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2007-05-11 10:03 AM

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Subject: broken toe
just broke my left ring toe. one week before my first sprint tri. its sends excruciating pain when i try to run or rind on it. what do i do.


2007-05-11 10:35 AM
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Owie!  Have you seen the doc yet?  I hate to say this, but unless a doc says to run on it, I'd let it heal.  It's tough to take, but there WILL be other triathlons....
2007-05-11 12:53 PM
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but ive been trainin hard since jan to do this tri. man i want it so bad
2007-05-11 1:10 PM
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I'm in the same boat. 4 weeks until my first of the season and I break my right little toe. Dr. says its a displaced fracture and if it isn't looking better in two weeks I may have to have a screw put in. Hopefully I will not miss the one in July. Good luck.
2007-05-12 12:16 AM
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Tape it to your middle toe and don't make things worse by running or biking on it. I did this last year.Figured I could at least ride a week later. Wrong, that sucker blew up to twice it's size.
2007-05-13 1:06 AM
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Woke up from a nap and broke my toe too... How sad... How long does it take to heal? Does anyone know? My first tri is in exactly...one month...


2007-05-13 6:15 PM
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I think I have broken my big toe, playing soccer. It won't move and I can't put much weight on it. Plus it has a funny clicking sound.

I don't want to get an x-ray to confirm bad news.
2007-05-14 10:23 AM
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You all need to suck it up and go get an x-ray.

Fractures of the smaller bones in the toes are nto a big deal and heal in about 6 weeks, but any fracture that extends into a joint, especially the metatarsal joint...the joint at the base of your toes, can cause continued pain long after it heals. Especially if the fracture involves your big toe.

There may be absolutely nothing you can do to treat it and the doc many say, "do whatever doesn't hurt", but on the slight chance that you may have a fracture of a foot bone or a fracture into a joint you should go get an xray if you guys are still in pain.

Unless you don't mind a lifetime of arthritis in your foot.

BTW, you don't need to go to the Er for this, go to an urgent clinic, or just call your doctor and ask for an RX for a foot/toe xray b/c you think it's broken. If you can swing that, it will be faster for you and less expensive than gong to the ER. Of course if that doesn't work, then an ER will obviously be able to take care of you.
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