Heritage Medical Equipment, LLC

Hand Fracture

A 5th metacrpal fracture is often called a boxer fracture or a broken pinky.  Why?  Because little fingers are susceptible to breaking when clenched fists punch hard things.  The Hely & Weber TKO boxer fracture splint is a common treatment option for several reasons:

1.  This finger splint is removeable.  People who break their fingers punching things might have control problems.  This type of patient generally doesn't do well in a hand cast - they wind up picking at the plaster and eventually removing the cast themselves.  This splint gives the patient the ability to control their treatment.  Patients can adjust the splint, and take it on and off when showering.

2.  It is universal in size - just order right or left.  An Extra Large size is available for really big hands.

3.  The splint can be used on other fingers beside the 5th metacarpal.  Turn the finger splint around and it can be used on the ring and middle fingers.

4.  The Hely & Weber TKO is easy to clean.  Just wash it in the sink and use a mild detergent, let it air dry.  Have you ever smelled a plaster cast that has been worn in the summer?       

Boxer Fracture

Broken pinky, metacarpal fracture, boxers break, or boxers fracture, call it what you want, these finger injuries usually happen the same way.  Someone got angry and punched something they shouldn't have.  My apologies to anyone suffering from a 5th metacarpal (pinky) fracture that earned it some other way.

Often times boxer fractures occur in inebriated young males who temporary lose control and punch something harder than their hands.  Doctors struggle with choosing the correct treatment for boxers fractures.  To cast or not to cast - that is the question.  Doctors know that the type of patient to get drunk, get angry, and then punch something will not tolerate having their hands in a cast.  Patients with boxer's fractures often times remove the casts applied by doctors shortly after receiving treatment.  Why?  It has to do with control.

So how do you provide fracture stabilization to someone with a broken pinky that won't wear a cast?  Try a boxer fracture splint.  These orthopedic devices are easy to put on and take off.  Boxer splints give patients considerably more control over their treatment than a hard, fixed, plaster cast.    

 

 

 

Boxer Fracture Splint Saves Summer For Local Legend

 

Husband, father, fisherman, sailor, and amateur ultimate fighter Garret "G-Money" Chelius sports his new TKO Boxer Fracture Splint.  When asked about the injury during a recent interview G-Money remained illusive, only stating "you should see the other guy".  

Chelius removed his ace bandage and plaster cast last Monday.  The bulky contraption was protecting a nasty 5th metacarpal fracture he received in Montauk, NY.  Donning the low-profile TKO he immediately went swimming with his three children.  "This thing saved my summer," he was overheard saying.

After swimming G-Money competed in a heated bocce tournament.  Unfortunately in sports as in life one rarely gets to compete at 100%.  The tourney was not his strongest outing.  And the TKO Boxer Fracture Splint on his right hand could not be blamed for his poor play.  G-Money was throwing lefty.

So it came down to the last round of a tied match.  Chelius knowing he didn't have the right stuff that afternoon handed the game to his son and teammate, Christopher.  The six-year old phenom from Louisville carried his old man to victory, winning on the last bocce ball that possibly could have been thrown.

"This is for all the marbles"  Christopher Chelius said while confidently winding up for the game-winning toss.  It was an exciting day for bocce, swimming, and bracing.  The losing team could not be reached for comment.