My Personal MD: Did You Break A Toe? Don’t Let This Happen To You | Podiatry

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Did You Break A Toe? Don’t Let This Happen To You – (eps 12) – on MPMD Podiatry
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Hello. I’m Dr. Paul Greenberg of Belvedere Podiatry. And this is Belvedere Podiatry on MypersonalMD.

There were many patients I have seen over the years with the misconception that a broken toe did not need treatment and they visited the office 1 to 2 months after their initial injury still in significant discomfort. If the toe is broken or fractured and displaced, not in proper alignment, it needs to be reduced or manipulated to the normal anatomic position. We commonly do this under local anesthesia. It is then splinted to the adjacent toe or toes until it heals.

Non/reduced toes that heal out of alignment may create a deformity with subsequent pain. This may require eventual surgery. The only way to diagnose a fractured toe is to take an x-ray. X-rays will differentiate a fracture, a dislocation, a sprain or other pathology, such as a tumor or arthritis.

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