10 Broken Toe Symptoms
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
Toes are important for maintaining balance, walking, and running, but you probably take them for granted until one of them is fractured or sprained. And this happens more often that you might imagine.
As a matter of fact, in 2007, out of the 117 million visits to the emergency departments in the United States, 14.6 percent were lower extremity injuries and 36 percent of these lower extremity injuries were broken toes.
Broken toe injury occurs as a result of falls, dropping objects on the toe, or stress. While they have some similarities, a broken toe is different from a sprained toe. Below are the 10 most common broken toe symptoms.
