Severe Turf Toe

Honestly, i never knew what it was till i got it. From what i understand many athletes get it from the turf, but other surfaces as well, due to low sprinting/pushing etc..Football players prone to it.

anyway been playing alot of raquetball for the last 8 months and after taking many years off of playing. Over the first three months of getting back into it, i pulled both calf muscles. one so bad i bled internally and the blood flowed to my ankle so that swelled as well. Month 5, as i was playing i lunged for the ball which was riding right along the side walll. i lunged straight into the wall and when i landed my foot got wedged in between the wall and floor. My full body wieght pushed on that foot and as my toes bent from the wedge, i heard this POP. I stopped playing immediately as i knew something was wrong. Well before i knew it, i could not walk on that foot. I hyperextended the toe so bad that i tore tendons and blodd vessels. My whole foot swelled purple due to the internal bleeding and i could not walk on it. Very painful. Kid you not, it has now been 3 months and i still have discomfort. Doc says 6 months to heel.

anyone get turf toe before?

Turf toe sucks! It is very common if football, and the slightest movement can prolong healing. Even taping it up doesn't really do anything but allow you to perform in pain. Best to just rest it up, and maybe do some stationary cardio for now.

yeah i had something like that happen a few months ago. my toe looked stupid it was so swollen and the top of my foot was bruised as well