How to Bandage Your Fingers: 7 Steps (with Pictures)

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How to Bandage Your Fingers: 7 Steps (with Pictures)
How to Bandage Your Fingers: 7 Steps (with Pictures)
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It is important to bandage the fingers to protect them when they are broken.

Steps

Buddy Tape Fingers Step 1
Buddy Tape Fingers Step 1

Step 1. Go to the pharmacy and buy a 1cm wide shooter

You can also find it in supermarkets.

Buddy Tape Fingers Step 2
Buddy Tape Fingers Step 2

Step 2. Determine which finger to bandage along with the broken one

If your index finger is in good condition, let it go free. For example, if you break your middle finger, bandage it with your ring finger.

Buddy Tape Fingers Step 3
Buddy Tape Fingers Step 3

Step 3. Cut two 25cm strips of sparadrap

Buddy Tape Fingers Step 4
Buddy Tape Fingers Step 4

Step 4. Use a strip to wrap the first and second knuckles of the broken finger

Buddy Tape Fingers Step 5
Buddy Tape Fingers Step 5

Step 5. After that, use the shooter to bandage it with the adjacent finger

Buddy Tape Fingers Step 6
Buddy Tape Fingers Step 6

Step 6. Repeat the procedure with the second and third knuckles of the broken finger, except if it is the little finger

If you break your little finger, use the shooter along the end of the finger which should match the second and third knuckles of the middle finger.

Buddy Tape Fingers Step 7
Buddy Tape Fingers Step 7

Step 7. Replace the sparadrap 2 times a day

Advice

If you have to play sports, make sure you don't make your finger worse. It is not worth damaging it more, regardless of the conditions

Warnings

  • Don't squeeze your fingers too tight. You just need to stabilize them.
  • If your little finger is crooked, DON'T TRY TO STRAIGHT IT YOURSELF. Let the doctor do it. If you don't know what you are doing, you could damage the ligaments and tendons around the bone.
  • See a doctor right away if you are still growing and if you break a finger at the bottom near the palm of your hand. You may have damaged your physis, which requires more attention than a normal fracture.
  • If in doubt or if it hurts a lot, consult a doctor.

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