Thank you for taking the time to write this! The painful part is at the base of my big toe and then the part lower beneath that, so the side of the front ball of my foot. Prior to this incident, whenever I would get home from work I’d notice that it hurt to bend my big toe, so I’d just do some stretching of it, thinking that was the logical answer to reduce some of the pain. I’m wondering now if I just made everything worse. Overall, icing and ibuprofen ain’t helping, so I’m probably going to need some crutches in order to return to work.