X ray or wait?

[JetskiSkyJumper]

My teen bashed their toes last night. They're a bit swollen (not a lot), no bruising but they're struggling to weight bear. We've rice-d overnight.

My husband said the no bruising/can move their toes without screaming means there's no breaks. I'm not so convinced. They never make a fuss and usually have a high pain threshold.

Wwyd?

Have you given painkillers and elevated the foot?

Elevated yes. They won't take any painkillers or calpol (autistic, it's an issue I know)

Can be breaks with or without bruising but tbh not much can be done for broken toes anyway. Try to keep weight off foot for a day or two, can take weeks to heal though!

They wouldn't do anything for broken toes really anyway apart from strapping them up. Could you gently strap them? Rest, ice, evelvation and then as much distraction as possible. Will they take painkillers in a yoghurt?

In the big tie involved, if it is get an xray. I broke my big toe a couple of years ago on holiday didn't have any bruising. Ignored it and finally got it checked out when I hit home and I had a fracture and had chipped the bone. Too late to do anything by then, got told off and that I should have been in a boot.

I broke my toe quite badly earlier this year it wasn't bruised or particularly swollen straight away that took a few days. Also it's not true that they won't do anything, I had to see a surgeon and have the knuckle relocated and they were considering surgery, they did some funny strapping around the foot and gave me a special shoe to wear. I only kicked (accidentally) a box with some heavy stuff in it as I walked past. I broke my toe in 4 places, a further fracture through the knuckle and broke a metatarsal , it can't hurt to have it x rayed