Calcium Deposits?

Has anybody ever had these? How did you get rid of them?

I've been told to immoblize the finger, but in the past when these have gone away, they just came back in a week.

I'm not sure if they are much of a problem. I developed one over the winter on my middle finger on the intermediate phalange. It isn't painful and hasn't hurt my climbing. Give it some time, and take a rest week and see if that helps at all, and drink lots of water.

koreo wrote:I'm not sure if they are much of a problem. I developed one over the winter on my middle finger on the intermediate phalange. It isn't painful and hasn't hurt my climbing. Give it some time, and take a rest week and see if that helps at all, and drink lots of water.

I have Osgood Schlatter's condition, which is ossification of the tibial tubercle due to calcification. My fix is ice, applied directly to the calcification (no plastic bag or towel, just an ice cube right on the skin). Anything that isn't already ossified (hardened) turns to jello.

Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional.

Calcium deposits are often reactions to injury or stress. Sometimes they are the bones' way of responding to stress. That's partly why bones get so demineralized when up in zero gravity of space. Likely anything changing in less than 6 weeks isn't "real" or permanent. If they are attached to bone, surgical debridement (chipping off the bony calcifications) is the only quick way to get rid of them.

I have one on my ring finger. It's been an annoyance as that finger is a little weaker and sensitve where the deposit is. She told me there was nothing to do about it. If anyone has a suggestion I'd like to hear it to!

I got some of these on a couple of fingers, they are annoying yet not usually painful. Make sure they are not rhuematic nodules. These can come back even after surgery.