Broken Toe

[sparks19]

My poor momma thinks she broke her pinky toe. She stubbed it really hard and she says it's swollen and black and blue. I told her to ice it and stay off it as much as possible... which will be torture for her.

Any other advice for a broken toe?

[lvpets2002]

Ouch I know that hurt real bad.. Good Advise.. Hope all is better soon..

[kuhio98]

I've broken my big toe a couple of times. Only advice is to keep it elevated whenever possible and ice it down for the swelling. In my opinion, it's a waste of time and money to go to the doctor and have it splinted. But, if there is a medical supply store close by, you can get a soft cast thingy to protect her toes while it is healing.

[wolflady]

I've broken my big toe a couple of times. Only advice is to keep it elevated whenever possible and ice it down for the swelling. In my opinion, it's a waste of time and money to go to the doctor and have it splinted. But, if there is a medical supply store close by, you can get a soft cast thingy to protect her toes while it is healing.

I agree. The only thing they can really do at the hospital is tape your toes together and then charge you $1000 for it.

When I broke my toe (it was the toe next to the pinky toe), I did pretty much what Kuhio describes above. I kept it iced and elevated, and then I also taped my toes together with medical tape whenever I was moving around.

[sparks19]

I agree. The only thing they can really do at the hospital is tape your toes together and then charge you $1000 for it.

When I broke my toe (it was the toe next to the pinky toe), I did pretty much what Kuhio describes above. I kept it iced and elevated, and then I also taped my toes together with medical tape whenever I was moving around.

LOL well there is no charge for going to the Dr in Canada... but it's not worth the hours and hours she will have to wait since she can't get a family Dr lol.

I didn't think about taping it.... I will recommend that to her. That is what I did when I broke my finger a long time ago.

[Freedom]

I broke the middle toe from stubbing it a few years back. Went to the doc, she sent for x rays then agreed, "YUP, it's broke." Gee, I KNEW THAT! It looked like a big purple sausage!

So then she taped it to the toe next to it and said to keep it taped until it felt better, and then keep it taped one week more. AND she told me not to walk around the house bare foot anymore!!!!

She went to med school for THAT! And the bill! (It was less than my deductible so I had to pay it; the x rays were covered.)

Hope your mom feels better soon!

[GrabaLab]

She could get some flexible medical tape and piggyback tape it to her next toe using that toe as a splint for the broken toe.