A history of O'Reilly Auto Parts, from its founding in 1957 as a single store in Missouri to a business consisting of 4,829 stores in 47 states and more than 74,000 team members.
Dislocated finger joint occurs when an injury causes damage to the joint ligaments or capsule, such that the joint forming surface of a finger bone or phalanx is extruded out of the joint. Thus, a finger dislocation leads to failure of joint mobility and causes a stiff, swollen, and painful finger joint. Sometimes, a finger bone may also be broken along with the dislocation, in which case it is called a fracture-dislocation.
Although there could be any number of causes for numb pinky fingers a common cause is cubital tunnel syndrome. 1  Cubital tunnel syndrome is caused when the ulnar nerve becomes trapped.