I Think I Broke My Big Toe

What you can do about a broken toe.

2 3 weeks in a walking boot or cast then. This was because i had previously broken my other little toe and the new injury felt quite a bit like the earlier broken toe. This article helped me to confirm that i had quite probably broken my toe. Buddy strapping and use of a stiff soled shoe.

3 4 weeks in a stiff soled shoe. The good news is that the majority of broken big toe injuries mend well providing there are no complications or infections. But if the fracture is severe particularly if it involves your big toe you may need a cast or even surgery to ensure proper healing. After excruciating pain and throbbing that was only amplified when the shoe and sock is removed exposes a nasty inflamed toe raging with angry black blue and red skin and the toenail suddenly looks like paper and the slightest bump will cast it off.

A broken toe is a common injury that s most frequently caused by dropping something on your foot or stubbing your toe. The big toe carries 50 of the weight carried by that foot or 25 of your total weight. The bone is not sticking out of your foot. It s not your big toe.

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One way to know whether your toe is broken is if you can put weight on the foot. Return to work and sport in 6 8 weeks is usual. I was pretty sure i had broken my little toe by hitting it against the leg of some furniture. If you can walk on it without pain or limping it probably is not broken.

There are a few ways a toe could break. Broken lesser toes including broken pinky toe. These include stress fractures falls and dropping an object on the foot. Doctors will usually suggest you treat a broken toe at home first if.

There s no wound on your toe. Because the symptoms vary so widely and breaks can be mild to severe it can be. Usually healed completely within 4 6 weeks. If it doesn t heal properly you might have to have surgery to put pins in it in order to avoid arthritis and other problems later on.

Broken toes usually heal within 4 to 6 weeks but it can sometimes take several months. Trauma focused on the big toe perhaps a few tears and several choice words was the prelude to you assessing the damage. If so try icing the injury and taking an. Fractured big toe recovery time takes anything from four to six weeks and during this time your mobility may be restricted making every day tasks and chores that much harder to carry out.