The middle joint of your toe bends downwards ... painful toes could mean you have a bone injury like a broken toe or a bone bruise. Broken toe. Your toe may be broken if it swells, throbs ...

Other symptoms may include tenderness in the middle of your foot, bruising, or pain that subsides while resting. One of the eight carpal bones, the navicular or scaphoid bone in your wrist sits ...

If it involves a broken toe, bruising may appear the day after the injury. A stress fracture is a tiny hairline break in a bone. These tend to occur with repetitive activities such as running.

Symptoms vary depending on the severity of the sprain, but may cause pain, difficulty using the toe, bruising ... interphalangeal joint is in the middle of your toe. The distal phalangeal joint ...

A combination of repetitive friction, impact, pressure and swelling of the toes can lead to bruised toenails, explains Simone Paul, senior podiatrist and CEO of The Footlift Clinic in London.