Good week getting some new cave links/ticks to keep the psyche high. Was a bit gutted not to get a chance ot get back on In Hell due to wetness both visits but probably a good thing as my right middle finger is worryingly inflamed above the 2nd joint and on the sides so doesn't have a good range of movement and won't fully open or close. Time to rest.
The only things in your finger shoulders are bone, tendon and pulley. Therefore odds on you've hurt one of those. Whichever it is, you basically have 2 choices. You can either stop climbing on it and hope it gets better, or you can climb on it and hope it gets better. Option 3 is to visit your GP who will try and remember what's in a finger shoulder (their thinking will probably run "bone, tendon, erm other stringy bits). They will then diagnose injury to one or all of those and will suggest you stop climbing and hope it goes away. Or you can pay a £100 to a physio who will rub it a bit, shine a light on it or do some other vague treatment of negligable effect then tell you to stop climbing on it and hope it goes away.