so my daughter has been doing cross fit for some time and came up with something called turf toe.
so have you ever heard of it and if so what can you do to cure or aleviate the symtoms.
so my daughter has been doing cross fit for some time and came up with something called turf toe.
so have you ever heard of it and if so what can you do to cure or aleviate the symtoms.
Most of the people I’ve heard with turf toe end up getting surgery for it.
Here’s one from recent years:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/17625545/bama-tailback-lacy-to-miss-spring-practice-after-turf-toe-surgery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metatarsophalangeal_joint_sprain
It’s a pain to heal correctly, but you don’t necessarily have to have surgery.
John
so my daughter has been doing cross fit for some time and came up with something called turf toe.
so have you ever heard of it and if so what can you do to cure or aleviate the symtoms.
I’ve had it for a year, and it’s been a pain in the butt (or foot). The story of how I injured myself is pathetic. I was walking up carpeted stairs in socks, and I didn’t step far enough onto the step. As I pushed off with my left foot, my right foot slipped down to the stair below and I jammed my toe. This was in the summer of 2012. It wasn’t too bad at first, and I ran a marathon last fall. This spring it got worse, and there were days I could barely walk. My podiatrist recommended a stiff carbon fiber plate to go underneath the sock liner to prevent the toe from bending back too far on pushoff. That may help somewhat, but I’m barely running at all due to PF in the other foot (3 miles 2x week on dirt trails) and the toe hasn’t gotten any better despite the rest and shoe insert. I may think about surgery.
Turf toe results from hyperextension (upward) of the big toe, so she was probably wearing shoes very flexible in the toe region. Treatment depends on degree of tearing of the joint capsule, which would be determined on weight-bearing X-ray. They would have taken X-rays if she received emergency care. If there are moderate symptoms (pain, swelling, bruising, restricted range of motion) and she can bear partial weight on standing, she will likely be treated without surgery.
Yes, seems to occur a decent amount in football.
Ultimately I would do what the doctor suggests, physical therapy, taping, or whatever. Just had a broken big toe, and came across a lot of turf toe wrapping in my spare time. Just due a google search for turf toe wrapping, and turf toe wrapping with k-tape (kinesio tape). Also, if you go to a therapist, make sure he is doing stimming and ultrasound. You can buy a great TENS stim for under $45 that is battery operated. I use mine on any injuries, even with my toe fracture. Doctor said with the type of fracture, I couldn’t run for 6-8 weeks, but since I stimmed, Iced, heated, lightly Ice massaged it, wrapped it every day (with 1 ultrasound a week), when he re-x-ray’d it 4 weeks after the break, he said I could have started running a week earlier. So in effect I cut healing in half. I decided not to run though for another few days, so that it could heal further.
Ice and heat everyday - no more than 15 min at a time of each. Best way to do it, put electric stim on, and while stimming heat the foot for 5-10 minutes, take heat off (leave stim on), and immediately ice 5-10 minutes. Do this 2-3 times a day. Also, ice massage (with stim off) occasionally. The way you do this is to put water in dixi cup, freeze, then cut out bottom and massage area. Make sure she stretches toe after initial healing, and perform exercises. Stretches include 1. calf stretching, 2. tibia stretching, 3. all toes dorsi flexed, 4. all toes plantar-flexed, 5. than individual toes dorsi flexed and 6. plantar flexed, 7. assisted toe seperations. Exercises include 1. curling towel on floor with toes, 2. picking towel up with toes, 3. using band as resistance to dorsi-flex (plus inverted, everted), 4. using band as resistance to plantar flex toes (plus, inverted everted), 5. using band as resistance invert and evert feet 6. seperating toes (toes do all the work, no assisting). When she gets stronger - 7. calf raises - regular, inverted, everted, one-legged, 8. jump rope jumps (without jump rope) varying height and one/two legs.
Good luck,
Chris
Yes, seems to occur a decent amount in football.
Particularly when the athletes are playing on turf… Hence the name.
Also, in order to restore muscle memory, make sure she does one-leg and two-leg balances on wobble boards, and bosu balls in order to awaken her body to realize it has use of the toe again. Again I wouldn’t do this until a Doctor gives the go ahead after the initial stages of healing. If she doesn’t have access to these things, she can simply do one leg balances on the floor, or a folded pillow to make it more challenging. And, to make it even more challenging, she can close her eyes, obviously she should open them if she feels she is about to lose balance.