How can I help a bruised finger?

How to heal my finger injury?

• Yo guys, I am so stupid for this but, quite a long time ago I was playing football when I caught the ball in a wrong way and my middle finger snpped, or kinda bent in a wrong way causing it to be bruised. You ugys know right? Those occasional bruises on our finger from snapping the finger suddenly or what ever, I don't know how to explain it. Anyways, it is not broken but its been a few months and it's still bruising. So this bruise is at the middle finger at that fist joint closest to your nails. It seems to me the tissue is swollen up and its a darker color too. This accident happened a long time ago so I'm scared as to why it is still bruising. I went to the doctors and he said its not much and that I should just put ice on it and keep the finger upwards. Upwards as in keeping that bruised area of the finger lifted up. This didn't help me much so now I don't know what to do. Right now, since its already been a few months, the bruising is a bit less and the skin on the brusing is starting to dry up and flake slightly-ish. Also, when I cut my nails from the middle finger, they seem to be harder than the other nails. I'm not sure if this is a sign of anything or not but... It doesn't hurt much too the bruise, but when I squeeze and press on it, I can definately hear this clicking sound. What should I do guys???

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