Is my boxer fracture healing normally

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hello i got a boxer fracture after i punched a door 3 weeks ago and i read online they take 3 weeks to heal but my fingers still look like this when i try and straighten them, is it normal? im very worried because its my right hand. also excuse the marker and bad fake tan. image

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  • Posted

    3 weeks? gonna take longer than that... 8+ weeks .. why isnt it in a cast or splint or something ... i broke my 4th metacarpal and didnt get to go back to work for 12 weeks .

  • Posted

    That will teach you to control your emotions I hope.

    If its torn the ligament from the bone and its not been braced then it want heal it will stay dropped

  • Posted

    Have you had a scan? and why aren't they in a split as they can heal crocked. Healing can take 6 weeks plus. x

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