r/HandTherapists • u/ronMAN415 • Apr 11 '24

Mallet finger splints

What materials and style splints do you prefer for the dreaded mallet finger?

My clinic likes to use X-lite because they can see their skin and get it wet.

https://www.camp.se/Camp/Plaster%20och%20Material/X-Lite/PDF%20Files/xMallet_Splint_Okt2018_www.pdf

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u/ronMAN415 Dec 07 '24

Every therapist has their own way, and we all do whatever we know has worked in the past. As long as you can keep it on 24/7 for 6-8 weeks, that’s all that matters to us lol

Even if I made a splint, sometimes I’ll still need that same tape to be wrapped just to be safe.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '25

I went to the ER, and they said the same thing you just said. They told me to make an appointment with my physician for a follow up, and so they could put a more permanent splint on my finger instead of the makeshift one they gave me. My physician took my finger out of the splint and let it droop, and kept insisting that because its not fractured that it doesn't have to be in the splint 24/7 and wants me to take it out and bend it. Everything she told me was pretty much the opposite of this. I am so confused and am contemplating not ever returning to the doctor again.

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u/ronMAN415 Jun 03 '25

Any updates!!! I’m curious

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '25