[Snoops]

Going to way in my finger as well!
Like Dave never had a finger injury ever.
Last week tweaked 1st finger (one after thumb)
Pain is on the sides at the base of the finger (i.e near the knuckle) when squeezed.
No pain underneath the finger, so fairly sure it is not the tendon.
Full range of movement, little bit of pain  on the top and sides of base of finger on squeezing ball

Is this a pulley prob? How do you tape for this ( Iwill rest it first)? Thanks for any advice.

Errr?

Yes a little research shows the FDS tendon running along the finger which can be damaged, which is what is held using the Annular pulleys. The symptoms for this is pain underneath the finger only. Hence I ruled that out.
 Anyways I saw Aussie John and it is my A2 pulley. Thanks to the the others for the article links.

[slackline]

I think the point Paul B was making is that pulley == tendon.

Some Finger anatomy and whilst googling I stumbled across the potentially useful www.climbinginjuries.com (and have added a link to the Wiki so that everyone can bypass it and ask the same question for the umpteenth time in the forums instead  )

[Fultonius]

Well, the annular pulleys are part of the flexor tendon system but they are separate entities, get injured in different ways and have different rehab protocols.

[slackline]

Are they not both fiborous connective tissue that connect muscle to bones and are therefore tendons (multiple tendons, Annular (A#)/Cruciform (C#)/Flexors/etc. constitute the system)? 

So the name for the specific tendon is the Annular 2 pulley, but its still a tendon!

[douglas]

I don't think pulleys are connected to muscles though slack---line. So I'd consider them not to be tendons, even if they are made of the same 'stuff'.

[Fultonius]

Are they not both fiborous connective tissue that connect muscle to bones and are therefore tendons (multiple tendons, Annular (A#)/Cruciform (C#)/Flexors/etc. constitute the system)? 

So the name for the specific tendon is the Annular 2 pulley, but its still a tendon!

Nope, pulleys could technically be referred to as ligaments - bone to bone = ligament; bone to muscle = tendon.

If you strain a pulley you can still climb open-handed, if you strain a tendon you'll need to rest it.

Although, someone medically trained will probably wade in with some SCIENCE pretty soon. 

[slackline]

Could only see the "origin" of the A1, A3 and A5 pulleys mentioned here so wasn't sure what they attached (muscle or bone) to at the other "end".  Should have read this first (or dug out Grey's Anatomy from under the pile of dust it currently resides under).