crooked fingers

Went to physical therapy for my wonked-out digit today. I now have a crazy lookin' splint made out of that thermal plastic, some tapey stuff, a sheet of exercises, and two more appointments for the next two weeks. They poked at it and measured the angle it's at right now. The exercises they have me do make it hurt more, so I know now that that's okay and that I'll have to kind of work through some pain for it to straighten out again. I was afraid to do stuff like that before because I wasn't sure if it was good or bad for it. The splint doesn't straighten it out completely, it follows a little bit of its crook. I'm only to wear it at night, and they're hoping it will straighten out enough over the week to necessitate a new, straighter splint next time. They said that the tendons that got messed up are finnicky and slow to heal, and that the swelling probably wouldn't really go back to normal for 6-8 months. Huh.