Broken thumb, looking for some protection

[akravetz 29]

It was my fault. After coaching little kids in baseball for two months, I was on the ice in a tie game when a guy fired a slapshot towards the end. The D-man in me put up my hand (palm out, remember the baseball thing) and well, the rest is history. I got off light. The top bone in my thumb is broken, but I have full range of motion in the hand and can bend the knuckle in the thumb. just swollen right now. And yes, I did break the first rule in beer league which is "we don't get paid. I don't wanna get hurt." :)

Anyway, figure i'll take a few weeks off but is there a way to protect my thumb when I first come back (other than not being an idiot and trying to catch the puck. Trust me, my 8yo son is laughing at me. Of course, he got a broken arm from a slash last year so no pity from him at all.

I was thinking in a few weeks trying to play again by taping the metal horseshoe looking split up really good and then seeing if it would fit into my glove. My wife, a physical therapist, thinks I am crazy. I really don't want to sit out six to eight weeks like she and the doc thinks I should. Thoughts.

Andy in Peoria

p.s. I know I was stupid. I have heard that for five days. We don't need to rehash. Btw, I am using Reebok 4-roll gloves that I got from a used gear sale when the AHL team here left. They were in pretty new shape as the player who used them liked new gloves every four or five games. So for a beer league, they are fine.

[HDHockey 19]

There is a thread started today or yesterday in the ice hockey section with a guy who recently broke his thumb and looking for better protective gloves, maybe he has something that worked for him, may want to reply on that thread too.

[akravetz 29]

I confess I missed it. I'll look. Sorry about that. I was looking for a glove but also if there was something I could put into the glove to protect