Hi! I have a question I hope someone can shed some light on. About 2 years ago I was lifting a 2' x 4' piece of 3/4 inch, melanine coated particle board and 'hit' my right, middle finger the wrong way and got a very extreme burning hot sensation located in the top, front bend of the finger. I put ice on it immediately and all that happened was that the ice melted with the heat in my finger. There was no relief of the heat at all. I put a splint on the finger and it seemed to heal after about three months. A year later, as I was lifting a table to move it I hit the exact same area again. This time it was a little worse. That happened about nine months ago. I put a metal splint on it and that helps a lot. I take it off frequently to bend the finger as it gets stiff. The bending does not hurt the finger at all. The longer I wear the splint, the better the finger gets. The problem is that since the injury is in the front of the finger anytime you use the hand that part of the finger touches something. When the finger feels better, I take it off for short periods and after a day or so i'm right back where I started. There is no numbness, no tingling, no loss of movement at all. Only a pain that spans in a straight line down the middle of my finger on the palm side at the top most joint of the finger. Can this be nerve damage? Tendon issues? Some kind of super-bruise? The sheathing? Of course I have no time to get to a doctor and hoped someone could give me an answer. Thanks for any help!