Runners toe????!!!!

[Scruff55]

I seem to have developed runners toe how can I treat it and how long does it take to go away???? ☹️

[Tasha99 Graduate10]

Black toenail? Say bye bye to it 🤣 Unless you’re very lucky.

Expect it to grow out and fall off in a few weeks. There’ll be a new one growing underneath. Pretty standard for runners. Get shoes with more toe room and use lock lace technique to stop your foot from slipping forward. Once I lost 5 after a trail run in poor fitting shoes 🤣

[Scruff55 60minGraduate in reply to Tasha99]

O no. How do I lock lace my shoes. ? Thanks for getting back to me. And the advice. 🙃🙃🙃

[Tasha99 Graduate10 in reply to Scruff55]

locklaces.com/blogs/resourc...

I freaked out when I lost my first nail 🤣

[Scruff55 60minGraduate in reply to Tasha99]

Thanks for the link. I’ll try it out tomorrow 👍👍

[UpTheStanley Graduate10 in reply to Tasha99]

A few weeks?? Lucky you!! I usually get mine through hockey rather than running. Hockey ball on big toe leads to bleed at the base of the nail which then works its way up the toe over the next 12 months or so as the nail grows out. As you say, if it's a big one a new nail grows underneath.

[Tasha99 Graduate10 in reply to UpTheStanley]

Nice 🤣

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

I’ve had many a black toenail, never any pain, and that’s even with roomy toe boxes in my trainers. I have one now actually, and it’s just part of me being a runner. I must say I’ve never tried the lock lace technique, so thanks Tasha99 , I’ll give it a go!

Sometimes the nails fall off quickly, other times they cling on for weeks, but there’s always a shiny new one underneath!

Join the club! 😅

[Scruff55 60minGraduate in reply to cheekychipmunks]

👍👍👍thanks ccm

[Tasha99 Graduate10 in reply to cheekychipmunks]

It’s good as you can get the laces fairly tight around your ankle but still leave them looser on your foot 👍🏽

[Scruff55 60minGraduate in reply to Tasha99]

👍👍👍thanks T99