question: Just before New years I fell hard & hurt my hand but I didn t think it was bad until several weeks later it still bothered me. Not really painful but still sore. It s really the fleshy part of my palm by thumb. I had xrays taken at an urgent care place about 3 weeks ago - no fracture etc but gave a RX for anti inflammatory. Saw an orthopaedic doc later who said just to continue taking the anti inflammatory (begins with an M..forget the name). Now it s well over a month after the injury and is still bothering me. Sometimes I wear the brace they gave me but am wondering if someone missed something. The area is mainly the lower part of that fleshy base closer to the wrist.