{"id":85,"date":"2016-08-16T16:47:13","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T16:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handsurgeon.org\/blog\/?p=85"},"modified":"2016-08-16T16:47:13","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T16:47:13","slug":"remove-stuck-ring-safely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handsurgeon.org\/blog\/remove-stuck-ring-safely\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Remove a Stuck Ring Safely"},"content":{"rendered":"

(republished with permission from ASSH)<\/p>\n

A stuck ring can simply be the result of wearing a ring that’s too small. It can also be caused from arthritis of joints, which can happen as your body changes over the years. This can cause the joints and\/or tissue to swell, which prevents you from removing your ring.<\/p>\n

When you can\u2019t simply slide your ring off, try these steps for safely removing a ring:<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Squirt some Windex – yes Windex – on the finger and ring. Or, use any lubricant such as soap or oil.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Elevate the hand overhead for 5-10 minutes with ice around the ring and finger.<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0Use dental floss or a thread to compress the swollen finger as shown:<\/p>\n

a. Slip the thread or floss under the stuck ring with the bulk of it toward the fingertip.<\/p>\n

\"Ring_2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

b. Beginning at the top of the ring, snuggly wrap the finger with the thread\/floss around and around, compressing the finger, all the way up and over the knuckle.<\/p>\n

\"Ring_3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

c. With the end that was under the ring, begin to unwrap the thread or floss with the ring sliding over the knuckle as you go.<\/p>\n

\"Ring_4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

*If all else fails, cut the ring off with a ring cutter found in jewelry stores, fire departments and emergency rooms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(republished with permission from ASSH) A stuck ring can simply be the result of wearing a ring that’s too small. It can also be caused from arthritis of joints, which can happen as your body changes over the years. This can cause the joints and\/or tissue to swell, which prevents you from removing your ring. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handsurgeon.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handsurgeon.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handsurgeon.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handsurgeon.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handsurgeon.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/handsurgeon.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"https:\/\/handsurgeon.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handsurgeon.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handsurgeon.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handsurgeon.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}