Our fingers are vital part of our hand which facilitates many works like holding, eating, griping, throwing etc. Any injury to the fingers may hamper our day to day work. An injury caused to the Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) of thumb joint is known as skier's thumb. One suffers from this condition if there is any twisting and tearing of the UCL. If you injure your UCL, it will make your thumb's griping strength weak and will also cause loss of functioning. This injury makes the thumb joint unstable or loose.
Most of the time this injury occurs during skiing accidents and this is the reason why it is called as skier's thumb. However, this does not mean that it occurs only to the skiers. Anybody can suffer this injury who falls on an outstretched hand with a force on the thumb extending it away from the index finger. Some of the most common causes of this injury are direct injury to the thumb, when the thumb extends away from the palm, skiing accidents etc. If you are affected with this injury then you will suffer from pain, tenderness, swelling, bruising etc.
Apart from this injury, there are many other finger injuries. A fracture is a common injury. Some of the frequently reported injuries are ligament and tendon injuries. One of the most common tendon injury is known as a mallet finger. It is also described as dropped finger and one suffers from this when he either tear or cut his tendon from the bone. This injury is common with the people who are involved with sporting activities. Sometimes you happen to overstretch or torn your tendon leading to pain and swelling of your finger. You can reduce the pain and help your finger heel quickly by using a splint that supports and keep the finger still.
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