Unknowingly broken toe?

[dibbers006]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 17 December 2023 at 11:49

[K77 CTR]

Highly unlikely to break it without knowing. How long has it been painful for and where is the pain?

[R300will]

You could have a stress fracture, these don't often hurt straight away but can do soon after.

[Sheets Tabuer]

You'd know if you broke it, I have extremely long toes (OH says my toes are vile and look like fingers) and I've broken them a lot simply by catching the bloody things as I walk around

Yes I'm a freak.

[R300will]

dibbers006 said:

R300will said:

You could have a stress fracture, these don't often hurt straight away but can do soon after.

I was under the impression that doctors tell you to just get on with it in this case so not much I can do anyway?

pretty much but do keep weight off it if this is the case to allow it to heal. If it was properly broken you should probably feel a bump where the bone has healed

[F i F]

Sheets Tabuer said:

You'd know if you broke it,

This ^^^

I've broken quite a few toes in my time, mostly smaller ones and you certainly know it. First time doctor was more interested in my double jointed toes.

"Look nurse, double jointed."
Waggles unbroken toe.
Then waggles broken toe.
Nurse scrapes me from ceiling.

Git!

[Sheets Tabuer]

It's always been different, sometimes the shock was so bad I didn't feel pain, other times it was closer to a sharp bop on the nose. It has always been accompanied by swelling, rather a lot of and if you touch them they are numb (feels like pins and needles)

Another thing I got was years ago in the army, swelling of the sheath of a nerve under my foot, it was extremely painful to stand on when you caught it and the pain shot up my 2nd and 3rd toe, your description reminds me of that.

[ctdctd]

My dad broke his little toe in 1946

It stayed broken until it went manky in 1976 and he had it chopped off

HTH - BIDI :-)

[Sheets Tabuer]

I take it all back, the OH had a crate fall on her arm at work a month ago and said "tis but a scratch"

She woke up this morning and there was quite a bit of swelling so I told her to go to A&E, an X-ray has revealed two fractures in her wrist!

[LordGrover]

I had a painful toe years ago... GP diagnosed gout. Put up with it for a few years but was often quite painful.
Saw physio about unrelated issue but happened to mention toe pain. He said "I'll bet GP has diagnosed gout - it almost never is". He had a feel and prod in my foot and claimed to find a 'dislocated'/errant small bone in my foot. A quick squeeze and vague click and it's been right as rain since. Five years-ish.

[R300will]

dibbers006 said:

My toe still hurts if I put any pressure on it. Climbing a ladder for example is painful and it feels weak.

It isn't all the time though so I know a Doctors visit will be pointless.

Hope your lady friend heals swiftly

You may have damaged the joint capsule in your toe which only tends to hurt when good pressure is put through it e.g. climbing down a ladder putting most of your weight on your toes. In this case it is just anti-inflammatory and wait i am afraid, it takes a while. I damaged my left index finger sledging whenever we had a good snow in december. Still hurts now if i put serious pressure through it.