Hand Problems

[mmb11x]

Hello

I posted the same question a few weeks ago in the percussion forum, but didn't get much of a response.

A month and a half ago I played the congas in a band at a rally for a weekend.  And since there wasn't a microphone on the congas, I played really loud, and I put really abused my hnads.  i know, I know, bad choice.  Anyway, after the weekend I notices my fingers were unusually swollen.  I have been playing for a few years now, so this isn't the first time I have played hard and a lot or the first time my fingers have gotten swollen, but this time my fingers were abotu twice the normal diameter.  

Like I said it has been a month and a half, but still every time I hit the drum a few times my fingers immediately swell again.  They aren't in pain at all, just swollen.

Can someone offer any advice or suggestions on what might be going on.

Thanks,
mmb11x

[Robyn]

I would suggest that you go to the dr. at this point--really don't know what else to think about this. But anything self-limiting would have resolved itself by now. Does anything else cause the swelling? How long does it take to go away?

robyn

[lilblakdak]

It is possible that slightly fractured your fingers or did some deep tissue damage.  Either way take Robyns advice and see a DR.