Medical Treatment

The doctor will realign the dislocated bones with a simple technique. This will often require a local anesthetic injection into the finger to help decrease or stop the pain and allow the doctor to reduce the dislocation and realign the bones. You may also receive medications by mouth, injection, or IV to help the pain and ease the reduction.

• Your injured finger will then be placed in a protective splint or be "buddy taped" to the healthy finger next to it.
  
  
• The doctor may get a second x-ray to confirm the realignment of your finger and to check for any broken bones that may not have shown up on the first x-ray.