So i broke my pinky toe

Craig-R · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Posts: 1676

no not wakeboarding, not playing basketball, but the ol' couch Confused

from what i've heard there's nothing i can do except let it heal so i'm not going to waste time going to the doc and getting it X-rayed. Has this happened to anyone else?

Lop · Posted: Mar 30, 2009 5:49 am Post subject:

yes each of them. sucks but you just to got wait it out

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

How do you know it's broken?

8824 · Posted: Mar 30, 2009 6:16 am Post subject: Re: So i broke my pinky toe

Craig-R · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Posts: 1676

there was a loud POP when i kicked the couch, and in the two days following the whole toe is black and blue

Craig-R · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Posts: 1676

8824, no wakeboarding? Sad

Medina · Posted: Mar 30, 2009 6:19 am Post subject:

I had it with my BIG toe!!! Both of them at the same time in summertime! I could still wakeboard ect and to sport although it hurt sometimes, but you cant do anything about just some rest or sporttape!

Good luck mate, rest 2 weeks, and jump on the board and youll do fine Smile

(BTW i also broke it with beach soccer when i hit the ground with my feet instead of hitting the ball Crying or Very sad

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8824 · Posted: Mar 30, 2009 6:57 am Post subject:

8824 · Posted: Mar 30, 2009 6:58 am Post subject:

Craig-R · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 19 Dec 2008 Posts: 1676

yeah the toe doesn't hurt at all when i'm just standing on it, but hurts when i walk so (i don't know if this is me being stupid and naive) it seems like wakeboarding wouldn't be as bad for it, being protected in a boot, as just walking around would

Chad H · Posted: Mar 30, 2009 8:34 am Post subject:

blitzentrapped,
I broke mine in 7th grade i think it was. I was climbing a fence and somehow messed it up. It hurt like a bitch to walk on, but it didn't take too long to heal, just take it easy for a bit.

prior40 · Addict Joined: 20 Feb 2004 Posts: 579 City: Palo Alto

I broke mine when I was 12 when I tripped over a lounge chair. Painful as hell. It was about 4 weeks before the pain was completely gone.

Jensen · Posted: Mar 30, 2009 12:56 pm Post subject:

broke a big toe and a my 4th toe, theres nothing the doctor can do but give you the hard sandal shoe to wear to keep the toe from bending. I tried rushing it and tried wakeboarding but taking my feet out of the bindings would screw the toe up too much so i just stuck to wakesurfing for a few weeks.

shaggyboarder · Posted: Mar 30, 2009 7:09 pm Post subject:

Nothing some good ol tape cant hold together. Id give it a week before you started riding again.

btw turf toe really can be a serious injury to athletes like stated above.

ohsix · Posted: Mar 30, 2009 7:33 pm Post subject:

I broke my big toe playing sand volleyball a few years ago. It hurt like a mother for about a week then slowly got better. Up to a year or two later the one that broke hurt a lot worse when I stubbed it than the other.

Jensen · Posted: Mar 30, 2009 8:31 pm Post subject:

JeffR · Addict Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 608 City: Victoria, BC

I bbroke my pinky flipping off the tramp, I was wakeboarding no problem in a week, just hurt putting the boot on

Medina · Posted: Mar 31, 2009 11:23 am Post subject: