Is it really virtually impossible to break a toe?

[dotty.]

My clever line manager commented on my broken toe absence back in july/august and said, 'it wasn't broken it was sprained, the sick note said sprained on it'. Now, unbeknown to him I always keep copies of anything like a sick note and my copy clearly says, 'toe fracture'. In 2006 some on here may remember a previous injury I inflicted on myself when I dropped a heavy plate glass shelf vertically onto my left foot and severed 2 toes and crushed the third, was that not a break or were they just sprained? Maybe I had carried out the virtually impossible without realising? So, is a fracture actually a sprain and I've managed to live 57+ years and think otherwise?

[flump1]

Dotty while I have not broken mine, I know others who have and not only is it possible, it is blooming painful too. If it has a bone , it can break !

[tenrec]

I broke my toe when I was 17 in a motorcycle accident. Bloomin painful.

[dotty.]

I think the pain was the main indication that I had broken my toe the other month, the severed toes in 2006 were a definate clue though.

[ummmm]

A break is a break. A sprain is a sprain.

[dotty.]

I always thought so ummmm, but apparently this guy thinks when my GP wrote toe fracture he really meant to write toe sprain I guess.

[Ann]

I broke my toe 2 years ago, when I stubbed it on furniture - it was the toe next to the little toe. A&E told me it was broken and bound it with tape to the next toe, as they don't splint broken toes. It went black also uinder my foot was black bruising too. It was very painful and difficult to get a shoe on, so had to wear flip flops for a month.

[Sqad]

From a practical point of view......what difference does it make?

[dotty.]

Ann that's how I broke my toe and I actually saw the X Ray which clearly showed the bone had a diagonal break in it, which is why the GP put toe fracture and not toe sprain, it's bothering me why my line manager made this flippant remark when he isn't qualified to make the call! He's a numpty. I'm going to pin the copy of my ick note on the office notice board, he'll have sent it off to HR and won't think I have a copy lol

[dotty.]

none sqad now it's healed, but I don't see why my line manager made the comment , especially when I insisted the note had said it was broken but he said no it said sprained.

[ummmm]

Wouldn't the pain and healing process make a difference?

I've never sprained anything so I don't know.

[Ann]

//going to pin the copy of my ick note on the office notice board//
Can't resist this Dotty - is it just an ickle board? LOL ;)

[dotty.]

I just got the distinct impression that he was being dismissive of the validity of having 2 weeks off, when i went back i still couldn't get my work shoes on and I was still in pain, like I said, he's a numpty.

[Ann]

It will serve him right if you have proof Dotty, but be careful - as your line manager he can make life hell for you, believe you me I know, I worked for one just like that!

[vodkancoke]

I have broken my toes many times, never once have they been referred to as "sprains"...that's a completely different thing! What a twit!

[dotty.]

Oh I know Anne he's not easy to get on with but only temporary, yes V&C he can be a twit about silly things and reallty dismissive of other people's input and opinions, including GPs it seems!

[Booldawg]

I broke 3 of them coming off a motocross bike

[Kiki-frog]

What a silly man. Why did he bother saying that at all?

I've broken toes before, and I sympathise fully. Yep, it hurts. Badly. Never sprained one, but have sprained an ankle, and that is surprisingly painful. So if he's implying that a sprain is nothing and you were skiving, he's got his facts wrong twice in one go, if you see what I mean. Numpty indeed.

[dotty.]

Kiki I'm not sure about this guy , he's very erratic in alot of ways and can be quite difficult to communicate with, will be glad when the old manager gets back from maternity cover in feb.

[Kiki-frog]

It beats me how people like that get to be managers in the first place

[jno]

they were severed? Lumme, how can toecapitating be a sprain?