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BigWallchris
Trad climber
Boulder
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 3, 2012 - 05:48pm PT
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At least that's what I am calling it. I am pretty sure it's from climbing with maybe ski boots contributing to the problem.
It's a sharp pain and feels like a nerve is getting pinched. It's the big knuckle on the big toe. When i flex it or stand up on it there's pain. I might have a little bit of a bone spur there? Anyways, just wondering if anyone has ever had this and if anyone has ever had surgery on there toe?
The Podiatrist gave me like a year supply of Voltaren Gel. A anti-flammatory topical cream. Great, That's going to cure my problem. Eventually I am going to go see a M.D. that understands that i enjoy recreational activities and need a toe that doesn't hurt. And he shot me up with Cortizone. That helped for a week.
The cream is good for my elbow tendonities. So, that's cool.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Get some lidocaine patches and get checked for gout.
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BigWallchris
Trad climber
Boulder
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 3, 2012 - 06:09pm PT
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Jay Bro, I was on the "Illegal Pete's, Margarita" Diet for a few months not to long ago. For a while i really did think i had gout. One of my uncle's (A very successful construction contractor from Fairfax, Va.) Had serious gout in his 60's. He drank a minimum, 6 pack a night. No longer alive.
That other remark (From Fear) was just plain stupid. But i am thinking putting this problem off for the winter since ski boots are no prob.
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ec
climber
ca
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I get something similar in my right big toe from having walked too many miles in Guide Tennies (toe box shaped like climbing shoes). If I put traction on it, it goes away. Otherwise, the pain, like a pinched nerve, is harsh.
- ec
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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locker has another kind of "toe".
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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i got it. protruding knuckle at base of my big toe. not sure when i developed it.
don't think it was from climbing, maybe from stubbing my toe too many times. :)
i snowboard and use soft boots so i don't think that was the cause.
hurts when I wear my katanas for too long. but doesn't really impair my climbing since i don't climb hard, except in OW's and long slabs
been thinking of getting it looked at but don't want surgery.
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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I don't but my camel does. :)
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Grampa
climber
from SoCal
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It could be a number of things. I suggest a new podiatrist.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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isn't it supposed to go
if you do, would you please return it
i'm feeling wobbly
but, I'm wondering what happens when you ice it down?
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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probably too late for this to really help- but massage your feet every morning and before you go climbing. Seriously.
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Michelle
Trad climber
the f*#king peninsula.
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google Morton's Neuroma. sounds like it. only a foot doc can tell you though.
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Got the toe fungus under the big toenail. Was up chillin' on a ledge mid climb yesterday and a couple buddies pop up and take their shoes off too. Common thing it turns out.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Gout can be diagnosed with a simple blood test. If you're borderline, small changes in diet will prevent further trouble. If you ignore it and get a full blown case, the daily meds aren't all that pleasant.
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Plaidman
Trad climber
South Slope of Mt. Tabor, Portland, Oregon, USA
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My climbing partner has Gout and so we call him El GoutToe.
He was complaining about his toe today. Big baby.
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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I've had one of those on my right foot for forty years. It used to bother me a bit when I put a lot of weight on it, but I finally quit thinking about it and "manned up" . . . still there, but now it's the least of my problems!
;>)
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MisterE
Social climber
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Crimpergirl has had the surgery, and Justthemaid (my wife) has it bad. It's the bone spurs that hurt - I have the "Hammer-toe" on the right. That is the one on the first knuckle that just sticks out a lot, but doesn't necessarily cause any pain.
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
bouldering
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Does anyone have "Climber's TOE"
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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BWc, check this thread about Morton's Neuroma - hopefully you don't have it!
http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=532230&tn=0&mr=0
Since reading the above I've been a bit paranoid about overly tight shoes. I was amazed that so many climbers have had foot problems and operations. I always thought tight shoes and the resulting pain went along w/climbing, but no more.
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Bruce Morris
Social climber
Belmont, California
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For the past 30 years the preferred sites for psychogenic symptoms were the shoulder and the back. In the last 5 years, feet have been coming into vogue and supporting foot specialists in droves.
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