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A "Sprained Toe" is a stretching or tear to one or more
ligaments of the toes. Toe sprains may be difficult to
distinguish from a broken toe as so many of the symptoms are
similar. An x-ray may be the way to diagnose if is
just a sprain.
Toe Sprains are usually caused by banging
the toes - like walking into the bed post at night or
stubbing your toe on any hard object. Small tears and even
full ruptures of the ligaments (ligaments join bone to bone
and tendons attach muscles to bone).
Football and Soccer players are
susceptible to toe sprains as the have to kick the ball so
often. Other activities like tap dancing, breakdancing,
ballroom, Irish, Scottish and Latin dancing, ballet and even
skate boarding can all lead to potential toe sprains.
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