How long does a broken or sprain toe take to heal?

Question

I got up to use the bathroom early this morning and on the way back to my room I kicked my 5 lb dumb bell. After swearing for five minutes, I just went back to bed the best I could. I noticed it was a little blue this morning before I took a shower, but it just seems to be getting more blue as the hours pass. I am just wondering how long is the pain going to last, so I will kinow how long I will have to limp around like a cripple!? Thanks!

Answer 1

Ouch!! Can you bend it? If you can then it isn't broken.
But severely sprained and bruised. Its going to take
a while to heal. And if you are like me and bump the
poor toe on every piece of furniture in the house,
you might want to invest in a toe brace or something
to wrap it in to kind of act as a buffer.

Answer 2

The pain could be there for 4-8 weeks.
The blue colour could mean one of two things. A small fracture or simple bruising. If the pain was very severe a small crack is likely which would take 4-6 weeks to fully heal depending on your general health. I would advise and xray to confirm whether there is a fracture. if the fracture is a small crack, no problem. if there's a chip of bone loose, more of a problem.
Get an xray asap if the pain continues for a few more days.

Answer 3

rest Resting is important immediately after injury for two reasons. First, rest is vital to protect the injured muscle, tendon, ligament or other tissue from further injury. Second r., your body needs to rest so it has the energy it needs to heal itself most effectively. Ice: Use ice bags, cold packs to provide cold to the injured area. Cold can provide short-term pain relief. It also limits swelling by reducing blood flow to the injured area. Keep in mind, though, that you should never leave ice on an injury for more than 15-20 minutes at a time. Longer exposure can damage your skin. The best rule is to apply cold compresses for 15 minutes And then leave them off for at least 20 minutes. Compression: Compression limits swelling, which slows down healing. Some people notice pain relief from compression as well. An easy way to compress the area of the injury is to wrap an ACE bandage over it. If you feel throbbing, or if the wrap just feels too tight, remove the bandage And re-wrap the area so the bandage is a little looser. Elevation: Elevating an injury reduces swelling. It's most effective when the injured area is raised above the level of the heart. For example, if you injure an ankle, try lying on your bed with your foot propped on one or two pillows. After a day or two of R.I.C.E., many sprains, strains or other injuries will begin to heal. But if your pain or swelling does not decrease after 48 hours, make an appointment to see your primary care physician or go to the emergency room, depending upon the severity of your symptoms. Once the healing process has begun, very light massage may improve the function of forming scar tissue, cut healing time and reduce the possibility of injury recurrence. Gentle stretching can be begun once all swelling has subsided. Try to work the entire range of motion of the injured joint or muscle, but be extremely careful not to force a stretch, or you risk re-injury to the area. Keep in mind that a stretch should never cause pain. Heat may be helpful once the injury moves out of the acute phase and swelling and bleeding has stopped. Moist heat will increase blood supply to the damaged area and promote healing. Finally, after the injury has healed, strengthening exercises can be begun. Start with easy weights and use good form I would recommend getting a splint to put on your thumb tap ur finger together with other, till better tap toe toe together with other I would recommend getting a splint to put on your thumb u can get from pharmacy for sunburn calamine lotion

Answer 4

Funny you should ask! I recently dropped an 8x10 OSB board on my big toe. Yes it was a heavy *&(^% board and I did swear just like you did and almost passed out! I though, I can go to the hospital and have them tell me it is either sprained, bruised or broken and tape it to my next toe or I can just tape it to my next toe for free and deal with it because that is all they would do, but I would get charged for the info. So I did and it was really blue! But surprisingly within not even 1 week it was good as knew with just the bruising. Miracle, maybe... I have stubbed my to like you did and had it hurt for a couple weeks so I guess it all depends. I can say though "Be Sure to Tape it to your next Toe, it Helps!!!

Answer 5

About 2 weeks although very severe injuries can take up to 3 months. Hope your toe gets better soon.

Answer 6

OUCH......first of all get a night lite.....many years of toes injurys have taught me this.....
If it isn't broken (can you move it...if so not broken) it can vary depending on how bad it is....people never think about their feet and toes until one is hurt....
Wear the most comfortable shoes you can....if will help if you can put some sort of an ace bandage for the pain, with mine i cut one that I already had,,,,it helped....good luck.

Answer 7

Its hard to tell. If it is black and blue it is probably broke. I would make an appointment with my doctor just to be sure that i didnt take the bone completely off course. If it is theyll probably do something to help you. if you dont want to go just put ice on for 20 mins. then take off and repeat for 4 to 5 times. take tylenol or ibprofeun for pain and tough it out

Answer 8

that happened to me except i jumped off the bed and felll on it now i think it is deformed lol but my docter said its fine what nmy mom did was she went to walmart and got these healing sock things their ment foe when your feet hurt or like you said spained it but it has this gel in the sock not loose! but u noe it totally works and it is comfortable

Answer 9

About a week or two, really depends on the severeness.