Shoe Fashionista vs. Broken Toe
If you have been following my shoe blog, you know that my visit to shoe heaven did not leave me unchanged. It seems the price of admission was a broken toe. Yes I broke my big toe in shoe heaven, ironically funny.
The Great Toe as it listed in medical books, and if you wanna get even more specific it was distal head of my 1st metatarsal. Yes, I really have a medical degree. And here’s a tidbit of medical knowledge; 85% of your weight is transferred through the big toe when you walk.
What does all this mean?
It means the beautiful high high heeled pointy toe pumps, “the don’t let your doctor/ physical therapist (aka me) see these babies on your feet” are currently not an option.
Trust me I tried.
Believe you me I am a horrible patient! All the rules of healing I tell my patients, I somehow think don’t apply to me. I won’t bother telling you my ankle sprain story. Just KNOW that it takes 12 plus weeks to heal a grade 4-ankle sprain. This applies to everyone! Even LeBron James.
So what is a shoe fanatic fashionista like myself to do? I can’t go on stage in an orthopedic boot? Please have you seen them? They are hideous. Plus after one week they smell. And worse they make everyone walk a bit like Frankenstein. For stage I got the most bling bling supportive sneakers I could find. They sort of have arch support.
I hope to rockin’ the heels in a week or two, even though I know it takes at least 6 – 8 weeks to heal a fracture. But don’t think I won’t try to speed up the healing process!
Laura
Bling Bling