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My Poor Toe
I was at a friends house and I was playing on her brothers skateboard. Stupidly I was wearing sandals and I fell. I hurt my toe and it looks fine but it hurts when I walk and it looks a bit swollen. I'm not sure if I broke it, fractured it, or just stubbed it really bad but I would appreciate any suggestions that would make the healing process faster!
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Actually, I recently got almost exactly the same condtion. It's ok, it heals pretty fast... Wear comfortable shoes, limp if it hurts. I personally don't like splints, but it might be a good idea. Splints basically keep you from bending it, and it probably hurts when you bend it. It'll be bruised for a while, but don't worry too much. You probably just stubbed it really bad, like I did.
(By the way, if you want to know how I stubbed mine- I was playing blindman's bluff, and I ran headfirst into a pole at full speed. My toe hit it head-on. Actually, so did my head.)
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Find a medication or something. Give it treatment and for next time be careful!
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Even if you broke your toe there is really not anything a doctor can do about it. So just put ice on it if it is starting to swell. A bag of frozen peas works great! And try to wear open toe shoes so you don't put any pressure on it. It should be fine in a couple of weeks!
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Yeah...I think you just stubbed it really bad...there isn't much more I can say on remedy-ing it though, sorry. Don't know much about that.
Oh! Maybe you jammed it! In which case you either pull it out, VERY GENTLY, or you just let it heal itself w/o you intervening.
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Take some ice and hold on there. Or you can take an ace bandage( you can find them at a local drugstore) and wrap it around your foot keeping your toe securely against your foot. If that still doesn't take the pain away wait about 1 to 2 days and then go to the hospital to get it looked at. Try not to put presure on it unless you absalutly have to. Hope you feel better.
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Just ice your toe for 30 min and then put a heated cloth on it for 10 min and that should help the pain go away and reduce any future swolleness.
Cspinoza1
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If you broke it, it would probably hurt enough for you to want to go to the doctor. With broken toes, they usually just tape them to the next one and give you pain killers, but anyway, I doubt if you broke it.
For things like sprains the best thing is to keep it up. Whenever you can sit down and put it on a foot stool, or up on a sofa on pillows. Ice actually may make it feel better. It takes down swelling. You can also try aspirin or ibuprofen (advil or motrin) if you are over 15 and it is ok with your parents (read the box on how much to take.) In any case it should be better in within 2 or 3 days.
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You probably need some sort of medicine like ICY HOT which will make the muscles feel better. Don't put ice on it otherwise it'll tighten and hurt more. Hope it gets better
Lizzy
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