Broken toe

-westy- · 3 May 2011 at 20:43

I'm constantly breaking fingers and toes (hockey player,plus I have a strange habit of doing it) - it'll heal in due course, be a bit painful for a while though. Just keep it strapped up, but not too tight or it'll prohibit the healing

Jonny69 · 3 May 2011 at 21:51

Yeah I broke my little toe once. Kicked the end of a door running through the house. I remember it was pretty damn painful!

RomanNose · 3 May 2011 at 21:56

Does anyone else have a deformed small toe? Mine looks like if it twisted over but the other foot is fine.

mp3duck · 3 May 2011 at 22:03

yeah! Both mine are deformed! They lay over the toe beside it.
Right one obviously worse now.

My Grandad had the same with his toes. Maybe it's genetic?

RomanNose · 3 May 2011 at 22:07

mp3duck said:
yeah! Both mine are deformed! They lay over the toe beside it.
Right one obviously worse now.

My Grandad had the same with his toes. Maybe it's genetic?

I have no idea, google suggests it is a birth defect.

Does not impact on my life but it is just odd.

Magic_x_uk · 3 May 2011 at 22:46

i hit my little toe against the bathroom door opening about 6 weeks ago. It went black for a few days and hurt like hell. Still hurts now if i bend it a bit. Worried that 'sod's' law, says i will hit it soon again, and i know that that will hurt

didnt go to the Doctors nor hospital. Perhaps I should have, or still should. Like i said 6 weeks or so and it still hurts when you bend or twist it.

MrBoring · 3 May 2011 at 23:04

Busted my big toe falling off a Firblade at Brands Hatch in 2005 and it still hurts now if I bend it

manic111 · 3 May 2011 at 23:23

Hitman_Leon said:
Broke my big toe in 99

Sounds like a Bryan Adams tribute act

james.miller · 3 May 2011 at 23:33

i broke my big toe. It hurt for weeks :mad:

DB_SamX · 3 May 2011 at 23:47

Broke my right big toe in a 50-50 footie challenge. I lost that tacke obviously. I knew the moment I had done it. My overlong toe nails probably had something to do with it too. It was a nightmare getting A&E to look at it or getting an XRay (which didn't happen in the end). Could barely walk for a week so couldn't go to work. You can't put a cast so it was only strapped for a few weeks. Had ultrasound treatment which was meh.

Now I can't bend it really and it often makes a cracking sound. Fine playing football now though.

sparklebox · 3 May 2011 at 23:52

I broke my 2nd to last toe 3 days before christmas last year by accidently kicking the spindles in my banister, it broke all the down into the top of my foot. I couldn't even have it strapped, that hurt :'( all better now though :-)

x

Fenris · 3 May 2011 at 23:58

I broke my little toe, had to wear a thick sock plus a bandage around my toes AND walk on the inside of my foot for weeks to avoid agony.

Just make sure it's set right and not at a dodgy angle and deal with it, all you can do.

doofer · 3 May 2011 at 23:59

What's really weird about a toe/foot injury is.. No one EVER treads on your feet, or you never ever drop anything on your feet, unless of course you have an injury there, it's like a magic pain magnet that gives off some secret signals to others to accidentally attack the injured foot, another one of life's great unsolved mysteries.

GreatAuk · 4 May 2011 at 00:06

No idea about broken bones, but about 6 years ago I trapped my right ring finger in a heavy metal door... swelled up and hurt for a few days, and then just went normal coloured again, but remained slightly enlarged - to this day my right ring finger bone in the second segment is bigger, the bone feels to be larger and a bit bumpy. I love my slightly deformed finger :cool:

. Maybe you'll get a cool barely noticeable deformity too - trust me, it's awesome.

tom_nieto · 4 May 2011 at 00:16

It'll turn black and fall off. Strap it all you want, but it's inevitable!

Fenris · 4 May 2011 at 00:20

GreatAuk said:
No idea about broken bones, but about 6 years ago I trapped my right ring finger in a heavy metal door...

When I was about 6-7 I shut the door of a rusty old Jag on 2 of my fingers, the locks were broken as well so you had to open it with a key, these happened to be inside the house.

I was quite popular for a while because I had to have my hand splinted and wrapped up, however this was countered by the fact I wasn't allowed to use the sandpit

p4radox · 4 May 2011 at 00:33

Broke mine about 7 weeks ago and it's still not healed properly. Should have had it strapped up the whole time really...

Mark A · 4 May 2011 at 02:52

How do you know its broken? I punched a TV screen years ago (stupid I know) and all my hand swelled up like a balloon, I didn't even think I could have broken something.

Was very painful for a good few week from what I remember.

mp3duck · 4 May 2011 at 08:29

I had an X-ray to confirm the break.
I am making sure it's always strapped

Ben Harrison · 4 May 2011 at 08:42

GreatAuk said:
No idea about broken bones, but about 6 years ago I trapped my right ring finger in a heavy metal door... swelled up and hurt for a few days, and then just went normal coloured again, but remained slightly enlarged - to this day my right ring finger bone in the second segment is bigger, the bone feels to be larger and a bit bumpy. I love my slightly deformed finger . Maybe you'll get a cool barely noticeable deformity too - trust me, it's awesome.

I did exactly the same thing to my right index finger (going over the bars on my BMX) years ago. It has full strength & flexibility back now, but if I compare my index fingers looking from above, the right one is noticably wider (and slightly bumpier-feeling) around the knuckle. And it still hurts occasionally if I climb/grip a lot in the cold. :confused:

Broken toe

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