The treatment for finger injuries depends on the severity of the injury.

Treatment for finger injuries may include:

• Wound irrigation
• Wound cleansing
• Wound repair
• Cold compresses
• Elevation
• Finger splint
• Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications for pain
• Ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil)
• Naproxen (Anaprox, Naprosyn, Aleve)
• Ketoprofen (Orudis)
• Sling
• May help to support a very swollen hand
• Long term immobilization in a sling can lead to frozen shoulder.
• If you wear a shoulder sling for longer than two weeks make sure you perform shoulder range of motion exercises twice a day to avoid frozen shoulder.
• Narcotic pain medication
• Reduction of the finger dislocation:
• Relocation of the misaligned bones
• Surgery for finger fracture
• Physical therapy for finger injury

For more information:

• Finger contusion treatment
• Finger dislocation treatment
• Finger fracture treatment
• Finger sprains treatment
• Finger tenosynovitis treatment
• Fingernail injury treatment
• Fingertip amputation treatment