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Sore pinky finger

Posted: Sep 29, 2010

Anyone else ever have trouble with their pinky finger getting really sore? My pinky finger has been really sore lately. A couple of weeks ago it got all swollen and turned blue. I didn't injure it at all. I went to the doctor and she said I had broken a blood vessel and put a splint on it for a few days. She insisted that I must have injured it and forgot, but I know I didn't (I think I would have bigger problems if that were the case.) It got better after I was taken out of work for a few days, but now that I am back to typing regularly it is getting really sore again : ( Any ideas of what is going on? I am a little afraid to go back to the doctor because I can't afford to be taken out of work again. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this and what made it better. TIA!

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Sore pinky.. - Odd

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Yes, mine does it often and it's from repetitive use. I take a Bayer aspirin every night and Niacin too and it really has helped.

Mine used to get sore all the time until (sm) - OTE

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I changed the setting on my computer to turn off the CAPS LOCK with the shift key. Considering how many headers we transcribe, our poor pinky has to turn it on, turn it off, press shift to the type the colon, then shift again to type the first word that follows. Go into your control panel, click on regional/language options, languages tab, details, click on US under the keyboard, key settings button and change your setting to "turn off CAPS LOCK" with the SHIFT key. It may save only a few keystrokes, but my pinky is pain free for it!

Thanks! Those are great suggestions. - Cathy

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I will try the aspirin and niacin and the setting to turn off caps lock with the shift key. Hopefully that will help. It is my poor pinky that hits the semicolon to expand all of the time. I think he is just overworked and is protesting the upcoming paycut when our VR software changes soon (because he know he will then have to work that much harder)!

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