Bad toes!

[mic]

Might sound funny initially but hell no its not. Had a problem for a while now, seen a piodiatrist and a chiropodist AND a physio and still no joy. everyone blames it on my work shoes (safety boots) but my physio now thinks its some kind of infection. anyway. what it is, is both little toes have swollen like mad, and the toes next to em too. it hurts like hell when i put weight on that side of my feet.... underneath the foot at the 'start' of the toes are agony. due to walking like a cripple trying to avoid putting weight on the outside of my feet, my big toes are now no longer straight but are slanted towards the rest of my toes, in turn squashing them up to the next and so on so on. when ive been sat down a while its painful as hell. when ive been active, they dont seem so bad.
after my 1st bjj session i almost cried the next day with every footstep as ive obviously used my feet in differnt ways than i normally would with the floorwork etc. not something im blaming on bjj - as i say, its an ongoing thing problem and i probably shouldve known better

im booked in at the doctors next week for another look. but untill then i still have to work and live a normal life etc but does anyone know a good way of soothing feet - or specifically toes?! ive tried ice packs and alsorts but nothing really works. if its an infection then yes, im sure there isnt much i can do without medication of some sort but there must be a way to releive them a little?? any suggestions welcome

[JoaNor]

Originally Posted by mic

Might sound funny initially but hell no its not. Had a problem for a while now, seen a piodiatrist and a chiropodist AND a physio and still no joy. everyone blames it on my work shoes (safety boots) but my physio now thinks its some kind of infection. anyway. what it is, is both little toes have swollen like mad, and the toes next to em too. it hurts like hell when i put weight on that side of my feet.... underneath the foot at the 'start' of the toes are agony. due to walking like a cripple trying to avoid putting weight on the outside of my feet, my big toes are now no longer straight but are slanted towards the rest of my toes, in turn squashing them up to the next and so on so on. when ive been sat down a while its painful as hell. when ive been active, they dont seem so bad.
after my 1st bjj session i almost cried the next day with every footstep as ive obviously used my feet in differnt ways than i normally would with the floorwork etc. not something im blaming on bjj - as i say, its an ongoing thing problem and i probably shouldve known better

im booked in at the doctors next week for another look. but untill then i still have to work and live a normal life etc but does anyone know a good way of soothing feet - or specifically toes?! ive tried ice packs and alsorts but nothing really works. if its an infection then yes, im sure there isnt much i can do without medication of some sort but there must be a way to releive them a little?? any suggestions welcome

It could be your walking boots... try putting thick and soft soles in your working boots...

If its some sort of an infection, its probably a fungus of some sort...

[mic]

ive tried 3 sorts of insoles given to me and none of them made any difference. yea im guessing its some sort of fungus but there must be some sort of pain relief i could do 'till its sorted

[kfmomma]

Did they rule out tendonitis? It sounds like you may have that and it can take up to a full year to go away. I got it in my heel and it was so painful I could barely walk and I could have nothing even brush up against it. It took almost a year to go away. It was swollen, hot to the touch, hurt like hell. It is not fun and man I have broken and injured toes thru out the years and man is it ever painful. You wouldn't think such a small little joint and bone in your body could hurt that much- ouchy. I hope they find out what is going on and you find something that helps.