Last time I broke a toe, I did what Aesop said. Taped it to the next toe over with a cotton boll between them (it's Florida, after all). Skipped the ER. Hurts for about a week. That was long enough ago that, unlike now, something didn't always hurt.
Nondisplaced fracture of the proximal phalanx of the Great Toe. You can give money to the Ortho if you want but this does NOT need surgery or anything but immobilization.
Third comment from another competent nurse/medico, tape it to the buddy next door, follow Aesop's recommendations and leave money and time in your wallet.
I've broken my little toes on both feet. Little Jerks tend to splay sideways and catch furniture or the dog or a suddenly appearing gravitational anomaly. I usually start speaking in tongues at that time. Treatment is generally yanking the sucker out and snapping it into place.
Ah yes. The sort of injury that often comes from kicking something way too hard. Borepatch....there are so many butts asking to be kicked out there. Don't feel you need to take this on all by yourself. A pesky injury but one that should heal up well.
On this image the tarsal bones...the "arch"...is not visualized. What is seen are the first through third metatarsals and phalanges. Leave medicine to us pros...
danialbarger, you were more more accommodating than I would have been. Dale obviously can't read an xray or know his anatomy. I haven't been called a quack in a long time, retired, kinda funny.
Fractured three toes on one foot (every other toe, somehow) after an ice storm back in February. Taped them all together, sat in the recliner with a cold pack. Hurt like the dickens for a week or so.
Your fractures will heal. A stiff soled shoe for the hallux rigidus if the severe arthritis at the base of you big toe gives you problems. Only problem with the distal phlange fracture is if the nail got pulled out of its bed and that makes it an open fracture, prone to serious infection. Swelling is the enemy of healing, keep it up and ace wrap as much as you can.
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Buddy tape and a fracture shoe.
Elevate it, ice it 20" on/20" off, and stay off it as much as possible.
Big motrins.
Next case. ;)
Get well soon ( and don’t be brave, just follow the doctors orders).
juvat
get the friggin handicap windshield hanger.
I did, it seriously reduced the number of ouches on the way to the supermarket scooter.
Last time I broke a toe, I did what Aesop said. Taped it to the next toe over with a cotton boll between them (it's Florida, after all). Skipped the ER. Hurts for about a week. That was long enough ago that, unlike now, something didn't always hurt.
... and hope it's all a smooth recovery.
Nondisplaced fracture of the proximal phalanx of the Great Toe. You can give money to the Ortho if you want but this does NOT need surgery or anything but immobilization.
Third comment from another competent nurse/medico, tape it to the buddy next door, follow Aesop's recommendations and leave money and time in your wallet.
I've broken my little toes on both feet. Little Jerks tend to splay sideways and catch furniture or the dog or a suddenly appearing gravitational anomaly. I usually start speaking in tongues at that time. Treatment is generally yanking the sucker out and snapping it into place.
Weee... Life's fun, isn't it?
Amputation is probably not warranted. I'd just like to say, ouch.
Doesn't look like a toe to me. Looks more like a broken bone in the arch of the foot. Go see the doctor and don't listen to these quacks.
Dale
Ah yes. The sort of injury that often comes from kicking something way too hard. Borepatch....there are so many butts asking to be kicked out there. Don't feel you need to take this on all by yourself. A pesky injury but one that should heal up well.
On this image the tarsal bones...the "arch"...is not visualized. What is seen are the first through third metatarsals and phalanges. Leave medicine to us pros...
Keep foot elevated and don't do more stupid stuff.
May you heal fast....
danialbarger, you were more more accommodating than I would have been. Dale obviously can't read an xray or know his anatomy. I haven't been called a quack in a long time, retired, kinda funny.
And details of the event? Inquiring minds and all that.
Fractured three toes on one foot (every other toe, somehow) after an ice storm back in February. Taped them all together, sat in the recliner with a cold pack. Hurt like the dickens for a week or so.
Owie... You need to stop breaking yourself!
Your fractures will heal. A stiff soled shoe for the hallux rigidus if the severe arthritis at the base of you big toe gives you problems. Only problem with the distal phlange fracture is if the nail got pulled out of its bed and that makes it an open fracture, prone to serious infection.
Swelling is the enemy of healing, keep it up and ace wrap as much as you can.
Ice the foot and the scotch. Quit being a klutz and heal up.
This may not make it into comments, but a bit of wisdom given to me was "Every chance you get, don't phuque up!" I live by it...now.
Tree Mike, the Internets you just won will be arriving via UPS. That made The Queen Of The World laugh out loud.
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