Broke my big toe riding... lane splitting.

[terdog55]

hows bout this?

3 months till I could walk "normal".

 

[jeepjockey]

Danner combat boots? I've been pondering their protection for riding. Did yours have steel or otherwise protected toes?

 

[tzrider]

Haven't broken the big toe, but broke the metatarsal it connects to, along with a couple of others. It was inconvenient for a few weeks and changed the shape of that foot some, but hasn't caused any long term trouble.

 

[silversvs]

:rip:flag Sgt. Hulka

" You better hit those bunks my little babies, or Sergeant Hulka with the "big toe" is gonna see how far he can stick it up your ass. "


First thing I thought of when I saw Beau's post :rofl

 

[Jakemate]

On a sturdy boot note.

I ripped the entire bumper (and air-dam) off a new Jetta when they swerved into me and caught my Sidi Crossfire. Didn't feel a thing, and looked back to see the ruin of the car that just learned a lesson about rubbing up against my weird.

Wasn't that the one on the way to American supercamp?

 

[BillSmith]

total control...

Some help, some sympathy and the devil...

Don't smoke. Inhibits bone repair.

Some research questions the use of NSAIDs i.e. aspirin, ibuprofen or naproxen. A recent study contraindicates non-sterodial anti-inflammatory drugs when injury is broken bone. Jury still out. YMMV.

Don't smoke and no NSAIDs

Contrary View Point

If you walk with a duck waddle, less a problem of balance. Pigeon-toed? Won't feel so good. Ask how I know.

If your foot was turned in this accident, you might start feeling some ligament pain in your knee or ankle. Torque does that. Foot is a good/bad lever.

Don't be surprised if the knee in the opposite leg of injury begins to nag you. Then the hip on the same side. Your gait is effected.

Sympathy from a fellow Dyna rider.

 

[RRR70]

That's why I wear MX boots. They also good at knocking at car doors. Because assholes don't hear the horn.
Heal up man.

 

[Marcoose]

Ouch!

How much in bumper damages?

 

[fawndog]

I'm not sure if I broke anything. I did end up underneath my own dirt bike once (was wearing MX boots), after getting back home I notice this bone in the middle of the foot bulging out the top. Pressing it down hurt but it sorta popped into place.

No foot wear really protects the middle of the foot, and if lane splitting like that I pull both feet up out of the way of getting crushed by my pegs.

 

[Hooli]

Post pictures of your damaged toe.

Toe doesn't post on BARF anymore. :x

 

[larry kahn]

I have a higher sense of vulnerability not wearing boots than not wearing a helmet. Not logical, but still feels scarier.

 

[FreeRyde]

Thats why we dont ride Hardleys.

Mid controls... Lolz

 

[Beauregard]

Danner Fort Lewis. The only boot that might have saved me from injury would me an MX boot.... and I can't see riding a street bike in Tech 10's.

 

[louemc]

Those boots look like they are as protective as anything you can wear on your feet.
While Desert Racing I used boots that were extra long, to have more "crunch zone" in front of my toes.

Actually....Race boots MX or Road race...aren't as protective as they could be.

Racers need sensitivity and finesse at the controls..and klunky doesn't cut it...so...a street boot should be (and you can get away with it, there) thicker and stiffer.

I use Tech3 boots..for the street...feel good about them.

 

[blrmaker]

Long Story Ahead :teeth

So I was riding on my YZ when I made a mistake and dropped the entire bike on my right foot. :nchantr I was wearing "MX" boots. Brand new Fox Comp 5 Boots.

My foot goes black and blue so we head to prompt care since "they can't do much" for a broken toe. :x I then get sent for an Xray just in case and referred to an orthopedic doctor. I was worried that they would have to rebreak my toe if it started to heal the wrong way. :mad

Well they didn't. They had to do surgery to pin my "split" bone back together.

Below is my new hardware: arty




Here is after the dressing was freshly removed:


This happened in November, they released me on Jan 5th. I am not walking completely right just yet. A previous poster mentioned the opposite knee aching, this is true!

At first I thought the "MX" boots failed me, now I think they protected my foot from a far worse injury. :ride

 

[JPK]

Danner Fort Lewis. The only boot that might have saved me from injury would me an MX boot.... and I can't see riding a street bike in Tech 10's.

That boot has a safety toe. Does the edge of the toe cup match where the break is? I've heard other reports of broken toes where toe cup of a steel toe boot was bent backwards and the edge of the steel insert snapped the bone.

 

[auntiebling]

if nothing else it sounds like a good reason to get a badass cane to walk with for a few weeks. be sure to yell at all the shady slo-kids that are looking for socks, cane hoisted high to the heavens, shaking like grandpa simpson, as they leave your store

On a sturdy boot note.

I ripped the entire bumper (and air-dam) off a new Jetta when they swerved into me and caught my Sidi Crossfire. Didn't feel a thing, and looked back to see the ruin of the car that just learned a lesson about rubbing up against my weird.

true bumper testing is done against chrome plated varities. what you did was akin to taking candy from a dead baby

 

[2strokeYardSale]

Been there, done that, foot between boulder and titanium footpeg, probably the same speed, maybe a little faster.

 

[Beauregard]

That boot has a safety toe. Does the edge of the toe cup match where the break is?

Nope. The boot and my foot bent forward, not back.

The doctor said that when they see a break like this in a big toe they always see several other broken bones in the foot and toes. But not this time.

I'm giving the boots high marks.

 

[aminalmutha]

I once folded my big toe under whilst running up stairs in sox. Hurt like a bitch and walked like an olde farte for about a month. It was difficult to ride a motorbike for about a month, too.