Help !!! Please!!!!!!!

[gymnasticsfreak]

hi,
so on sunday, i sprained my thumb and it got swollen to about 2 .5 times normal size.
i have a competition on next sunday ( the 27th) so i tried training on thursday. today is friday and it hasn't healed copletly yet. i can do every event exept for bars. are there any ways to make a sp[rained thumb heal faster????
please help!!!

 

[Deleted member D3987]

stick it in a glass of ice water. no more than 20 minutes. then soak same way in very, but not scalding, hot water until the thumb thaws out.

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[Valentin]

You need to massage it, good massage. If you can get some physical therapy, ultra sound on it that be even better.

 

[CoachGoofy]

This isn't what you want to hear:

Thumbs take forEVER. Go to your doc. Don't be too surprised if they send you to a hand specialist or hand therapy.

*dislocated a thumb a year ago, & it just now feels ok, still looks funny*

 

[bogwoppit]

Could you please write titles that people can uinderstand. "Please help with thumb injury" would be a million times better than what you wrote.

Go to see a doctor, do not put any weight on it until you do.

 

[coachmolly]

I have to go with Bog on this one. I fell on a finger a few months ago and didn't bother to get it checked out and it still gives me trouble from time to time. Just play it safe, see a doctor, and I'm sure he/she will be able to tell you exactly what to do to make it feel better and heal properly. In the meantime, ice certainly won't hurt.