I don't know if i broke my finger?

Question

i've never had a broken bone, so i have nothing to compare it to. i fell yesterday and hurt my pinky. i don't know if it's broken or just bruised. it's bruised on the side of my middle knuckle and it's tender to the touch. there is some pain when i bend it or it gets bumped. and it's alittle swollen.

Answer 1

Hard to tell from here whether it's broken, but use the RICE solution. Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation to treat it for now.

Answer 2

I've broken (cracked) a couple of fingers and found there's a particular sharp pain associated with a break. To me, it felt like a hot match was pressing against the bone at the break.

There isn't much they can do though but tape it to a splint until it heals.

If you can afford a doctor, go get it xrayed. If not, get some athletic tape and tape it to your ring finger to immobilize it (or if you can get a splint, just splint it yourself for a few weeks).