Riding after losing big toenail
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Riding after losing big toenail
Postby m@ » Wed Jan 09, 2013 6:46 pm
On the upside, x-rays didn't detect any bony injury according to the radiologist's report, but the podiatrist is going to review them to make sure.
So in about a week I should have a blank canvas ready for the new nail, apparently this will take anywhere up to 18 months to grow completely; podiatrist warned me to expect a painful year...
Has anyone suffered a similar injury? Should I cancel any plans for cycle tours and enduro MTB events over the next year, or will the nail bed toughen up enough to wear bike shoes before the new nail has grown completely? At present I'm wearing thongs or sneakers with half the toe box cut away; anything that contacts the top of my toe is painful but that might just be the infection...
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Re: Riding after losing big toenail
Postby A_P » Wed Jan 09, 2013 6:56 pm
the nail bed will become less sensitive in time.
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Re: Riding after losing big toenail
Postby RonK » Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:03 pm
It was a little sensitive at first, but grew back quite quickly, and didn't cause much inconvenience.
I can't really remember, but it probably took two or three months to cover over again.
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Re: Riding after losing big toenail
Postby foo on patrol » Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:08 pm
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Re: Riding after losing big toenail
Postby greyhoundtom » Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:02 pm
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Re: Riding after losing big toenail
Postby m@ » Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:10 am
Reckon I might give that a go if the podiatrist gives the all clear, I have an old pair of cheap Shimano SPD shoes that are about due for the bin anyway...foo on patrol wrote:Can you buy a cheap set of shoes and take the top of you big toe area off on the shoe, if that is where the pressure will be?
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@stinhambo, I've had ingrowns before but this is another level of discomfort. I'm guessing that's courtesy of the infection... the exposed nail bed looks like the southern end of a northbound baboon
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Re: Riding after losing big toenail
Postby foo on patrol » Thu Jan 10, 2013 6:24 am
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Re: Riding after losing big toenail
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Re: Riding after losing big toenail
Postby im_no_pro » Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:24 am
Precisely what I was thinking. Beard and recumbent are optional extras of coursebychosis wrote:Spd sandals? I have some, bought cheap off a mate who got the wrong size. They aren't great cycling shoes, they look terrible but toes poke out the front without damaging the shoe, keeps feet cooler for cruising in summer.
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Re: Riding after losing big toenail
Postby Mulger bill » Thu Jan 10, 2013 10:15 am
Heal quick mate.
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Re: Riding after losing big toenail
Postby Strawburger » Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:44 am
I played over 15 years of football (soccer) without toenails. Just when they would start to grow back they would come off again in preseason. No real pain even when 100 kg brutes would step on the toes, so cycling should be no dramas!
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Re: Riding after losing big toenail
Postby coffeeandwine » Thu Jan 10, 2013 1:54 pm
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Re: Riding after losing big toenail
Postby m@ » Thu Jan 17, 2013 3:12 pm
I've learned two things:
1. Don't play soccer barefoot!
2. If you knock your toenail loose - it'll hurt less in the long run to just rip it out then and there.
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