anyone ever had a big toe fusion surgery? how did it affect surfing

Hope you heal well. I'll ask a few of my lacrosse friends (my neighbor coaches a high school team) if they know anything. I'm guessing you need to go real easy until you get some expert advice on here.

 

I remember jamming my big toe real bad kicking a heavy bag, and I kept jamming it afterwords, it took 6 months to get to where I could walk normal. It hurt like hell. Believe me, I will try to find out for you.

 

Too much lax on artificial playing surfaces. Too much pounding from sports. Result: bone chips & spurs, friggin painful.

Had it done, de facto not actual fusion. The cutter took out bone spurs & other mess in & around the joint in my big toe. Toe just lost flexion over a short time, which is why I call it de facto.

You get used to the lack of flexion in the toe, is about all I'd say I s'pose. For me the relief from the grinding pain was / is worth it. Been about 16 yrs & it's nvr an issue. Use your other foot to kick wayne & his ilk in the arse....

 

I have no idea what kind of surgery ur speaking,but I seriously injured my big toe about 7-8 yrs ago.
my big toe got squished at work,it just got compressed where it popped the nail off and burst open so I had to get stitches where my toe nail was and a new one grew back

I cant say it ever affected my surfing,but if anything,and I mean anything touches the top of the nail il get a sharp blast of excrutiating pain even after all these years its still sensitive.

 

Freaking guy. Ouch. I got the worst image in my head from that. This is why i wear steel toe boots at work. Although iv heard horror stories about toes getting cut off due to steel toes. Don't know if those were true or just urban legend. But either way. Ouch

 

dude lol it was literally the one day I did not wear steel toe boots.learned my lesson