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Last night I fell down the stairs and landed pretty hard on my "big toe" on my right foot. This morning, when I woke up, it was swolen and slightly bruised. It's extremely painful. I went down the stairs to ask my dad about it, and I forgot to walk on the side of my foot; I took a normal step (foot flat on the ground) and it hurt so bad that I started crying. I have a ballroom dance class and a Jewish/Russian dance class this afternoon. Going to a doctor is not an option. My dad thinks I broke it. What I want to know is, what can I do to make it less painful to dance and walk on? I've already taken pain reliever, but should I tape two toes together?
Thanks.

I don't think you broke it. you most likely just sprained it. a sprain is a simple stretch or tear of the ligaments, by your description of your toe being swollen, and slightly bruised I think it's a sprain. sprains take a while to heal depending on how bad, and how fast you start to take measure on healing it

somethings you can do is put ice on it but!! don't put it on for a long time id say every 15 min and then take it off for a few minutes before putting it on again. this is cause you don't want to damage your already swollen tissue.

try not to move you toe to much (decrease the stress on your right foot)

squeeze your toe (not to the point where its painful) but just every so often to help it move a little more every time with out pain.

id also recommend not dancing or doing any thing with you toe for at least 3 days, if you put to much pressure on an already sprained foot it could lead to a permanent injury, at least that's what I heard.
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If it's a broken toe look at this website

http://www.ncemi.org/cse/cse0929.htm


Any way hope you foot heals fast and hope this information helped
syireen

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(Rating: 5) This has been, by far, the best advice I have recieved yet. Thank you very much, Syireen.
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