I have had one of my toes dislocate a couple times before, the pain was intense but went away as soon as I popped it back into place, and there was no residual pain. Last night getting up from my desk chair I felt like my toe next to the big toe dislocated but when I looked at it it didn’t really look dislocated, but it’s hard to tell since my toes are crooked anyway. I tried to straighten it with my fingers and it felt a bit better, but it still hurts on the side of the 1st little joint on it. I can bend it and walk on it but it is painful especially with walking. Does anyone know if you can bend the toe and walk on it if it is dislocated?
More likely it was like a toe cramp, where they kind of straighten out funny and hurt?
I have genuinely broken and dislocated/flipped one of toes around (upside down) and trust me, I could not walk on it.
I’m not really sure what you mean by toe cramp, are you able to move it if it is a cramp and do you have to pop it back into place? Would it still hurt now if it was a cramp?
I know there are some doctors on here can any answer my original question?
I mean your toe suddenly goes straight and weird and yes, seems to pop out of place.
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I was a Pointe dancer thru college. We dislocated our toes all the time and danced full out on them. I have one toe that dislocated every time I put on my Pointe shoes. It’s probably dislocated now. I walk on it fine. I have residual arthritis in my toes but no other pain.
Like Beck I have walked and danced on them dislocated, jammed, and broken, with no lasting effects.
I don’t know whether you’re asking “is it possible to walk on them” in which case, yes, but it will hurt. Or if you’re asking, “Will it do permanent damage if I walk on them,” in which case I wouldn’t want to answer–it didn’t seem to hurt me. Or if you’re asking “If I can bend/walk on them, does that mean they are not dislocated?” I don’t know–I think I actually could bend mine, and I certainly could walk on them.
If you want a doctor’s opinion, you should go to a doctor. I don’t think it’s really that fair to ask people to diagnose you over the internet.
IME the doctor will not do much, even if you have an x-ray to prove that it’s broken/discloated/whatever. Broken: tape them together, ice them, stay off them.
Now, IIRC when I broke my fifth metatarsal, I could not move/bend my toes, at least not without using my hands. (Got a boot for that one, had to hump around on crutches for weeks.) I could and did walk around on it for a couple of days though before going to a doctor, when it finally occurred to me that the pain was just not going away and in fact was getting worse.