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Types of Toe Injuries

• Fractures are broken bones. Toe fractures can occur if the toes are stubbed against a hard object, such as a bed leg or rock. They can also happen if a heavy object is dropped onto the toes. The little toe can break by catching it on something when walking in bare feet. Fractures of the big toe can be very painful. They make it hard to walk, since the big toe bears a lot of weight when walking.
• Dislocations happen when a bone is pulled out of its a joint socket. Dislocation of the small toe joints can occur with toe injuries.
• Sprains are stretches and tears of ligaments. These often occur in sports injuries. Ligaments in the foot can pull away from the bone they are attached to.
• Strains are stretches and tears of muscles.
• Bruising can occur from a direct blow.
• Skin Injury examples are a cut, scratch, scrape or bruise.
• Nail injuries. These can occur from a direct blow which causes a bruise under the nail. They also happen from a nail being partly or fully torn from its nail bed. Pain may be severe.

Pain Scale

• Mild: you feel some pain. But, the pain does not keep you from your normal activities. Work, activities and sleep are not changed.
• Moderate: the pain keeps you from doing some normal activities. It may wake you up from sleep.
• Severe: the pain is very bad. It keeps you from doing all normal activities.