My poor toes! - Health + Injury

21/09/2006 at 08:20

The boring bit, but it's background: I have several pairs of Saucony Trigon shoes, which I have always loved and always have in a size 7.5. Except one pair, the lightweights, which I got in a 7 coz that's all they had and my normal shoe is only a six anyway. I have worn these 7s for about 250 miles with no problems, but never more than about eight miles at a time.

the issue: On Sunday I wore them for a three-hour shuffle. No problems at all. Until Monday. And today my big toes STILL feel as though someone's attacked them with a hammer.

the question: There is no visible bruising. Have I got away with it, or could they still go black and eventually fall off?

LozF

21/09/2006 at 08:33

Have a look at the base of the toenail - if there's a slight bluish or reddish tinge, they will go black. If there's nothing there, then you've probably got away with it.

Slugsta

21/09/2006 at 08:35

Jj, Loz is right. It can take a while for the nail to actually turn black so I'm afraid that you might yet lose the nails. Mind you, the pain does not usually last more than a few days so hope that you will soon be more comfortable.

Nessie

21/09/2006 at 08:52

BUT - I've had a black big toe-nail twice that didn't fall off. I really had to go for it (2 marathons in 6 weeks) to get rid of the little blighters.

Try ice cubes on top of your nails, until you can feel the cold in your toes.

Wilkie

21/09/2006 at 09:21

It can take a few days for the nails to go black.

Sometimes though they are just sore for a while and then get better, so you may be lucky.

hillrunner

21/09/2006 at 09:25

Just paint them red you will not see them go black :-)

21/09/2006 at 09:25

oh.

Fank you. I fink.

[peers at pretty li'l pink sparkly toenails in a worried sort of way]

hillrunner

21/09/2006 at 09:30

There is a guy in work that got his two big toe nails off 6 weeks ago god you should see him walk .Looks like he has been too late at missed the toilet.

:-(

cougie

pirate

21/09/2006 at 09:33

I'd lop the toes off. You'll save on nail varnish and pedicures, and have no probs squishing into a nice pair of Jimmy Choos.

Small downside is that you'll walk like a penguin in them - but penguins seem to manage ?

Pink

pirate

21/09/2006 at 09:38

Toe nails are overrated!

I regularly lose 2 toenails on each foot even on short mileage (shoes fine, I just run funny I think).

I now have an amazing array of dark-coloured nail polishes that mean I can live in denial.

By the time they fall off a new one has grown underneath.

Sorry not much help there. Mine don't go very black but I still lose them.

Slugsta

21/09/2006 at 09:39

Jj,re hillrunner's comment - having toenails removed is a very different matter to losing them 'naturally'. I find that it takes several months for my nails to actually fall off and they are entirely painfree long before that.