, then ice it....etc.... You strained the tendon/ligaments in ur hand by ur thumb. I tore a ligament in my middle finger and now the tip of it droops down because there is nothing pulling my finger straight

[Psychotron]

I pinched my right index finger between the rack and the DB, the nail died, grew back, i split the skin down the middle under the nail and down to under my finger. I took like 4 days off, and then just rapped medical tape around it lol

[ottomaddox]

Everyone's had a mishap in the gym too. I tore the nail of my left index finger, getting it caught between the rack and in my case the barbell. Ice and a lot of anti-inflamitories. My left index if flatter than the right. Man it looks funny.

[BDTR]

I did the same thing, had surgery to reatach the tendon, ended up with a button sewn onto the tip of my finger for 4 months with my whole hand in a cast. Works fine now though.

I tore a ligament in my middle finger and now the tip of it droops down because there is nothing pulling my finger straight

[ya_man]

hey guys, thanks for the info,
i went to emerg yesterday and had x rays taken, turns out it is a major sprain and that a thumb takes longer to heel then any other finger. I was like "alright" when the doc told me. Really didnt understand why. Anyways, she said i might be out of the gym for up to 3 weeks. This sucks major ass! Things were goin real good. Ahhhh well, **** happens eh?

[Explosive215]

I did the same thing, had surgery to reatach the tendon, ended up with a button sewn onto the tip of my finger for 4 months with my whole hand in a cast. Works fine now though.

BDTR, do you think i would still be able to have my tendon attached even though it has been like this for almost 3 years?

[BDTR]

If it didnt snap back further yet i think so... Go see a doc, I dont see how you lived with it this long, it's annoying as hell.

[Explosive215]

If it didnt snap back further yet i think so... Go see a doc, I dont see how you lived with it this long, it's annoying as hell.

Yea when I get thinking about it. The **** thing gets REALLY annoying! but I just dont think about it.