Running with broken toe

[Coco H]

I am fairly sure I have broken my toe. No point going anywhere to get it confirmed. It won't bend but the good news is the end is numb. I only did it this morning so I went for a run.
I run 5 times a week and wondering how it's going to be when the feeling returns. I presume if I strap it to the toe next door that it should be fine.

[JumboBeef]

Coco H said:

I am fairly sure I have broken my toe. No point going anywhere to get it confirmed. It won't bend but the good news is the end is numb. I only did it this morning so I went for a run.
I run 5 times a week and wondering how it's going to be when the feeling returns. I presume if I strap it to the toe next door that it should be fine.

Er, really? So you have a digit which has lost feeling (so maybe compromising nerve damage or loss of circulation) and not only are you not going to get medical help, you are going to go running on it....?

And if you get gangrene in the toe/foot/leg.....?

[Streps]

I would get it checked personally.
Are you sure the feeling is going to return?

[The_Doc]

if it's properly broken, you won't be able to run.

really, really quite painful for a while.



but smaller cracks and stable fractures are not quite so sore..

[bigandclever]

Coco H said:

the good news is the end is numb

That's more on the bad news end of the scale...

[Coco H]

Well the update is I can feel it in high heels. I tried to squash my foot in to my four inch heels and walked a single step. It smarted a fair bit. Now got pins and needles in it.

[JumboBeef]

Coco H said:

Well the update is I can feel it in high heels. I tried to squash my foot in to my four inch heels and walked a single step. It smarted a fair bit. Now got pins and needles in it.

Numb. Pins and needles. And you're still not worried?

[Coco H]

Not now. Can feel it and yes it hurts. GP said tape it and ignore it. ETA I do have the intelligence of an amoeba today.

[Slink]

high heels ehh?

cross dresser or person of the womanly persuasion?

[Coco H]

Female.