I'm in gymnastics and my hand slapped the ground a week ago. I thought my finger just fell asleep or I pinched a nerve because the tip of my pinky wouldn't straighten. I had full gripping abilities on the rings, but my finger tip was just limp. So i went out and got a splint after that session and have been wearing one 24/7. Only swapping out splints after the shower so it can dry out.
It didn't hurt at time of injury, and still doesn't, but I cannot straighten the tip of my finger. I searched online and found it's called "Mallet Finger" or "Baseball finger". It's weird cause usually an injury like that would hurt like hell, hence the reason I thought I just pinched a nerve or something. No swelling, pain or loss of strength, just limp. No pain what so ever no matter what direction I manually bend it or where I pinch. There's no blood clotting under the fingernail, and the circulation is still good cause it didn't change colors. It's just limp at that tip. the rest of my pinky functions fine and there's no swelling either.
When it happened, the gym coach said "It doesn't hurt? You probably just pinched a nerve since your hand fell asleep too." Suck.
Well, problem is, a splint like this:
Also, I cannot grip things round with that splint, or if I do, it slides off my finger as my other joints start to bend (obviously, the splint I'm wearing like that is only half as long and only goes up to my second knuckle).
So I was wondering if anybody had any advice as to what they used to splint their fingers so they could have something not as obtrusive and a little more recreation friendly?