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INTRODUCTION TO HAMMER TOES
Patients often refer to all forms of toe abnormalities as a
hammertoe. There are in fact four main forms of toe abnormalities,
hammer toes, claw toes, mallet toes and trigger toes. A hammertoe
can be best described as an abnormal contraction or "buckling"
of a toe. This occurs due to a partial or complete dislocation
of one of the joints that form the toe. As the toe continues
to be deformed, it will press up against the shoe and lead to
a skin irritation such as a corn.
APPEARANCE OF HAMMER TOES
SYMPTOMS OF ATHLETES FOOT
- A hammer toe may be painful, especially when irritated by
a shoe.
- All four toe conditions may cause cramps in the toes, foot
and leg due to the abnormal function of the tendons in the
foot.
- If a mallet toe has occurred, you are likely to suffer from
a corn at the end of the toe.
- A hammertoe may cause a corn on the top of the to
CAUSES OF HAMMER TOES
- In appropriate shoes.
- Flat feet can result in hammertoes; this is due to poor
mechanics off the foot.
- High arched feet can also result in buckling toes.
- A major cause is in hereditary, all the toe conditions mentioned
could be acquired due in hereditary factors.
- Bunions are a major cause of hammertoes.
- Claw toes are usually the result of a shoe that is too short.
For many people, the second toe is actually longer than the
great toe, and if shoes are sized to fit the great toe, the
second (and maybe even the third toe) will have to bend to
fit into the shoe. Shoes that are pointed make matters even
worse. Combine pointed shoes with high heels; the foot is
under similar pressure as if it was constantly being pushed
downhill into a wall.
- Rheumatoid arthritis can also lead to bunions, which in
turn can lead to hammer toes.
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