Unfortunately there is no way to heal jammed toes faster than what your body can do already, but there are ways to make the your jammed toe heal more comfortably. A jammed big toe can be especially sensitive as it receives the most stimuli throughout standard activities throughout the day.
How to Treat a Jammed Toe
A jammed toe when there’s an impact injury, resulting in tremendous pain and swelling. A simple jam can be easily treated at home and the pain will subside in a week or two.
With this easy set up you will have no more jammed toe pain.
Instructions
What you’ll need:
- Ice
- Epsom salts
- Toe splint: I recommend the following splint, I've provided a sponsored link:
Soak, ice and elevate the toe for 20 minutes a day until the pain goes away. Use epsom salts for further pain relief.
Immobilize extremely painful jams by using a toe splint. Use a specific toe splint found at drugstores or wrap a popsicle stick or tongue depressor with medical tape against the toe.
Tape the jammed toe to a healthy one next to it. This is usually done for shorter toes that are too small to use a splint. This will also help with mobility and pain relief.
Take acetaminophen or ibuprofen for pain relief. This will also help the swelling go down. Once the swelling is under control, the pain is usually reduced.
Make certain you can bend and straighten each toe. If not, you may not just have a jammed toe. Call your doctor to make an appointment.
