Neglected finger injuries may lead to chronic lesions that often have detrimental consequences for the practice of a ball sport, whether at a recreational level or at the top athlete level. The initial injury management is crucial. Depending on the type and the severity of the lesions, different people may get involved: the players themselves or their entourage, physiotherapists, club doctors, emergency physicians, family doctors, sports doctors or hand surgeons. Treatment is usually conservative: the long fingers require rapid mobilization to prevent stiffness and contrary to that, the thumb...

At any level of sport - casual, recreational, amateur or professional - a neglected finger injury can lead to chronic problems. This book decribes a variety of injuries, their consequences, treatment, surgery, therapy and recovery, re-injury and more.