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5th Metacarpal problem
Hi. 35 days ago i had an accident and due to that i had fractured my 5th Metacarpal bone .
I went to see an Orthopedic to check it and he told me that your don't need to do a surgery and only Back/slab is efficient so i listened to him and i put back/slab for 33 days and now i removed it and doing physiotherapy and i noticed that my littile finger now is not flexing and twisting very well like my other 4 fingers and it hurts after 5 days of removing the back/slab i have X-rays help please.
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It's normal after immobilizer , start movement with HWF NSAIDs , it will improve in wk or so
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