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A splint is a piece of medical equipment used to keep an injured body part from moving and to protect it from any further damage. Placed properly, a rigid splint will help ease the pain of an injury ...

The Celtics operate as a well-oiled machine that is the sum of all its parts. When a key part is missing, their absence is evident. As the season enters its final stretch, Boston has worked to ...

Jrue Holiday has missed the Boston Celtics’ last two games as he deals with a “mallet finger” injury. But he may not be sidelined for much longer. The veteran guard was a full participant at Boston’s ...

Commonly an athletic injury, mallet finger occurs when the outermost joint of the finger is injured. Basketball and baseball players routinely experience jammed fingers, but the injury can occur ...

Mallet finger is one of the most common closed tendon injuries of the hand. It occurs when the distal phalanx is held in extension while a flexion force is applied across the joint. The trauma results ...

PITTSBURGH — Marco Scutaro was diagnosed with mallet finger on Wednesday, a finger injury that usually needs two months to heal. But the Giants second baseman intends to try and play through the ...