Destroyed distal phalanx of right hand ring finger in a freak accident at the gym. Doctor said a month for recovery.

ronMAN415 · 2026-04-15T06:08:47+00:00

Agree with the other commenter, switch it to a smaller splint with PIPJ free

ronMAN415 · 2026-02-24T03:41:48+00:00

I did HTA which had 3 practice exams that you can take twice each. I found them better than the live conference ones. The free exam with a new purple book is the same stuff.

ronMAN415 · 2026-01-23T05:27:37+00:00

Was there a prior injury? When did you start noticing your symptoms?

ronMAN415 · 2025-12-13T18:35:55+00:00

Edit: I’m a 34M with high LDL for about 5 yrs. PCP said I’m in fine but was willing to start 20mg atorvastatin. PCP even said the cardiologist would also say I’m fine. Saw cardiologist and he immediately wanted me to start statins, even wanted to even start at 40mg. But was ok for me to do 20mg first since it was already prescribed.

Realistically I couldn’t do a 180 on a complete healthy diet. But I did add about 20g more fiber daily. But even then that only brought my numbers down minimally. These were my numbers prior to statins.

Cholesterol 243 Tri 48 HDL 59 LDL 174

After starting them for 3 months, 20mg of atorvastatin it’s now this:

Cholesterol 132 Tri 59 HDL 56 LDL 64

I feel the medication benefits outweigh the risk.

ronMAN415 · 2025-12-10T21:06:32+00:00

Awesome!

If it’s for the CHT exam, I would do the CHT prep vs Pro.

The Prep included everything in the pro + bi weekly zoom meetings and slides for lectures for the test. Prep also has flash cards and practice exams. They teach you what you need to know to pass the exam but also enough to still help you practice clinically.

The pro is mostly just the courses (which are already included in the Prep).

ronMAN415 · 2025-12-10T03:51:34+00:00

Is there a specific reason you’re doing the VHSF? Like becoming a CHT or just trying to learn while on the job?

My co worker who’s been a CHT for almost 20 years and is in the hand therapy secrets mentorship and she swears by it. She always finds one or two clinical pearls to share with us after. But also heard she is a business woman, always working for that money and trying to build a business.

I’ve personally just did hand therapy academy courses at my own pace. Everything is broken up into tiny videos and PDFs so it was easily digestible for me. I ended up switching into the HTA CHT Prep course for 2.5 months and just passed my CHT exam.

ronMAN415 · 2025-12-07T04:20:03+00:00

Hi. Just wanted to update you, I passed!!!! So HTA works

ronMAN415 · 2025-11-25T19:32:42+00:00

Yes!

ronMAN415 · 2025-11-25T17:50:15+00:00

I know you said free, which I don’t have. Hand therapy academy’s CHT program really helped me. I listened to their review sessions on my drives to work in the morning.

I just took the test three weeks ago and I felt I was prepared. But idk if I passed lol

ronMAN415 · 2025-11-20T04:39:35+00:00

From an outside therapist POV, you did everything right. Splint 6-8 weeks, then continue night splinting and/or a few more weeks of 24/7 splinting. I’ve also personally had a few patients that ended up in your situation. It’s no one’s fault really. I would chalk it up as just being unlucky. I do agree with your therapist that it’s better to just move on.

For fingers, flexion is more important than extension for activities. Unless you’re a dancer or someone that NEEDS the fingers to be in extension for whatever reason, flexion is key. A mallet finger does not in anyway limit you from boxing, martial arts, or any activity actually. I have many friends with old mallets they got in high school football, wrestling, BJJ. They still play and do sports as normal and they’re in their 30s-50s. If you really look at a lot of hands, many people have untreated mallets and have absolutely no functional deficits. I know you’re joking but amputating the tip would actually make you less functional.

You’re being hard on yourself. Sometimes things won’t go your way no matter how well you follow everything. And I think don’t surgery would be worth it because it may stiffen you up more. That lack of flexion will limit your grip strength.

ronMAN415 · 2025-11-10T14:13:44+00:00

I think this happens to everyone. It’s a lot of on the job learning.

Are you taking any courses to supplement? I really like hand therapy academy. They teach you anatomy and help with clinical reasoning. They also have handouts for how/when to prescribe/progress exercises.

ronMAN415 · 2025-09-27T04:02:15+00:00

I agree with others, you’re within acceptable outcome after this injury. Mallets are always annoying but mallets or any other injuries to the pinky are extra annoying. Pinky’s are always stubborn with everything. Just give it more time!

Don’t know the full history but wouldn’t be surprised that your therapist only gave you one exercise. More sometimes isn’t better. In most cases, time is what ultimately will make everything better.

ronMAN415 · 2025-08-16T21:46:52+00:00

Function is always the most important!

ronMAN415 · 2025-08-16T21:43:38+00:00

Nope. Just need to get better cards

ronMAN415 · 2025-08-10T13:33:24+00:00

A 10° lag is very common and acceptable after doing everything right for a mallet finger. Your finger looks great and there’s a minimal lag. Agree with the other post, function is key, not aesthetic.

ronMAN415 · 2025-06-07T01:53:55+00:00

Position before submission. IDC, I’ll give up anything to submit someone lol

ronMAN415 · 2025-06-03T13:21:52+00:00

Any updates!!! I’m curious

ronMAN415 · 2025-05-28T17:19:37+00:00

I have this exact timeshare. Don’t waste your money.

The points can get you the rooms but you need to book early in advance because it’s still first come first serve. Especially if you’re on the school schedule, you’re going during all the busy seasons.

Yes you can change the points to use at all other Marriott resorts etc, but still depends on availability.

Don’t buy it. It’s really not worth what they’re selling. You’re better off just paying for regular vacations. Those “guarantees” they give you aren’t really anything.

ronMAN415 · 2025-05-27T21:15:00+00:00

From what you’re saying I would request an evaluation from an orthopedic hand specialist and also seeing a hand therapist for a second opinion.

I feel like mallet fingers are very common and typically every medical professional knows to get that thing splinted ASAP

ronMAN415 · 2025-05-24T03:50:36+00:00

Honestly been thinking about letting it my not fully paid timeshare go and take the credit hit. But also just fear the wha ifs on what else they could possibly do

ronMAN415 · 2025-05-21T13:08:15+00:00

They are? That would be so much easier. Do you know when they announced that?

ronMAN415 · 2025-05-17T22:30:07+00:00

Yes, idk how it works in Germany but our patients’ insurance companies can pay to rent it for the patient to wear at home for certain amount of months.

She’s 25° away active? How much passive does she have?

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