How do I know if..

[djstealth]

Maybe one of you know, if there is a bruise over a joint does that mean is broken or is a sprain. I fell surfing the other day and I have this bruise on the joint of my toe with no swelling just this pain whenever I walk and since there is so many little bones on that area I was wondering, maybe I broke something and I don't know


PS: yeah I'm that stupid to get an injury off season when during the winter I got completely nothing

[SpottyFish]

If it was broken, it would be swelling and you'd probably be unable to weight bear on it without intense pain. It could just be a bruise.

[thedude]

sounds liek it might just be jammed. i used to do ti to my fingers allt he time back in middle school playign basketball during lunch

[karen]

well it probably is just bruised like has already been mentioned...the first time i really "hurt" myself snowboarding (which now seems like nothing haha) i got like 10 feet of air and freaked out (i was in 7th grade) and landed wrong, and my ankle hurt really badly. i even got to ride the ski patrol sled down! (which actually wasn't that fun...) well, turns out all i did to it was severely bruise it, but i was on crutches for 3 days and it was hella swollen up. so...give it 3 days and it should be fine haha.

[DPancoast]

Im going with the bruised theory. You can't really do anything about it unless you really wanted to tape it to your other toe. Just ice it for now I'd say.