PIP and DIP synovitis; how long does it last?

2 days into my 2 month climbing trip and my index finger became swollen after a hard day of climbing. It would hurt any time i tried bending it into a crimp position. Textbook case of DIP and PIP synovitis in the same finger.

I've been doing all the usual stuff like not climbing and contrast baths. I'm about 2 weeks into the injury and tried climbing for the first time again yesterday noticing that the pain was very minimal(only when putting my finger in full on crimp position with the nails touching my palm)... that obviously wasn't a great idea as the pain has come back to the level it was at about 1.5 weeks of rest.

I've decided to rest completely and only belay until the pain has 100% gone away and then climb a lot lower than my max.

My question to anyone who has experienced this before is: how long did you rest until you got back into climbing? I'm trying to figure out if i should scrap this climbing trip before i spend more money on doing nothing or if i should wait it out.

dsauerbrun wrote: I've decided to rest completely and only belay until the pain has 100% gone away and the climb a lot lower than my max.

Who prescribed that protocol for you?