How Does a Broken Finger Heal?
The Finger Our fingers make up of the most sensitive areas on the body. This is because they are made up of a larger collection of nerves than other areas. A grouping of nerves centralized to a small area makes this area more sensitive to any type of feeling. The fingers are also the ones to suffer the most traumas. These factors indicate that a broken finger can be quite excruciating. The Break Our fingers are made up of ligaments, which support and connect one bone to the other tendons. The tendons attach muscle to bone, and three bones that are called phalanges. There are also three joints but no muscles in our fingers. All of these work together to aide in our hand movement and coordination. When we break a finger, normally we damage many of these as well. A broken bone, if protruding from the skin can, effects the tendons and ligaments alongside it. This distorts movement and function–as well as effecting all of the surrounding nerves. The Pain When a cluster of nerves is effecte
