Anyone swim with a finger fracture?

Last night, I got hit in practice REALLY hard, during a sprint set. The woman who hit me said she was sure she hit the lane line because it was such a smack. Fun! Anyway, after much swelling, ice, and pain, it turns out I have a Volar Plate Avulsion fracture of my right ring finger. (Fun when you are both right-handed AND drive a stick shift.) The doc. said 6 weeks no swimming, but clearly, that's too long for me. I start IT next week. Anyone dealt with this? Did you go to practice and just kick? How long out of the water? Who thought swimming was a contact sport?!?! Yes, in high school I shattered the middle knuckle of my right ring finger. After being taken to urgent care, it was diagnosed as such. The (idiot) MD on duty told me it would be OK to swim and play polo with it, as long as I wore a splint on it. Long story short, the water pressure against my hand led to the fracture setting in a twisted position, and almost zero range of motion, after a few months. Result: back to another MD, who re-broke the knuckle and inserted a pin in it. Now, nearly 30 years later, I have consistent pain, limited ROM, etc. Moral of the story: do what the doc says. Keep it out of the water. Just kick for a while. Do your PT exercises. Let it heal properly. YMMV.

Last night, I got hit in practice REALLY hard, during a sprint set. The woman who hit me said she was sure she hit the lane line because it was such a smack. Fun! Anyway, after much swelling, ice, and pain, it turns out I have a Volar Plate Avulsion fracture of my right ring finger. (Fun when you are both right-handed AND drive a stick shift.) The doc. said 6 weeks no swimming, but clearly, that's too long for me. I start IT next week. Anyone dealt with this? Did you go to practice and just kick? How long out of the water? Who thought swimming was a contact sport?!?! Yes, in high school I shattered the middle knuckle of my right ring finger. After being taken to urgent care, it was diagnosed as such. The (idiot) MD on duty told me it would be OK to swim and play polo with it, as long as I wore a splint on it. Long story short, the water pressure against my hand led to the fracture setting in a twisted position, and almost zero range of motion, after a few months. Result: back to another MD, who re-broke the knuckle and inserted a pin in it. Now, nearly 30 years later, I have consistent pain, limited ROM, etc. Moral of the story: do what the doc says. Keep it out of the water. Just kick for a while. Do your PT exercises. Let it heal properly. YMMV.