Getting hit by a basketball on your fingertips may cause soft tissue injuries, fractures, and more. Depending on the severity of the injury, you need to choose general treatment, physical therapy, drugs, surgery and other methods of treatment. 1. Soft tissue injury: a relatively minor injury, the affected limb will appear swelling, pain, bruising and other symptoms. After the injury, we should pay attention to rest, can elevate the affected limb, cold compresses within 72h, and hot compresses after 72h, which can help relieve the swelling and pain. If the pain is serious, you can apply non-steroidal anti-inflammatory analgesic drugs, such as diclofenac sodium and other treatment. Generally about 1~2 weeks can be recovered. 2. Fracture: If the injury is more serious, it may cause fracture, with symptoms such as pain and swelling, deformity, and limitation of activities. X-ray examination is needed. If the fracture is not obviously displaced, it can be fixed with plaster or splint. If the displacement is serious, surgical incision and fixation is required. After being hit by a basketball, if the swelling and pain are serious or accompanied by obvious deformity, you should go to the hospital in time for further examination to clarify the cause of the disease and standardize the treatment. The above drugs need to be applied under the guidance of a physician.