Why does my big toe hurt?

So for the past few months, my big toe has been hurting quite a lot. It normally hurts worse after I wear high heeled shoes. The pain I feel is right where the joint is between the foot and toe, so I don't think it could be an ingrown toe nail. Also, I'm sure some may say its Gout, which I don't know it could be, but I'm only 19 years old (female) and I eat pretty healthy, and exercise regularly considering I'm in college w/o a car, and live on a huge campus. Also, I really don't understand the pain of Gout. The pain I feel is mostly a stiff pain, like if I just cracked my toe or stretched it out it would feel better, which of course doesn't work. From what I understand, gout pain is much worse than what I'm experiencing. Lastly, I should mention I am a complete klutz, and last semester when the weather was nicer, and I walked more, I stubbed my big toe on numerous occasions, sometimes multiple times in a day, so could that be related to the pain I am feeling months later? Thank you for any help you can give me, I just want to make sure I don't have to go to a doctor.