Have you recently dropped something on your foot or accidentally run into a bedpost or the wall? If you have and you have a lot of foot swelling? It is possible that you may have fractured one or more of your toes. If you have, you may see lots of swelling, bruising and have a lot of pain. If your swelling is not going down and it has been a couple of days, then you should go and see your podiatrist so that you can have x-rays done to confirm if they are fractured and whether or not the bone is displaced.If you do have a fracture, it will depend on the type and appearance on x-ray as to what treatment will be best for you. You may be able to get away with just wearing a boot or a postop shoe or you may need to have surgery. None of this can be decided until you have an x-ray. The important thing to remember is that it is much easier to do surgery on a newly fractured bone because not as much healing has occurred. Better reduction will be able to be achieved and your bone will look much more like it is supposed to.
If you have dropped something on your foot recently, you should seek care from your podiatrist. If you live in the North Reading or North Billerica, Massachusetts area, Dr. Wachtel would be more than happy to see you and help treat your feet. We are also happy to announce our Methuen and North Andover offices located at 451 Andover St. Suite 300, North Andover MA 01845 and 87 Jackson St, Methuen, MA 01835.
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