I broke my right pinky toe last December by whacking it on my tv stand as I ran around my coffee table to get food during a commercial.
Well, it finally heeled, and then I whacked it on my bathroom door jamb while having a midnight pee.
Not two hours ago I went and whacked it again on my bathroom door jamb. Now the nail is bloody and oh-so painful.
I swear, I should cut the damn toe off with a rusty pair of pruning shears. Grrr!!!
If you can currently walk without too much pain, try walking in a straight line down a hall or something. Pay attention to what your right leg does–see if you’re swinging it out a little on each step. Little habits like that can develop while you have an injured leg or foot, and swinging a foot outside shoulder-width is a good way to stub a toe again. If that’s what you’re doing, at least you’ll know what habit you need to break.
In the meantime, I sympathize. Stubbing a toe sucks.
I used to be bad about stubbing my toe (like, splitting-the-big-toe-nail-in-half bad), until I found a simple solution. House slippers.
There’s no shame in installing padded walls (and furniture) in your house.
Something simple, I know, but are you truly looking where you are going? I’m terrible about running into things and usually, it’s because I’m not really looking down.
Oh, man, I sympathize. I cracked my bare nekkid big toe hard against the metal facing of a step as I was ascending earlier today. I saw stars and wanted to cry.
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For me it’s my left pinkie toe. It’s basically a maraca with a split nail now. monstro called it. Slippers help a lot. I resisted for years, but it’s true.
I think Balance is on to something, to. Sort of like when you bite the inside of your lip and raise a welt and then keep biting the same spot. Maybe by favoring your hurt foot you’re throwing it out into the danger zone.
I hope you get it solved soon. Pain with every step is awful.
Are you sick? When I get a bad head cold, I literally walk into walls. I think my inner ear gets messed up, and my sense of space gets wonky.
I keep burning my hands on the oven and slicing my fingers when I’m chopping food, but I think it’s just because I cook a lot. I really would love to stop doing these things though!
Slipper tip: Crocs. I rarely wear them out of the house, but Crocs as houseshoes are da bomb. I have fur-lined numbers for winter and regular for summer.
I know this doesn’t help and that this post was like 12 years ago but all my toenails are decently long except my right pinky which is super short due to stubbing it 2-3 times a day.
Sometimes it’s as simple as bad eyesight on one side. Or both.
This made me laugh!
This was an interesting topic, because i have the same problem as the OP. Only my right foot, but ive broken my toes about 5 times should i guess, usually the middle ones. I have a habit of going barefoot, and being too fast for my feet and closing doors while i enter the door, and the door runs over my toes while i pass. Lots of blood.
Also i hit my toes regularly on open doors down at the corner of the door. My most painful was when i stubbed my toes on a dumbbell i had lying on the floor. Broke two middle toes.
Anyways, i feel clumsy when it happens so regularly. Right foot as i mentioned. Weird.
Doctor recommended. Seriously. I didn’t subscribe to it until I bashed a pinky toe (which still bothers me umpteen years later). Now I wear leather boat shoes in the house.