https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/11536/swimming-with-broken-fingerSo I took a week off last week to prep me for an open water competition of 1500m that was supposed to be today and then this Monday I crashed on the bicycle, earning me some nasty road rash and a hairline fracture through the lowest knuckle of my littleen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/188066?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 28 Sep 2013 07:02:46 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:e70cfb01-5817-4a06-892d-92e00fd1a24bkmoehumphreysI suggest taping your broken finger to the one next two it and wearing paddles. Keep the pressure on the fingers on other side of your hand and also more towards your wrist. Pinkies aren&#39;t so necessary for freestyle; backstroke and breaststroke would cause you more trouble.<div style="clear:both;"></div>