Could i have broken my pinky toe?!


Question: i walk turn out because im a dancer and because of that i tend to bang my pinky toes on things alot (corners of desks walls etc.) and when i do they tend to crack. i havent really cared until just recently when i noticed that BOTH of my pinky toes were extremely red and swolen{sorry i cant spell to save my life!} even my sister noticed it!!!!! im extremely worried i might have broken both of them from banging them so much. they only have sharp bursts of pain when i put alot of wieght onto them but since im a dance i have been trained to put weight on the other 4 toes! please help me?!!!!!??


Answers: i walk turn out because im a dancer and because of that i tend to bang my pinky toes on things alot (corners of desks walls etc.) and when i do they tend to crack. i havent really cared until just recently when i noticed that BOTH of my pinky toes were extremely red and swolen{sorry i cant spell to save my life!} even my sister noticed it!!!!! im extremely worried i might have broken both of them from banging them so much. they only have sharp bursts of pain when i put alot of wieght onto them but since im a dance i have been trained to put weight on the other 4 toes! please help me?!!!!!??

I'm a dancer too and my pinky toes are exactly the same way. As far as I've been told you can't really do anything for broken toes except for icing them, however if you have pain anywhere else on your foot I would get it checked out. Tips for dancing with it...get some pre-wrap and medical tape and wrap it around your toe and the lower end of your foot. It should somewhat help take some pressure off. Hope it helps.

Go get a quick x-ray.

Yes, as a Mom of four who's broken both pinky toes on tripping on stuff, more than once, they probably are broken. You might want to get x-rays to make sure no other foot bones are broken. Last time I broke one they thought I also damaged a bone on the top of the foot. Turns out I didn't but it's worth getting looked at.

You probably did,if they start to turn blue/purple/black/yellow then you did. I would get a quick X-ray at the doctors office. Try putting some ice on it,and walk very carefully.I strongly suggest you get it checked out.

Best of Luck!!=]





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