Extreme stiffness since finger contusion

Hello everyone,

I hope everyone's healthy and fine during these times!

I got a question. I was having my first deadlift session (a compound exercise in powerlifting) after gyms had opened up, I was warming up and suddenly felt a pain in my right finger. My second warm up set then caused my finger to feel a lot of pain. It immediately started swelling and I could barely moved it. I stopped and went to the hospital in the evening. They took an x-ray of my right hand and told me it was a jammed/smashed/contused finger and that it'd heal in a couple days. Fast forward, it's been over four weeks and even though the hematoma and the swelling has gone for the major part, my finger is still very stiff. I can only move it a little. I don't feel pain unless I try to grip something really heavy or put pressure on it. But stretching and bending my finger is nearly impossible.

And this has concerned me for the past 10-14 days. They took an x-ray, told me it was a contusion but but it's been 4 weeks. They buddy taped my finger for 2 days, then I went to the hospital to check on my finger again and they said they would take the tape off because I wouldn't need it anymore.

Has anyone ever suffered from a jammed/contused finger and can maybe tell me what to do? Does it really take that long? Again, it's been a month now and the swelling has just gone away last week or so..there's still a bit of hematoma around my finger...

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