Thumb injuries can be treated with rest and braking, oral medications, and surgery.
Thumb poking while playing ball, if it is simple soft tissue injury, joint capsule strain, need to pay attention to rest to avoid too much manual labor and weight bearing. You can use ice to relieve acute pain, but also oral anti-inflammatory analgesic drugs anti-inflammatory pain, such as diclofenac sodium, celecoxib and so on.
If the force of poking injury is large, resulting in thumb extensor tendon stop avulsion, you can first use the finger bone splint for external immobilization, after immobilization for a period of time and still can not be healed, you can also choose to surgical tendon stop reconstruction.
If the thumb is poked and prodded while playing soccer, it is recommended to go to the hospital and receive regular treatment. The use of the above medications should be in accordance with medical advice.