so, broken toe?

[nostatic]

Stubbed it on furniture either yesterday or the day before. Started hurting a lot after a short motorcycle ride yesterday afternoon, then hurt a lot last night. This morning it looks like this. I assume it isn't worth a trip to the doc as I don't think there is any treatment for it.

[masraum]

My guess is that it's broken. They would probably just tape it to the one to the left.

Are you using a lawn mower to trim your nails?

[nostatic]

ha - I have fairly messed up nail beds from years of my feet getting abused in sports. I lost track of how many time my feet got stepped on playing basketball. You really don't want to see the other foot.

On the positive side in that photo you can see there part of my foot ground off in the moto accident and it is mostly back

[Jim Richards]

In my professional opinion, it's probably broken. You just need to slip a sock over that foot and tough it out until it heals.

[Rot 911]

Originally Posted by masraum

My guess is that it's broken. They would probably just tape it to the one to the left.

Yep I treat them just like I do broken fingers. Just tape it to the one to the left, take some aspirin and drive on. Elevate it whenever you can.

[9dreizig]

Tell Noah930 it's a really ugly hand and he'll work on it for free..

[VINMAN]

I broke the three little ones on my left foot after dropping a transmission on them.

Doctor taped them up and sent me on my way. Not much you can do.

[Head416]

Careful... my wife hurt her toe a few years ago. Xrays didn't show anything, so they had her tape it to the neighboring toe. It ended up healing crooked, they re-Xrayed and found the fracture. Now her toe is crooked and causes serious pain and they say the only way to fix it is surgery.

I broke a toe years ago, taped it to the neighbor, it healed fine. No problems.

YMMV

[Joe Bob]

Could be or you broke a blood vessel.

BTW, cut them nails with a dull hacksaw?

[madmmac]

Probably....recover as noted above.

Suggestion, you need to wear wider shoes.

[DonDavis]

I did the same to number 3 and it was purple/black like that. Just taped it to its neighbor and limped around for a week or so.
However, if it were the big toe, I'd see a doc.

[cstreit]

Yep. Tape it to the next one and suck it up.

...and are you trimming your nails with an angle grinder?

[Head416]

I'll add: I think it's better that you tape it to the weaker neighbor rather than the stronger neighbor to try to avoid the healing crooked thing.

[syncroid]

Ouch! Been there and done that but with the three smaller toes.
That trim job looks more like the rip and tear with a pliers method.

[nostatic]

lawn mower, dull hacksaw, angle grinder and pliers. We're off to a good start...

Maybe some of you guys can give me the number of a good pedi shop that you use

[Head416]

Sure! It's on the corner of... oh, wait. That was a joke, wasn't it?

Nevermind.

[LeeH]

Originally Posted by nostatic

lawn mower, dull hacksaw, angle grinder and pliers. We're off to a good start...

Maybe some of you guys can give me the number of a good pedi shop that you use

I figured you were just using your teeth.

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by nostatic

lawn mower, dull hacksaw, angle grinder and pliers. We're off to a good start...

Maybe some of you guys can give me the number of a good pedi shop

I aint into all that foo foo stuff, but daaim dude!
Here, try this guy:

[Burnin' oil]

Originally Posted by nostatic

lawn mower, dull hacksaw, angle grinder and pliers. We're off to a good start...

Maybe some of you guys can give me the number of a good pedi shop that you use

Ordinarily, I would say that a dude getting a pedi is a bit unnecessary but in this case, I would probably pay for it.

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by Head416

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I broke a toe years ago, taped it to the neighbor, it healed fine. No problems.

YMMV

I certainly hope you and your neighbor were on good speaking terms!