A finger splint assembly includes a generally cylindrical sleeve having a
wall of flexible but inextensible material and opposite proximal and
distal ends which are open. The remaining component of the assembly is a
shim having opposite relatively thick and relatively thin ends and a flat
top surface extending between those ends. The shim is longer than the
sleeve such that when the shim is inserted, thin end first, into the
distal end of the sleeve with its top surface aligned with an internal
chord of the sleeve and with one of the thick and thin ends lying within
the sleeve, the other of the thick and thin ends projects from the
corresponding end of the sleeve. A method of using the assembly to treat
Mallet Finger is also disclosed.