Sounds silly, but I sprained/jarred my finger at netball training last night. It normally wouldn't be a problem... if it wasn't the last round of prelim finals & our last chance to get into the grand final tomorrow.

I hurt it & had 5 minutes then went back to training. 10 minutes later catching the ball was impossible. It started to swell so I iced it. Came home & iced it for another hour or 2.

Today its still swollen & its nicely bruised

I need to be able to catch the ball by tomorrow. I will just have to grin & bear it, but any idea's on reducing the swelling/bruising & pain before tomorrow? I guess more ice would be a good start. I have anti inflammitories, would they help at all? At least if the swelling went down I could move my finger.

I strapped it this arvo, but will that help at all?

I feel so silly winging & asking advice for a sore (black!) finger