Comments on: Doh! Break Chuck Week http://toolmonger.com/2007/10/23/doh-break-chuck-week/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Fri, 16 May 2008 05:18:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: wayne petty http://toolmonger.com/2007/10/23/doh-break-chuck-week/#comment-168213 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:08:49 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/10/23/doh-break-chuck-week/#comment-168213 when a finger or thumb nail is smashed like what is shown.. do not swing it...instead grab it with the fingers or thumb on you other hand and squeeze the heck out of it.. and hold it over your head while sitting down... stay seated for at least 10 minutes and keep you hands above your head. the idea is to not let the blood flow under the nail by holding significant pressure on the injured nail .. the theory is holding pressure to the injury keeps blood from flowing in under the nail where it will lift the nail up. holding it over you head reduces the blood pressure to the injury and lets the injury clot/heal sooner. if you do this properly...your finger will be sore for a few days... but useable tenderly in an hour or so.. or it will be totally disabling for days...a little pain now or a lot later... when a finger or thumb nail is smashed like what is shown.. do not swing it…instead grab it with the fingers or thumb on you other hand and squeeze the heck out of it.. and hold it over your head while sitting down… stay seated for at least 10 minutes and keep you hands above your head. the idea is to not let the blood flow under the nail by holding significant pressure on the injured nail ..

the theory is holding pressure to the injury keeps blood from flowing in under the nail where it will lift the nail up. holding it over you head reduces the blood pressure to the injury and lets the injury clot/heal sooner.

if you do this properly…your finger will be sore for a few days… but useable tenderly in an hour or so.. or it will be totally disabling for days…a little pain now or a lot later…

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