Hurt my finger

[shugga]

Last night playing basketball, I jammed my right pinky finger into the basketball. My question is whether or not I should continue to lift while the finger heals. No question that my ability to grasp the bar would be compromised with my finger in this state, however, I'm, sure that I could get through it if I pushed it.
I am right in the middle of the Hypertrohpy 1 workout in NROL and I don't really want to quit. I'm assuming that I should probably let the finger heal and not risk further injury or compromise my form. If this is true, is there anything that I can do in the mean time? How long should I wait before lifting again? Until I can lift without pain and without compromising form?

Thanks for the help. I'm very grateful that I can learn so much from everyone here.

shugga

[shugga]

Geez... I'm a dimwit. Could one of the mods move this to the injuries forum please?
Sorry.....

[Kevin T.]

IMO, it depends on how much it hurts and your pain threshold. I playing some football on Friday night and did pretty much the same thing: defended a pass and jammed my right pinkie. Later had it bent backwards. It hurt, but I ignored it and played my 3 baseball games this weekend and I wear my glove on my right hand. Honestly, keep lifting, your pinkie finger is not going to kill you.

[Keith Scott]

Yes and no.

No because that side of your hand is where your grip strength comes from, so if that is compromised than you will have some trouble holding the weight.

Yes, because its a jammed finger. You can find a way to work around that and still get some good training in. Buddy tape your ring finger to your pinky and you should be fine.

If not, you still should be able to train.

If you wait till it heals and the pain and swelling go away, you will be waiting months. Fingers do not heal fast and swelling usually never really goes away (it does, but the scar tissue is there forever).

My advice, train with it. Its just a finger. You will have worse injuries to deal with than that over time