pain under my second toe

If you can run on it without pain, it's probably not serious, but you might try hopping the pool or something for a day or two. Ice ice ice. If it starts getting progressively worse you obviously will need to change something, but who knows. Sounds like an odd condition whatever it is.

Hey buddy what don't you get!? I'm here screaming because of this damn tight toebox of this cheap shoe that you are constantly pounding me in. I got stress fractures and bruised tendons all over and you ask if it matters? If its BAD?

I guess my message hasn't been loud enough. I am sick of taking all the brunt of the pounding while the others toes get off scott free (hate that big fat bossy monster toe by the way). I guess I have been a bit too quiet.

Oh you're gonna pay buddy. No more Mr. nice toe. FEEL MY PAIN!!!

PS do you know how hard it is to type when you are the second toe.

I had this a few weeks ago and happy to say it is completly gone. Ice it a couple of times a day. If your job requires that you sit most of the day then be more cautious. I work on my feet all day which seemed to help as it compressed the swelling out. A few days on the elliptical helped also.

Good Luck with it.

sounds like capsulitis.. i had this a few weeks ago where it just felt like there was a small rock under my 2nd toe all day. I just took 3 days off and the pain went away was barely noticeable the first day back then i didnt feel it after that.

well luckily for me i dont have to work right now as i'm just training. when im not running i try to not to push off the toe. when i do run, i do feel it at first til i warm up.

as for the clown talking about toe box, it isn't that i have plenty of room in the toe box of my shoes.

I will continue to ice it as much as possible and see what happens. i've only started icing it last night when i started the thread.

i woke up this morning and it feels a lil bruised and painful when i move it but not intense pain so i think it'll be ok within a week of icing. i'm gunna try to work in a day off prolly on christmas as i usually dont take days off

thanks for all the input, i appreciate it!

What I had wasn't the same, but both of my big toes hurt for no reason, just like the pain you're having. The problem went away on its own. I did ice it though, which seemed to help.

Metatarsalgia...look it up.

You could have a stress fracture. That is the most common toe to have one in. I ran a marathon and 5 mile race on my broken toe until I finally took 8 weeks off to let it completely heal.

If it is right at the start, I would jump on the eliptical or stairmaster for a couple weeks to see if the pain goes away. If it doesn't go away after 2 weeks, it is probably fractured and you will need another 3-4 weeks.

I have been icing it and the pain is getting duller. I did a track workout today then a second run and it only felt a lil sore during the second run.

I'm pretty sure its not a stress fracture, those things are very painful and will stop you in your tracks ( unless you're being very stubborn and can take the excruciating pain )

seems to just be an inflammation and so i'll keep icing it and keep training.