Incase you are a guitar player or athlete; you may suffer from finger pain at any point of time. There are several reasons behind such pain but the main reason is stretching of ligaments or finger muscles.
The problem can be quite serious sometimes causing great harm to the internal nerves surrounding the finger. Therefore it is always essential that you follow the right method to minimize the chances of such injuries.
Causes of finger pain:
- You may experience pain while playing guitar in faster manner. In order to play the chords faster, you need to stretch your finger repeatedly. There should be much flexibility in the fingers to perform such actions. When the fingers lack flexibleness, this may cause injury to the tendon or muscles. This may be a main cause of pain in the fingers.
- Athletes playing cricket, football or tennis are always at greater risk and they may suffer pain in the fingers at any point of time. The cricket players may experience injury in the finger while taking catches or bowling the ball. It may be due to damage of tendon lying inside the fingers.
- You may also experience pain in the finger while using phones or notebooks for longer duration of time. This may be due to lack of flexibility in the muscles.
- In few cases, the reason for pain in the finger may be due to several kinds of infections. The infections may be caused by few virus or bacteria.
- Sometimes poor nails also cause pain in the finger. This is often termed as Paronychia.
Remedy
1. Pull on it - Yes, this might hurt while you do it, but it will help get it back to normal. Pull on it quickly to pop it out of the jam. Then open and close your hand into a tight fist periodically. The more you do this, the more you will get used to using your finger again and the soreness will start to go away. It may be painful while doing this until it heals.
2. Use a finger splint - Sometimes using a finger splint will help in the healing process. If you don't have a finger splint, you can secure it with a tongue compressor or popsicle sticks and wrap it snugly with gauze.
3. Epsom salt and pain relievers - Try soaking the jammed finger in a warm Epsom salt bath. This will help soothe and relieve the pain. Also, use a pain reliever that is over the counter, whatever kind you normally use when you have an ache or pain.
Your hands and fingers are used throughout the day so nobody wants to try and use them all day while you are in pain. One of these methods is sure to help your finger to feel normal again so you won't have to grimace in pain every time you use it.
