My toe tried to escape
by ICED, Oct 27, 2024, 3:38 AM
My toe snapped while I was at taekwondo class
So basically we played a game where we had to use those rectangular handheld mats to push people out of an arena
The arena was a 4 yard x 4 yard box (counting by mats)
I was playing against two other people
They basically pushed me around and eventually out of the arena
I was pushed at a pretty fast pace
While I was trying to stay inside the arena and regain my balance I made the mistake of putting all of my body weight on my toe to stop myself
And since the floor was made of rubber mats (very high friction) my toe bent in an irregular way
(Gore ahead)
The gore
The adrenaline hid the bulk of the pain when it happened so my reaction to the injury was apparently very downplayed (according to witnesses)
I basically just went in a very monotone, NileRed-style voice, "Oh my toe."
Meanwhile everyone else was freaking out I was the only calm one ;-;
Especially crazy considering this was my first time actually breaking a bone or a joint
Thankfully I didn't get any bone fractures, just a bone dislocation
Ironically it hurts more to stub a toe than snap one even after adrenaline wears off
TL; DR: I snapped my toe, and it didn't hurt too much.
adieu
So basically we played a game where we had to use those rectangular handheld mats to push people out of an arena
The arena was a 4 yard x 4 yard box (counting by mats)
I was playing against two other people
They basically pushed me around and eventually out of the arena
I was pushed at a pretty fast pace
While I was trying to stay inside the arena and regain my balance I made the mistake of putting all of my body weight on my toe to stop myself
And since the floor was made of rubber mats (very high friction) my toe bent in an irregular way
(Gore ahead)
The gore
Are you sure?
You have been warned...
My toe was bent outwards and completely off of where it originally was
There was a small pool of blood accumulating on the floor while everyone was tryna get paper towels and stuffs to help
I gently pushed my toe back into place and it sorta snapped in, which is when I (correctly) assumed that my tendons were fine
The only things holding onto my toe were a part of my skin and my tendons and ligaments
My skin was torn pretty badly to the point where the ER gave me 14 sutures
I did not know that young bones and joints were really that white... (they were as white as paper)
They're pretty comparable to chicken drumstick joints
There was a small pool of blood accumulating on the floor while everyone was tryna get paper towels and stuffs to help
I gently pushed my toe back into place and it sorta snapped in, which is when I (correctly) assumed that my tendons were fine
The only things holding onto my toe were a part of my skin and my tendons and ligaments
My skin was torn pretty badly to the point where the ER gave me 14 sutures
I did not know that young bones and joints were really that white... (they were as white as paper)
They're pretty comparable to chicken drumstick joints
The adrenaline hid the bulk of the pain when it happened so my reaction to the injury was apparently very downplayed (according to witnesses)
I basically just went in a very monotone, NileRed-style voice, "Oh my toe."
Meanwhile everyone else was freaking out I was the only calm one ;-;
Especially crazy considering this was my first time actually breaking a bone or a joint
Thankfully I didn't get any bone fractures, just a bone dislocation
Ironically it hurts more to stub a toe than snap one even after adrenaline wears off
TL; DR: I snapped my toe, and it didn't hurt too much.
adieu
This post has been edited 2 times. Last edited by ICED, Oct 27, 2024, 3:40 AM
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