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Originally Posted by fredr123
I am not a doctor (obviously)...
In my past personal experience, whether a toe is broken, sprained or bruised is usually a distinction without a difference. Unless it's the big toe or it's jutting off in some crazy angle, there's not really much you can do about it. Ice it up, tape it to the toe beside it and go about your business.
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I've broken and/or bruised more toes than I can remember or count, and you're 100% correct. They hurt like hades, but unless it's a badly broken big toe all the doctor is going to do is give you a painkiller prescription. Might as well just tank up on Tylenol with codeine and save yourself a long wait in a doc's office or ER. I find washing Tylenol & codeine down with scotch amplifies the analgesic benefit as well.