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[WalkingWicket37]

Evening all

Virgin here. As I never talk about cricket and only ever post about sex, it may be a shock to some that I actually leave my Tinder basement to train. 

Anyway, batting in the nets tonight I wore one from a quick on my left thumb, (I'm right handed, so there is no padding there), right on the joint. A little yelp and a dropped bat later I carried on batting, although it wasn't comfortable. When I took my gloves of I found I couldn't straighten my thumb as it was rather bruised and swollen.

Now I'm hoping it's just swollen as a broken thumb now would mean most of the season missed, but what do you guys think? Thanks in advance

[joeljonno]

Get it iced up for a couple of hours and see how it goes.

[GoodLeave]

Could have been worse. If it was your right thumb you wouldn't be able to swipe all the lovelies on said Tinder.

Would get that seen to, better off sitting out a season than getting pinned again and doing some serious damage.

[Tailendfielder]

hard to tell, pretty much what mine looked like when I split the end bone in half.

[JB]

You sure this hasn't been caused by some acrobatic self loving? 

[CrickFreak]

How you got hit on left thumb???
Ice and get x-rayed soon. Rest is very important with gentle massage and flexing to reduce swelling.
Could just be a bruise or hairline crack, should be fine in 4-6 weeks if its just a hairline crack.

[ppccopener]

Not even close to being medically qualified(although my wife was a nurse!) had a few of these on the thumb, the pad of the thumb goes really really hard right?

Def an ice job for a couple of hours and it might not be as bad as first thought.
If you can't bend it after that it's bad.

[WalkingWicket37]

I'm not co-ordinated enough with my left hand for that.  @JB

@CrickFreak I'll admit now i cannot play a short ball to save ny life. It was a ball dug in short, I got in an awful tangle and wore it in the only place I don't have any protection.

I'm annoyed with myself more than anything. All the work I've put into my batting recently and I get injured in a pre season net 

[WalkingWicket37]

@ppccopener the whole thing note feels hard rather than fleshy.

The lack of bending is a worry but that may be just the swelling. More concerning is the constant throbbing in the joint since I did it.

[edge]

Hope it's not the wanking hand Virg! Speaking from experience of a lot of broken bones, good rule of thumb (sorry!) is that if it's broken, you'll bloody know about it! So wouldn't worry too much for now, not being sure is a good sign.

[Woodyspin]

@ppccopener the whole thing note feels hard rather than fleshy.

The lack of bending is a worry but that may be just the swelling. More concerning is the constant throbbing in the joint since I did it.

The lack of movement will be due to the swelling, is there discomfort around the area (discounting the bruising and swelling you already have) Also, yes a break and bruising have different pain sensations.

[JB]

Practise more Cam!!

[Woodyspin]

Practise more Cam!!

I we still talking about his batting? Im sure we all get enough practice of the other!

[WalkingWicket37]

@edge lay time I broke a bone in my finger I thought I'd only lifted the nail, and didn't know that is actually shattered the tip of my finger until I went for an X-ray (under instruction) 3 days later because the swelling hadn't gone down.

I don't like admitting that I'm injured, am rather stubborn and apparently have a high pain threshold. Those things aren't a good combination apparently (and they get you told off by the nurse who does X-rays for not going sooner...)

[Sivlar13]

Might be a compression fracture you big virgin!! Worth a X-ray just for lols but the old frozen mushrooms should do.

N.B. I'm a teacher, not a doctor. It may fall off.