I was making the bed and jammed my hand down the back to push the sheets under the mattress. I didn't realize how short the pocket was. I heard as sharp crack as the flexor tendon went. I've iced it and now I'm in a splint, but there is no real pain.

I've had 2 mallet finger injuries. One injury happened nine years ago while undressing. I was taking off a pair of pants that fit rather snugly. My hand lost its grip on the waistband, of the pants; my hand slipped, and my middle finger got caught either on the pocket or the folds of material. This was truly a freak accident! My second mallet finger injury (on my other hand) happened just three months ago. This injury occurred as I was making the bed and shoving the sheets between the mattress and box spring. Both injuries were not painful when they occurred. I did, however, both times hear a sound as if someone had snapped their finger.

I was cleaning the carpet with a soft cloth- heard "crunching" or "cracking" sound, and when I strained up to finish, my finger was just hanging there. After 6 weeks of wearing a splint as the doctor prescribed, there is little/no difference. There was never any pain involved with this.

I was playing basketball and the ball hit my fingertip after a strange carom off the rim. It didn't feel that bad, but I did notice swelling and the bent tip, which I could bend back into the correct position, but could not maintain in that position. I fashioned a popsicle stick splint to correct the bend and give it support, then saw the doctor a day later. He recognized it as mallet finger.