How long does it take to recover from a broken toe?

The big toe is one of the toes on the foot. Like the thumb, although it is short and thick, it has a great impact on limb function. Once the thumb has a disease, life will be disrupted. Therefore, we must pay attention to the health of our thumb. Many accidents in life are difficult to avoid, for example, thumb fractures are very common. Let’s take a look at how long it takes to recover from a thumb fracture.

Generally, it takes 1.5-3 months to gradually heal and recover. After a fracture, you can choose conservative treatment or surgical treatment according to your physical condition. The affected limb should be fixed with plaster and immobilized and elevated for rest, and pay attention to regular check-ups.

Metatarsal fractures need to be fixed with plaster. Only by avoiding repeated movement of the fracture site can the fracture heal as soon as possible. Fracture healing generally takes three months, but if you do not fix it, repeated movement of the fracture end in the early stage can easily cause non-healing, so you need to check the film.

The typical manifestations of fracture patients are local deformation after injury, abnormal movement of limbs, and bone friction sound when moving the limbs. In addition, the wound is extremely painful, with local swelling and bruising, and movement disorders occur after the injury.

The ultimate goal of fracture treatment is to restore the function of the injured limb to the maximum extent possible. Therefore, in the treatment of fractures, the three basic principles of reduction, fixation and functional exercise are very important.

1. Reset

It is to restore the displaced fracture ends to their normal or close to original anatomical relationship, so as to restore the supporting function of the bones. There are two methods of reduction: closed reduction and surgical reduction.

2. Fixation

After the fracture is reduced, it is unstable and prone to re-displacement. Therefore, different methods should be used to fix it in a satisfactory position so that it can heal gradually. Commonly used fixation methods include: small splints, plaster bandages, external fixation brackets, traction and braking fixation, etc. These fixation methods are called external fixation. If the incision is made during surgery and fixed with steel plates, steel pins, intramedullary nails, screws, etc., it is called internal fixation.

3. Functional exercise

By contracting the muscles of the injured limb, blood circulation in the tissues surrounding the fracture is increased, fracture healing is promoted, and muscle atrophy is prevented. By actively or passively moving the unfixed joints, joint adhesion and joint capsule contracture are prevented, so that the function of the injured limb can be restored to its normal state before the fracture as soon as possible.