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Ow.
I jammed the ring and middle fingers of my left hand in Muay Thai today. Not as badly as I did my pinky a while back, when it swelled up to half again its normal size and turned many interesting shades. But my ring finger still hurts and the knuckle is swelling.
So here's a question--what causes the swelling? Is it fluid? Do the tendons or whatever actually expand (that seems unlikely, tho')? Is it an effect of the healing process or a response to the specific nature of the injury?
This is not the first time I kinda wish I'd gone into sports medicine. *goes to look up*
I jammed the ring and middle fingers of my left hand in Muay Thai today. Not as badly as I did my pinky a while back, when it swelled up to half again its normal size and turned many interesting shades. But my ring finger still hurts and the knuckle is swelling.
So here's a question--what causes the swelling? Is it fluid? Do the tendons or whatever actually expand (that seems unlikely, tho')? Is it an effect of the healing process or a response to the specific nature of the injury?
This is not the first time I kinda wish I'd gone into sports medicine. *goes to look up*