Do I wear the shoe to bed? or?

[DaniJ]

I recently sprained my foot. It's the ball of my foot, where it connects to the big toe. Since it kept getting worse and worse, I finally went in to get it looked at, and they gave me this post op shoe to wear, (which helps the pain immensely when walking...) but I'm not sure if I'm supposed to wear it to bed! I mean, it just feels WRONG to wear one shoe to bed... Plus, by the end of the day, my foot's all swollen and it feels like it needs to "breathe" or something. So I really want to take it off, but I'm also afraid that I'm going to injure it further in the blankets or something...

Anyone know what I'm supposed to do? Last night, I was at a sleepover, and I wasn't sure what to do. I slept a while with it on, then woke up claustrophobic and took it off, then at around 4 in the morning I had to put it back on because it was sore... but I'd kicked it off somehow by morning again.

[JoeEDangerously]

Please check this online with a Google search or something but my understanding is you take it off. That might not be the same in your case but in my experience you take it off and be very very careful with it. Make sure to put it on when you wake up though. Don't overdo anything either. Take some time to heal. You'll surely regret it if you don't.

But my answer is usually you do but please check to see if there's anything specific about someone in your exact situation. It's not a break, it's a sprain. The reason they didn't give you a cast is so you could take it off. I'm 90% sure this applies to you but you should make sure.

If you can't find anything specific, take it off and see how you feel. If you need it you can put it back on.

[Victoria14]

I've never had to wear a boot but my friend had the same exact sprain as you and im pretty sure she slept with it on. i actually never saw her take it off

[sprainfan]

Sleep with it off but wrap your foot in a bandage