You can't always prevent a sprained ankle, but it you can reduce the risk by using footwear designed to resist inversion. For people who suffer repeated sprains, Pribut suggests taping the ankles, particularly in activities where the surface contact is unpredictable, such as basketball, volleyball, and hiking. Although stress fractures of the four smaller toes are not unusual, most broken toes are caused by trauma. When you're banging a heavy trash can and drop it, that happens. Fractures of small toes are usually treated by taping them to adjacent ones.
Patients can often walk quickly.
But big toe breaks are often more complex, immobilizing, and sometimes require surgery. In general, all broken toes take 4-6 weeks to heal. Preventing broken toes centers on recognizing potential hazards and using appropriate footwear. But protective steel toe caps can compensate for slippery hands. These may include arch strains and sprains, as well as plantar fasciitis, where the protective sheath or fascia tears away from the heel.