<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Roland Hood:</div><div class="quote_post">Hm OK. I dunno I just figured if I sprained my big toe I'd jump and cut off the other 4 </div> Not too be overly sarcastic, but, give it a shot. How do you move with your big toe off the floor? The ball of your foot is directly attached. You need the muscles that are hurt to lift it out of contact, so that won't work. Any other toe and he would be fine. I have found that when my big toe is off because I've jammed it or get a cut on the bottom or bruised it anyway that my whole stride get's thrown off when running. That screws up my knee and my hip which then throws my back out of whack and my chiropractor starts planning his new car purchase. Granted, no one pays me millions of dollars to run, but if he hurts the team by playing than he should sit out.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> First metatarsophalangeal joint ? This is the joint at the base of the big toe. A sprain of this joint is called turf toe, and is usually caused by hyperextension (extreme backward bending) of the big toe. The typical scenario involves either a football player or a ballet dancer who falls forward while the big toe is planted flat against the ground. In football, turf toe is most common in players who wear lightweight soccer-style shoes while competing on artificial playing surfaces. The relatively flexible soles of their shoes probably offer inadequate protection for the metatarsophalangeal joint, increasing the risk of a turf-toe injury. The situation is probably similar for ballet dancers, particularly males. </div> www.intelihealth.com Prognosis is pain fades in 2-3 weeks. Symptoms <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> pain and tenderness in the ball of the foot and the big toe swelling and bruising of the ball of the foot and the big toe inability to bear weight on the ball of the injured foot inability to push off on the big toe reduced range of motion in the big toe </div> University of Pittsburgh Medical Center The real scary thing is that if you do not rest it and treat the symptoms, it can be come a chronic injury that can come back or never leave. It can permanently impact the strength of pushing off that foot. Kedric Brown had the same injury back in Nov. 2002. So did Stromile Swift this year. I am not sure how long they were out, but it was more than one week. It sounds silly, but when you look at the skeletal and ligament structure of a foot and the mechanics of motion...that big toe joint is the focal point. I don't blame people for raising an eyebrow, but when you look into it you realize it is serious in the short term but that it can be VERY serious in the long term if you come back too early.
You can't avoid putting pressure on your big toe. You simply have to have a high tolerance for pain to play with it. And if you cut off one of your toes, you'd fall over trying to run down the court.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Casual:</div><div class="quote_post">You can't avoid putting pressure on your big toe. You simply have to have a high tolerance for pain to play with it.</div> Exactly. It may seem a small injury, but in a spot which involves as much footwork as basketball, you can't avoid using your toes excessively. If Lew can't even run on a treadmill comfortably, how do you expect him to come out and contribute meaningfully in a cutthroat Game Five?
