How to Treat a Broken or Sprained Toe

A broken or sprained toe is often an injury that you can treat at home. Follow these directions in order to heal your broken toe.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Ice your broken toe 4 times a day for about 15 minutes. This will minimize injury swelling and relieve some of the pain of a sprained toe.

2. Take ibuprofen or any other anti-inflammatory in order to ease the discomfort of a toe injury.

3. Rest your injured toe. Stay off of a sprained or broken toe as much as possible in order to allow it to heal.

4. Elevate your injury in order to lessen the pain of an injured toe, and also to lessen swelling.

5. Wear stiff soled shoes in order to provide a little extra support for a broken toe.

6. Tape a broken toe to the toe next to it in order to keep the injury stable and speed up recovery.

7. See a doctor if toe pain persists or stays sore and swollen for more than 3 weeks. There may be a severely torn ligament or broken bone fragment in your toe.

Tips & Warnings

• Most of all; let your sprained toe rest!