{"id":120193,"date":"2025-04-01T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T08:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/?p=120193"},"modified":"2025-04-04T09:35:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T02:35:31","slug":"what-are-these-and-what-are-they-for-the-girl-sitting-across-from-me-had-them-on-all-her-fingers-on-both-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/what-are-these-and-what-are-they-for-the-girl-sitting-across-from-me-had-them-on-all-her-fingers-on-both-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"What are these and what are they for? The girl sitting across from me had them on all her fingers on both hands."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style='\"color:'><strong><span style='\"font-size:'>What are these and what are they for? The girl sitting across from me had them on all her fingers on both hands.<br>\n<span style='\"font-size:'><img fetchpriority='\"high\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' size-full wp-image-120196 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/thefinejournal.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/04%5C/What-are-these-and-what-are-they-for.-The-girl-sitting-across-from-me-had-them-on-all-her-fingers-on-both-hands.webp%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"728\"' height='\"700\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/What-are-these-and-what-are-they-for.-The-girl-sitting-across-from-me-had-them-on-all-her-fingers-on-both-hands.webp' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>Answer: The items on her fingers appear to be finger protectors or orthotic finger splints. These are often used for medical or therapeutic reasons, such as:\n<ul>\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'>Preventing hyperextension (common in conditions like Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, arthritis, or hypermobility disorders).\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'>Protecting healing injuries (like sprains or fractures).\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'>Providing support for repetitive strain injuries (common in musicians, typists, or people with tendonitis).\n<li><span style='\"font-size:'>Assisting with grip and function (for individuals with joint instability or weakness).\n\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>If she had them on all her fingers, it\u2019s likely she has a condition that requires joint support or stabilization.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are these and what are they for? The girl sitting across from me had them on all her fingers on both hands. Answer: The items on her fingers appear to be finger protectors or orthotic finger splints. These are often used for medical or therapeutic reasons, such as: Preventing hyperextension (common in conditions like\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":120196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[410],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-120193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-life-hacks"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/What-are-these-and-what-are-they-for.-The-girl-sitting-across-from-me-had-them-on-all-her-fingers-on-both-hands.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120193"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120695,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120193\/revisions\/120695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p></span></p></span></li></span></li></span></li></span></li></ul></strong></span></span></span></strong></span></p>