Anyone suffered a dislocation?

[e36Adz]

I dislocated my middle finger during footy last month, fortunately it was my left hand. Also, it was freezing that night so with hands being cold I could barely feel anything, it definitely looked far worse than it felt anyway. Went to A&E and had them pop it back in, but now that the swelling has come down a lot and my finger seems to be working again, I can't fully straight it nor fully bend it when clenching to make a fist.

Is this it or is it likely to return back to normal?? Anyone had any similar injuries and if so, did you ever get back to 100%? I'm past 40 now so recovery in general just isn't the same as it once was.

 

[e36Adz]

Kneecap.

It was quite a horrible sight as it slid around to the side, that was surprisingly unpaintful.

However when they manipluated it back into place, sweet mary jesus that was something else.

Funny you should say that, this exact same injury happened to a mate of mine during football a few years ago. He did a slide tackle wrong, so it was sort of his own fault but he stayed on the floor in pain and we thought he was exaggerating it. When we got closer we saw his knee cap had vanished, the area where it should be was going inwards instead, and the kneecap had moved to the other side. That was another ice cold Dec evening but he had to lay on the floor for almost 2 hours until the ambulance arrived. Looked nasty though.

 

[e36Adz]

Did my big toe playing football. That was at 90 degrees to my foot, but popped back in without much effort at hospital. Have to say its never been back to as it was. Not as flexiable, still a bit swollen, and aches when it gets cold, and thats 15 years on. ALthough its less severe than a break I think it still has the same effect of never being back quite right.

Reading some of the injuries in the thread I feel quite fortunate it was just a middle finger tbh but yeah, I get the feeling it will never be quite right. It's only been a month but let's wait and see.

With a lower back injury a few years ago which was much worse and now this, I think it's possibly one more and then call it a day, maybe take up some other hobby.