I got this when I changed shoes.
First, make sure it is turf toe and nothing something else. My doctors #1 diagnostic procedure is to jump up and down on the affected foot.. if it doesn't hurt, then nothing is broke.. maybe just turf toe.
So he had me do a turf toe tape (many results on google)... basically wrap a ring of athletic tape around the middle of my foot, wrap a ring around my big toe... run some thingers between them. Stopped big toe from bending, let my turf toe recover as I ran over 3-4 weeks.
The downside: No matter how I taped, I got blisters from the tape. So I had to have a lot of blisters as my turf toe healed... when it was healed and I stopped taping, blisters went away and all was well.
Turf toe does take a while to heal, but its not the kind of injury that should 100% sideline you. I went down to 50% mileage as it healed as I didn't really need to do huge miles (was training for an Oly tri).
First, make sure it is turf toe and nothing something else. My doctors #1 diagnostic procedure is to jump up and down on the affected foot.. if it doesn't hurt, then nothing is broke.. maybe just turf toe.
So he had me do a turf toe tape (many results on google)... basically wrap a ring of athletic tape around the middle of my foot, wrap a ring around my big toe... run some thingers between them. Stopped big toe from bending, let my turf toe recover as I ran over 3-4 weeks.
The downside: No matter how I taped, I got blisters from the tape. So I had to have a lot of blisters as my turf toe healed... when it was healed and I stopped taping, blisters went away and all was well.
Turf toe does take a while to heal, but its not the kind of injury that should 100% sideline you. I went down to 50% mileage as it healed as I didn't really need to do huge miles (was training for an Oly tri).