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Seeking a Hand Specialist for pulley injury 16-May-2014 At 6:57:52 PM Chrisflowers

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Hey man, good luck with the finger, dynamic ultrasound will give you an answer if you need confirmation of a full rupture, it is very sensitive to bowstring detection, however it varies a lot on the person running the imaging. MRI will show 98% of full ruptures and can also be very useful. What Julian is getting at when he advices you not to get imaging is that it will tell it has ruptured, but then what? It does not really help to know and the symptoms and sound would indicate that it has a grade 3+ rupture, either way the treatment etc is similar for grade 3 and 4 injuries. So if you are taking a conservative path, which is recommended, then diagnoses at this stage does not help much. However if you find that after this period of time off followed by rehab you still have issues (multiple ruptures esp a2/a3 and a3/a4 can sometimes cause problems) don't climb through it! Seek further advice. Message me if you would like additional info. Good luck, oh yeah, if you did see a orthopaedic hand surgeon he would recommend a pulley ring (type of splint) full time for multiple months if there was a chance of full rupture to increase likelihood of reattachment in a serious full ruptures.