I managed to break my toe this weekend and honest to god, as I was sitting on the stairs, in the dark,
cursing :rant3:whatever I had tripped over, all I could think of was -how am I going to swim?
I did this 2 years ago(kicked the stupid ladder on the side of the pool-while trying to make room for another swimmer-
and caught my little toe) and I had to stop swimming for a couple of weeks.:toohurt:
Is there something I can tape my toes with that won't come off when wet?
Oh, I hate it when stupid stuff like that happens.
As for taping, you could try to use leukotape (see the link below):
www.ptstuff.com/athletic_supplies.html
I doubt you'd be able to get this stuff at a Walgreens, but if you know a PT they might have it in your office. I use this on my knees and it will last through about 45 min to an hour in the water and that is even with a lot of flexing and pulling on the tape occurring at the turns. I bet in a fairly immobile use such as taping one toe to another that it would really stay on in the water.
The brown tape is the really, truly sticky stuff. You are supposed to use the white cover tape underneath the brown tape, but if your skin is really tough or you just don't care that you pull the skin off along with the tape...
Good luck and I hope your toe heals fast.
Oh, I hate it when stupid stuff like that happens.
As for taping, you could try to use leukotape (see the link below):
www.ptstuff.com/athletic_supplies.html
I doubt you'd be able to get this stuff at a Walgreens, but if you know a PT they might have it in your office. I use this on my knees and it will last through about 45 min to an hour in the water and that is even with a lot of flexing and pulling on the tape occurring at the turns. I bet in a fairly immobile use such as taping one toe to another that it would really stay on in the water.
The brown tape is the really, truly sticky stuff. You are supposed to use the white cover tape underneath the brown tape, but if your skin is really tough or you just don't care that you pull the skin off along with the tape...
Good luck and I hope your toe heals fast.
