I think I sprained my toe doing nothing other than sitting at my desk yesterday. :-/
Late morning, I was sitting at my desk, doing nothing in particular (I was probably surfing the Dope). I got a slight cramp in my left foot, which is not an unusual thing for me. I am prone to plantar fasciitis, and foot cramps are a common occurrence. The cramp passed, and I started wiggling and flexing my toes, as I do, and damned if it doesn’t feel like I sprained my big toe! I could barely move it either up or down (although down was a little better) without significant pain in the joint at the base of the toe. There was no discoloration, but the joint and the area around it seemed a bit swollen; it’s a bit hard to tell given that it’s a meaty part of the foot.
I could barely walk on the foot; it was OK if I was just standing, keeping most of my weight on my heel, but any kind of walking motion hurt like hell. I put a little ice on it, and spent a lot of the night on the couch with the foot elevated.
This morning it feels better, but a long way from normal. I’ve got better range of motion, and I don’t feel any ache when the foot is still. There’s still pain when I walk, and the pain is local to the top side of the joint; bottom feels normal.
I did a light workout yesterday morning (TRX bands and core work on a ball), but no running. I was fine after the workout. I went to the food store with no problems whatsoever. Didn’t stub my toe, didn’t trip over anything, didn’t hyper-extend it. Like I said above, as near as I can figure, I injured my toe by sitting at my computer. Fuck, I’m old.
Anyone ever have something like this happen? Any ideas what it could be? I understand none of you are my doctors, etc. etc.
I was reaching toward a high shelf and standing tip-toe when I felt a “pop”, like a knuckle cracking. I grabbed the tupperware container I was reaching for and turned to walk away. There was a sharp pain in my left foot at the base of the second(not big) toe. Looking down, I saw that the toe in question was kind of cockeyed - pushing slightly against the big toe and making a wide “V” between the second and third toes. The pain went away in less than an hour, except for momentary sensations when getting up from a sitting position and starting to walk. Even those went away in a couple of days, without any pain since. I did tried manipulating and stretching my toes, but nothing changed. The toe is still fully functional - I can pick up a pencil or a sock with my toes, walk tiptoe, etc., but that “V” is still there.
That was 20(?) years ago. I mentioned it to my doctor once, and he asked if it hurts. I replied in the negative and he said “That’s good. If you don’t want any pain we’ll leave it alone” To this day it looks like I’m giving some kind of Vulcan toe-greeting.
No idea really, but as I get older you would be amazed at the crazy stuff that’s happening to my body. We’ll ignore the major and just talk about the minor stuff:
If I push with my left arm to get up from a chair, I feel a weird pop sometimes, and my shoulder hurts for days.
I get weird cramps in my feet and calves.
Skin is thinning! A nothing scrape against a doorjamb will sometimes bleed.
In other words, aging ain’t for the faint of heart.
I had the same symptoms- woke up one morning, stood up and it felt like I had sprained my toe. It hurt to flex or walk, but if my foot was up or motionless sitting down, no pain. After a week of limping around, icing and ibuprofen, I decided it wasn’t healing right, so I went to a foot doctor. After a quick look and feel, he immediately pronounced that I had gout.
I asked him why I didn’t have the “classic” symptoms and he said there are mild and severe attacks, and not everyone gets the “constant pain, can’t be touched” symptoms. He offered to prescribe colchicine or steroids, but said it would eventually go away, so I went with that. About a week later, the pain was gone.
You know, when I was talking to my wife last night, she said, maybe you have gout," at which I scoffed and flatly stated, “I don’t have gout.” How silly.
I just checked Mayo Clinic. Holy shit - it might be gout! Seriously?!? So, let’s just see what I can do to maybe stave it off. Hmmmm…
Reduce consumption of animal proteins? That’ll be tough, but we’re moving toward a more vegetarian diet anyway, so…OK, I’ll work on it.
Reduce alcohol consumption? C’mon, really? During lockdown? Grrrrr…
To this day it looks like I’m giving some kind of Vulcan toe-greeting.