How can I tell if I broke my big toe?!
Question: How can I tell if I broke my big toe!?
Okay, so it's a long story, but I pretty much [or might as well have] kicked a wall!. It hurt a lot!! At first it turned all red, but when I woke up I noticed it was all bent upward unlike my other toe and very brused around the nail!. I walk by limping on the outer edge of my foot!. I taped a popsickle stick to it but it doesn't feel any better!. An I can't exactly run to the docters office because it's closed on weekends so really need to know what happend to it and how to fix it!. Thanks for any answers! Everything helps, but please don't just say "Go get an X - Ray"Www@Answer-Health@Com
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I think that your big toe is really hurt and you must be undergoing a very painful experience!. If it is not a fracture it could be what is normally called as "Turf toe"!.
Turf toe is pain at the joint where the big toe attaches to the rest of the foot!.The symptoms are you have pain where your big toe attaches to your foot!. You may have difficulty bending and straightening your toe!. Your toe joint may be swollen!.
Jamming the toe into a hard surface can cause turf toe, apart from other causes usually experianced by athletes!.
Treatment may include the following:
Putting ice packs on your toe for 20 to 30 minutes every 3 to 4 hours for the first 2 to 3 days or until the pain goes away
elevating your foot on a pillow
taking anti-inflammatory medicines prescribed by your health care provider!.
One of the keys to treating turf toe is keeping the toe from moving too much!. Your toe can be taped to restrict how much it moves!. You may have a special insole placed in your shoe that will reduce the movement of your big toe!.
The length of recovery depends on many factors such as your age, health, and if you have had a previous toe injury!. Recovery time also depends on the severity of the toe injury!. Pain from turf toe may last several weeks or longer!. You need to stop doing the activities that cause pain until your toe has improved!. If you continue doing activities that cause pain, your symptoms will return and it will take longer to recover!.
While the above remedies will certainly help you manage the pain, I feel that you should certainly consult a orthopedist as early as possible to set at rest your doubts and help in speedy recovery!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Turf toe is pain at the joint where the big toe attaches to the rest of the foot!.The symptoms are you have pain where your big toe attaches to your foot!. You may have difficulty bending and straightening your toe!. Your toe joint may be swollen!.
Jamming the toe into a hard surface can cause turf toe, apart from other causes usually experianced by athletes!.
Treatment may include the following:
Putting ice packs on your toe for 20 to 30 minutes every 3 to 4 hours for the first 2 to 3 days or until the pain goes away
elevating your foot on a pillow
taking anti-inflammatory medicines prescribed by your health care provider!.
One of the keys to treating turf toe is keeping the toe from moving too much!. Your toe can be taped to restrict how much it moves!. You may have a special insole placed in your shoe that will reduce the movement of your big toe!.
The length of recovery depends on many factors such as your age, health, and if you have had a previous toe injury!. Recovery time also depends on the severity of the toe injury!. Pain from turf toe may last several weeks or longer!. You need to stop doing the activities that cause pain until your toe has improved!. If you continue doing activities that cause pain, your symptoms will return and it will take longer to recover!.
While the above remedies will certainly help you manage the pain, I feel that you should certainly consult a orthopedist as early as possible to set at rest your doubts and help in speedy recovery!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
You need to go to the hospital simply because there is a high possibility of infection setting in if it's not already to that point!. My neighbor just went to the hospital today after limping around for two weeks after she kicked a futon!. Now she wears a boot along with her foot wrapped or it looks like a small cast!. It was infected!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Actually X-Raying it wouldn't do much because they can't set a broken toe!.Tape it to the toe next to it so it doesn't grow back out of line, keep it elevated and a ice pack with a towel between your foot and ice for about 20 min!. ever couple of hours The rest will just take time!. Ouch! Get better!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
The only way to know is with a x-ray, unless you know if Superman is in the area!? Best of LuckWww@Answer-Health@Com
Even if it is broken, all the hospital will do is put a splint on it to keep it from moving around!. You can get one of those (toe splint) at a good pharmacy or medical supply store!. Personally, I wouldn't waste my time going to a hospital!. Get a splint, take Advil and in a week the pain will be gone!. If your toe is at too great an angle, it might have to be set, but if it is just a little turned, don't worry about it!. I have fingers that were broken and they are a little out of line, but I never went to the hospital and they don't bother me at all!. Good luck!.Www@Answer-Health@Com