Can your fingers be broken if you can move them?

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Can your fingers be broken if you can move them?

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MommytoKKC	Posted: Sep 23 2009, 03:43 PM
Member Group: Members Posts: 142 Member No.: 20,506 Joined: 5-May 08	Is it just a myth that if you can bend your fingers it means they aren't broken? My daughter was bouncing on a big ball and rolled backwards and bent two fingers back really far. they made a kind of noise and she cried for an hour. I've iced it and they are kind of swollen. She can wiggle them around so I'm thinking maybe they are just really sore. She cries every time she moves them, though. I'm debating about getting an xray, it's just I have to pay the full amount. I've never broken a bone before so I have no idea what it's like.

bluebear	Posted: Sep 23 2009, 03:47 PM
Silver Member Group: Members Posts: 667 Member No.: 22,716 Joined: 11-August 09	Have you felt her fingers individually? Sometimes bending fingers back hurt A LOT, but if you feel the fingers around good enough you can tell. it's probably nothing!

mom21kid2dogs	Posted: Sep 24 2009, 03:25 AM
Parker, the handsome pound puppy! Group: Members Posts: 5,863 Member No.: 1,127 Joined: 30-December 04	Absolutely it IS a myth. Bones don't move unless the muscles, tendons and ligaments move them. Olivia broke both bones in her arm last Feb and could move all her fingers and her arm at the elbow. She could also twist the wrist. (all with pain, but she could definately do it) I took her in because the break site was so sore she could not stand to have it touched. I'd definately have it x rayed. Our entire ER bill (we went during urgent care hours so it was cheaper) was around $300. More than I wanted to pay but far less than I expected. -------------------- Cheryl, Olivia's mom

Hillbilly Housewife	Posted: Sep 24 2009, 05:12 AM
Ruby Member Group: Moderators Posts: 13,589 Member No.: 89 Joined: 5-April 03	Yeah - you can totally have a broken bone and still bend your fingers. -------------------- The richest people don't have the best of everything, they make the best of everything. The Administrators of the Parenting Club take violators of the Terms of Service Agreement seriously. Please report any suspicions to the Moderators! Report a post using the "report" button in the upper right corner of the offending post.

MommyToAshley	Posted: Sep 24 2009, 06:14 AM
Happy Spring! Group: Administrators Posts: 27,473 Member No.: 2 Joined: 8-February 03	Oh no!!! Was it Kelsey or Kayleigh? I hope she's feeling better... please update us when you can. -------------------- Dee Dee , Mommy to: Ashley Marie 9/05/02 Joshua Lee 2/03/00 (Our Angel in Heaven)

jcc64	Posted: Sep 25 2009, 02:50 AM
Platinum Member Group: Members Posts: 6,220 Member No.: 108 Joined: 8-April 03	I've broken several fingers (mainly playing field hockey), and you can still move them when broken, sometimes. Only sure way to tell is with an x-ray. -------------------- Jeanne "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"

MommytoKKC	Posted: Sep 25 2009, 08:36 AM
Member Group: Members Posts: 142 Member No.: 20,506 Joined: 5-May 08	It was Kayleigh who got hurt. For now, she can wiggle them and move them. They are still a little swollen but I just wrapped them with a splint. So we'll see how they do.

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